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smart earphones that's what Doppler labs calls its new $250 here one totally wireless headphones the question is are they really smart or too smart for their own good they're not the first totally wireless earphones to lay claim to the smart mantle raggies the - which got off to a somewhat rocky start has been on the market for several months and shares some of the same features as the ear one touch controls a noise isolating in your design multiple microphones the pass-through mode that lets you hear the outside world so so battery life and a companion app that lets you control the headphones smart features oh and like the brog II the here one comes with a charging case that has a built-in battery that delivers over three full charges out of the gate the here one is the more polished product and a step ahead of the biragi in terms of sound quality delivering a reliable wireless connection with only the occasional bluetooth hiccup using one of the included different sized ear tips you should be able to get a fairly comfortable secure fit that will keep these guys in your ears even during a gym workout and yes they are sweat resistant so long as you get a tight seal here one clearly sounds fuller than apples air pods with meteor bass and decent clarity for a bluetooth headphone the air pods are significantly more comfortable to wear but they have an open design and Lenon a lot of ambient noise aside from the good sound quality the ear ones differentiating factor is its noise filters earphones are equipped with six microphones and you can choose to tune out the outside world with a noise canceling filter or tune it in with a pass-through filter some of the preset filters work well for instance walking around New York City using the city filter really cut down on the noise making this a much better totally wireless headphone to use in noisy environments than the air pods the only issue was that caller said that they heard a fair amount of background noise when I was making calls from the street you think a smart an earphone like this could filter that noise out better down the road it might Doppler is also touting the restaurant filter which allows you to tune out the din of a background restaurant noise and amplify the voices the people you're talking to at your table it works but I personally wouldn't want to wear these headphones while I was eating a meal I never forgot they were in my ears because they're noise isolating and I could hear myself chewing these earphones are also designed to work as a headset for making cell phone calls and they mostly work well you can access Siri or Google now voice assistance with a couple of quick taps on one of the buds that's the weather despite a few quirks and drawbacks which include some strange ear piercing audio feedback noises when cupping the earphones in your hand mediocre battery life of two hours and somewhat slow charging via the included battery case the here one is one of the best totally wireless earphones we've tested to date it's an ambitious product that will presumably improve over time with software upgrades in the meantime it will capture some people's hearts and leave others longing for something more straightforward and simple to use I'm David Carney for cnet.com thanks for watching