When Dyson revealed its Zone headphones in early 2022, the company had combined its air filtration expertise with noise-cancelling headphones. COVID-19 was still a big part of our lives back then, but the Zone doesn't protect you against the virus.

Given the years and money invested in the Zone’s creation, there’s logic in Dyson’s decision to turn its R&D work into a more standard set of headphones with the OnTrac.

Dyson is today announcing its second pair of headphones. The company’s weird-as-hell first effort, the Dyson Zone, focused on combining air purification and noise-canceling headphones into a single product. But this time, Dyson is nixing the Bane mask and betting everything on customization.

After releasing a pair of funky $1,000 air-purifying headphones, Dyson's latest headphones focus on customization options.

The Dyson OnTrac headphones impress with a customizable design, great active noise cancellation and an epic 55 hours of battery life. Although the controls could use some work and Bluetooth codec seems outdated for the $499 price tag, the OnTrac solidify Dyson's footprint in the audio category.

Dyson headphones are back only this time with one huge difference - there is no air purifier attached. The newly remastered active noise cancellation (ANC) cans, called OnTrac, have plenty of other changes too – including the option to customise them by colour in more than 2,