AI Earbuds Solve Noisy Zoom Calls

Nothing spoils a Zoom meeting quite like that one team member who insists on dialing in from a noisy cafe. New AI-powered wireless headphones called ClearBuds promise a solution by blocking out background noise and ensuring their microphones pick up only the caller’s voice.

Speech-enhancement technology is already used in a variety of products including hearing aids, teleconferencing services like Zoom and Google Meet and wireless headphones like Apple’s AirPods Pro. The goal is to strip incoming audio of unwanted noise or distortions and boost the clarity of the speaker’s voice,…