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These open-ear buds actually have decent noise reduction

I was surprised that these… work pretty dang well.

My biggest gripe about open-ear buds is that they’re rotten for loud city commutes. Cue a pedantic audiophile pointing out that the whole premise of open-ear buds is to not block out sound. Yes, yes. But the unfortunate truth is that often means if you want open-ear buds for one situation, you’ll have

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to buy a second pair for when the train is screeching along the subway tracks while the local mariachi band starts busking in your car.

So I was intrigued when Shokz reached out to say at CES 2026, its new $249.95 OpenFit Pro buds would have “noise cancellation.”

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Technically, the correct term is noise reduction. Active noise cancellation req …

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