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JBL made its charging case touchscreen more useful with a size boost


Make your next economy flight slightly more bearable.

The new JBL Tour Pro 3’s case features a larger screen and now works as a transmitter, broadcasting audio to the earbuds from a wired source such as a plane’s in-flight entertainment system. That will potentially make it even more useful as an alternative to reaching for your smartphone if you want to skip tracks, set alarms, or even check text messages or incoming call notifications. It can be plugged into any analog or USB audio source and isn’t only limited to older devices with a headphone jack.

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