Fender’s first wi-fi headphones have a long-lasting, replaceable battery
Fender Audio, the patron electronics model owned by the well-known guitar maker, has introduced its first pair of wi-fi headphones at CES 2026. What units the Combine headphones aside from the competitors are spectacular battery life, a modular design that permits the ear cups and headband to be swapped to alternate colours, and a give attention to longevity with a battery that’s simple to entry and swap.
Once they launch this 12 months the Combine headphones will initially be out there in olympic white and skyscraper black coloration choices for $299.99. That’s significantly cheaper than Sony’s $450 flagship WH-1000XM6 headphones that debuted final Could. We haven’t had an opportunity to check the Combine’s hybrid energetic noise cancellation to substantiate if it’s corresponding to Sony’s class-leading ANC within the WH-1000XM6, however Fender Audio bests Sony on battery life. Whereas Sony’s ANC headphones max out at as much as 30 hours of playback with ANC on and as much as 40 hours with it off, the Combine headphones provide as much as 52 hours with ANC and as much as 100 hours with out.
Hidden beneath the Combine’s ear cup cushions are a pair of 40mm “hyper-efficient Graphene drivers” and a few different surprises. Eradicating the cushion on one aspect reveals a detachable panel for swapping out the Combine’s battery, whereas the opposite aspect hides a storage spot for a USB-C wi-fi transmitter. The Combine headphones can connect with audio sources utilizing a USB-C cable or wirelessly over Bluetooth 5.3 with assist for the SBC and AAC codecs. Switching to the included transmitter allows lossless 96kHz/24bit LHDC streaming in addition to low-latency LC3 and Auracast wi-fi modes.
You may even fall again to utilizing a 3.5mm audio cable when the Combine headphones’ battery is totally useless. However Fender Audio says a 15-minute fast cost will present as much as eight hours of playback, or almost double that in case you maintain ANC turned off.