Microsoft Just go ahead with the good Surface headphones – and get it, it's specially designed to work with Office. At a price of $ 249, the wireless earphones have a number of on-board productivity features, including PowerPoint slide forwarding, voice transcription, and live translation (in 60 languages).

The earphones, in one word, are huge. It looks great in a reel and downright huge shake when demoed on stage. You can't say Microsoft hasn't tried at least something new – while the charging case looks almost identical to Samsung's earphones, the Surface Earbuds are quite big and round.

Like other first-party earphones, it's easy to pair with one click with Microsoft devices. Besides productivity features, it also works with standard music streaming apps, including Spotify. Headphones will be available this holiday.

It is interesting. And in the space flooded by the likes of Apple, Google, Samsung, Sony and a million other people, at least, you cannot say Microsoft is not trying to do anything different. The company also plays its strengths. Without its own mobile devices and not many of the creative assistants who talk about it, Microsoft is returning to its roots by offering something that plays well with its own production offerings.