The Oso ChatGPT-equipped wireless earbuds prioritize AI transcription and productivity over audio fidelity. They transcribe calls and live events and their microphone captures a wide array of sound. The earbuds include a playful on-case screen and marketing promises features like remembering everything and boosting productivity. Listening performance is poor, with a loose-fitting design that undermines comfort and music quality. Many features are gated behind paywalls and the product retails for $170 after a Kickstarter campaign. Hardware compromises and pricing make the overall value questionable for music-focused users.
I like wireless earbuds because I love music. It's very straightforward; music exists, and I want to listen to it, and wireless earbuds are the thing that gets me to the thing I love. Problem solved. You can't see it, but I'm smugly dusting my hands right now like a mathematician at a chalkboard. There's a symbiosis between the buds and me. A simplicity. A supply and demand so fundamental that in the gadget world, it feels like a law of nature.
But, as much as I love wireless audio, there are some reasons for loving buds that I have never thought of before. For instance, productivity. It has never once occurred to me that wireless earbuds can turn me into some kind of capitalist brain machine, as much as employers would love that. Or using them to remember everything and/or know everything. I personally like it when they make fun sounds, but I guess becoming some kind of omnipotent techno-deity would be sick, too.
Oso AI Earbuds These ChatGPT-equipped wireless earbuds are fine for transcription but nothing else. Pros They transcribe calls and live events Mic catches a wide array Fun on-case screen! Cons Awful for listening to music Mired by paywalls Loose-fitting earbud design Too expensive for the faults To help open me up to the possibilities of wireless earbuds in the era of AI, I shoved a pair from a brand called Oso in my ears.
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