If you've become fond of Alexa, a new pair of wireless headphones lets you take Amazon's digital assistant with you on the run -- literally. "When (Apple co-founder) Steve Jobs announced the iPod, the pitch was: A thousand songs in your pocket. Now, it's 20 million songs at the sound of your voice," said 66 Audio CEO and founder Kristian Kay. "You can ask Alexa to play you any song from multiple services ... and instantly, without ever touching your phone, you have this unlimited jukebox where you now can listen to any music that you want, on demand." This is just the latest evolution of Alexa-enabled technology.

Google wants its virtual assistant to be in gadgets besides smartphones and intelligent speakers, and it looks like the company could be taking steps toward making that happen. The search giant may be working on smart headphones that work with the Google Assistant, according to a new report from 9to5Google. The tech news blog discovered code within an app uploaded to the Google Play Store that seemingly refers to headphones that can run Google's virtual helper. "Your headphones have the Google Assistant," one string of code says. Tell it to do things.

Vinci believes in a future where your headphones are the central hub of your connected world. Over the last two years we've been testing and perfecting a smart, wireless headphone that is controlled by your voice and powered by cloud technology, with no connection needed to your mobile phone. Wire-free and phone-free, Vinci is perfect for joggers, travelers and all music lovers. Vinci allows you to voice control your music when manually choosing songs on your phone is inconvenient. No matter what you're doing - walking, running, or commuting - you can tell Vinci exactly what song or artist you want to listen to, say a specific genre or mood, or let Vinci pick a song for you.

Sticking on a pair of noise-cancelling headphones can make even the most miserable morning commute on public transport more bearable. But this musical solace comes at a price – not being able to hear safety announcements, or even someone calling your name. Amazon could be set to change that, with its plans for a set of noise-cancelling cans which cut the filter when triggered by safety words or phrases, such as someone yelling out for you. Plans in a patent awarded to Amazon detail smart headphones which could suspend noise-cancellation when they hear a key word or phrase. One example of this keyword spotting outlined is someone listening to the headphones when a person says'Hey Ben', at which point the noise-cancellation feature would be suspended for them to hear.