22 PCWorld NOVEMBER 2019NEWS
IMAGE: MICROSOFTEars on with Microsoft’s Surface
Earbuds: Tapping the cloud for
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At $249, however, the Surface Earbuds are a pricey investment. BY MARK HACHMANM
icrosoft’s Surface
Headphones probably
hitched themselves too
closely to Cortana, turning
what was an intriguing product into a
tchotchke that was handed out at a Surface
fan event before Microsoft’s Surface launchstarted. With Microsoft’s Surface Earbuds,
Microsoft seems determined not to make
the same mistake.
That’s not a slight against Microsoft. The
Headphones offered powerful, selective
noise-canceling technologies, but Microsoft
positioned them as a Cortana accessory.