Headphone trends in 2024

Headphone trends to watch in 2024

 

The most impactful headphone and earbud trends to look out for in 2024
The business technology news website and creator of tech buying guides, ZDNET, has examined the leading trends that have dominated the world of headphones and earbuds in 2023, and identified five trends it expects to carry over and continue to develop in 2024.

Low latency with gaming in mind

One of the top headphone trends ZDNET predicts will reach into the new year is low latency because lowering latency in headphones enabled audio to reach a listener’s ears faster. Speeding up the arrival of audio is something the tech site says is of particular interest when it comes to headphones designed for mobile gaming.

While most consumer headphones are not optimised for gaming, headphone manufacturers are striving to improve the capacity of their products with low latency. As an example of this trend, ZDNET sites Google’s announcement that it will be introducing low latency into its premium earbuds, the Pixel Buds Pro, through a software update.

Bluetooth advances

Bluetooth is by no means a new technology, but ZDNET expects it to continue to develop in 2024. Qualcomm, the chip manufacturer that supplies a number of leading headphone brands, including Bose, Audio-Technica, Jabra, Edifier, and Anker, has several highly-adopted Bluetooth codecs and in the tech site’s view, the company will build on the two new audio chips and platforms via Bluetooth connectivity it announced this year.