TDM unveils headphones that twist into a transportable Bluetooth speaker

Audio tech startup Tomorrow Doesn’t Matter (TDM) has unveiled an uncommon product at CES 2026. It’s a headphone known as the Neo Hybrid, which might twist into a transportable Bluetooth speaker.

At first look the Neo Hybrid seems like a standard pair of headphones. However the versatile headband might be rolled across the earcups to remodel the gadget right into a compact speaker.

There’s no software program to navigate or elements to snap on; you simply give the gadget a literal twist and it turns right into a palm-sized speaker to your complete room.

Headphones that rework into audio system aren’t solely new, however TDM has taken a singular strategy to the Neo Hybrid’s design.

Every earcup homes two 40mm drivers — one inward dealing with and a second dealing with outward. When the headphones grow to be rolled up or switched by way of a button, the interior drivers shut off, and the outward drivers kick in, permitting audio to be heard with out the necessity for the sound to come back out of the earcups.

TDM says this setup gives a crisp, detailed sound profile as headphones and surprisingly first rate quantity when used as a speaker.

Customers can even, if they want, customise what occurs when the headphones are twisted, with the selection of robotically switching modes, pausing playback, powering down, or appearing as only a bodily toggle.

The headphones have a built-in microphone for calls. Connectivity is by way of Bluetooth 6, with multipoint pairing and Auracast assist. There’s additionally a 3.5mm wired possibility.

The gadget makes use of two replaceable 1,500mAh batteries and the battery life could be very first rate. TDM claims as much as 200 hours playback in headphone mode with that dropping to 10 hours in speaker mode. The gadget additionally options USB-C quick charging that TDM says can ship eight hours of battery life in headphone mode from simply 5 minutes cost.

There’s no energetic noise cancellation to talk of with the headphones counting on passive noise isolation as an alternative.

The Neo Hybrid will likely be obtainable in black and white shade choices and be priced at $249. It’ll launch on Kickstarter later this month.