BEST BUDS

AMAZON ECHO BUDS

£120, stuff.tv/echobuds

Amazon’s Alexa voice assistant has been making herself at home in wireless headphones of various shapes and sizes for a while now, so it was only a matter of time before Amazon itself got involved at the hardware end.

These true wireless buds come packed with mics to accurately pick up voice commands, meaning you can summon Alexa to control your music, podcast or audiobook, check the weather or depress yourself with the news headlines, all without lifting a finger.

Amazon has also teamed up with the ambient noise-banishing wizards at Bose, to ensure you can listen on public transport. You are, then, getting a whole lot of functionality for the price – plus sonic ability that, while far from mind-blowing, is more than good enough for the reasonable price.

THE VERDICT

Chunkier than Apple’s AirPods and fashioned mainly from plastic, these aren’t going to win any Red Dot Design