JBL's upcoming flagship noise-canceling headphones include a wireless audio transceiver with an integrated LCD for use with inflight entertainment systems that's also a remote control.

Some of JBL’s wireless earbuds (such as the Tour Pro 3) come with a smart charging case which includes similar functionality, but this is the first time it has produced a stand-alone transmitter for a pair of its wireless over-ear headphones.

The option to connect to audio devices without wireless connectivity is a feature borrowed from JBL’s Tour Pro 3 wireless earbuds which incorporates the functionality into a charging case. With the new JBL Tour One M3 headphones,

Keeping its annual tradition of announcing a literal ton of audio products at CES, JBL has loads of new devices for 2025. Amongst the earbuds and speakers, the company is debuting a set of premium over-ear headphones with an interesting feature.

JBL makes some of the most interesting headphones around, and the newly announced JBL Tour One M3 have a very interesting component. JBL calls it the SMART Tx, and it's a little wireless transmitter that makes it easy to stream to your headphones from pretty much any audio source, and to share that audio with others, too.