Xiaomi is teasing clip-style open earbuds, and having tested its previous open buds there's one one small feature…

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  • Xiaomi teases its first clip-style open earbuds
  • Launch date unknown, presumed imminent
  • Past Xiaomi open earbuds have had sound leakage prevention tech

In 2025, it felt like every tech company felt the need to release open earbuds, and recently brands have been tripping over themselves to release clip-style buds, ranging from Anker, Bose and through the alphabet to (now) Xiaomi.

Chinese tech giant Xiaomi has teased its first open earbuds, sharing on social media platform Weibo a graphic of a half-open case, with the slogan "Brand new form". You can see enough of the enclosed earbuds to suggest these are clip buds (and it's basically the only headphone form factor the brand hasn't tried out yet).

There's not much more to know about the buds just yet, but Xiaomi's expected to launch a new smartphone at some point in May called the Xiaomi 17 Max. It's likely the earbuds...

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