nearly all the popular audio and smartphone brands have their wireless earbuds available in markets this also includes the famous apple airpods the second generation of which was launched recently while the airpods already have competition from samsung galaxy buds google pixel buds bose soundsport free wireless sennheiser momentum true wireless and more amazon is now being said to join the bandwagon soon the ecommerce giant is no stranger to audio devices as it has a vast line up of echo speakers now the company wants to make its first alexaenabled earbudsaccording to a report by bloomberg the amazon alexabased earbuds are supposed to arrive in the second half of this year designwise the earbuds are said to appear similar to apples airpods however it is said that engineers are said to be working on a better audio quality users would have to say alexa to activate the assistant as seen in most earbuds the amazon earbuds will also support gesture controls such as tapping to pick calls change music tracks and morethe report adds that amazon earbuds will come with a case that will double up as the charger as well that can be connected using a standard usb cable people at amazon are testing the earbuds in black and grey colour combinationsthe earbuds are not said to feature cellular connectivity and will need a host device smartphone to get the work done for now the ecommerce firm is seeking suppliers and manufacturing partners since past few monthstalking about competing with apple airpods the companyowned beats audio recently revealed powerbeats pro that comes with apple h1 chip hey siri voice command support and longer battery life however the design is different as it has an ear hook to wrap around for a secure fit