These wireless headphones roll up to become a Bluetooth speaker
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The Neo headphones feature four drivers facing inwards and out for private listening or sharing music with friends.
The Neo headphones feature four drivers facing inwards and out for private listening or sharing music with friends.
A new company called TDM, or “Tomorrow Doesn’t Matter,” has announced its first pair of wireless headphones at CES 2026 with a unique multifunctional design. The Neo look like a traditional pair of over-ear wireless headphones but feature an extra flexible headband that can be twisted and rolled up around the ear cups to turn them into a compact wireless speaker.
Headphones that double as speakers aren’t an entirely new idea, but previous offerings either use ear cups that rotate 180 degrees to face outward, or ear cups with an open-back design so that everything you listen to is heard by those around you. The Neo take a different approach. A pair of 40mm drivers on the inside of the ear cups are used in headphone mode so your listening remains private. Switching to speaker mode, either by pressing a button or rolling the Neo up, turns those interior drivers off and activates a second pair of outward-facing 40mm drivers so your music can be shared.
TDM claims impressive battery life of up to 200 hours in headphone mode, but that drops to just over 10 hours in speaker mode while those 40mm drivers are pumping out more sound. The Neo uses a pair of rechargeable 1,500mAh batteries that are user-replaceable, potentially prolonging the life of the headphones. Wireless connectivity is handled through Bluetooth 6 with multipoint and Auracast support, or you can also use a 3.5mm audio cable with older devices. There’s also a microphone for making calls or activating voice assistants including Siri, Alexa, and Google Assistant in headphone or speaker mode.
TDM plans to make the Neo headphones available through a Kickstarter crowdfunding campaign launching in January 2026. They’ll be available in black or white color options for $249. That positions them at the higher end of the wireless headphone spectrum, but they’re missing a popular feature typically found at that price point: active noise cancelling. The Neo only rely on their memory foam ear cushions to passively block unwanted sounds. Even with the added speaker functionality, that could make them a tough sell.
