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The TechRadar team has been mulling this very question and our boldest tech predictions for 2024 are below.

But then again, maybe not?

A man wearing a Mirror Lake headset and a Matter smart home with a bolt of light running through it

After all, in 2023 we didn’t foreseeApplebowing to pressure andannouncing support for RCS messaging from Android phones.

Here’s a taste of how strange and interesting things could get…

1.

Solid-state speakers will shake up the headphones world

Some major innovations could rock the world of headphones in 2024.

Creative’s incoming earbuds breakdown, showing xMEMS' Skyline solid-state driver

Its to do with the tiny speakers inside your headphones that make sound waves.

These are called drivers and they havent changed much since they were first invented.

And more are set to be released in 2024.

Samsung The Wall MicroLED 2021 TV

If Im right, youll be hearing a lot more about solid-state headphones in the near future.

But they can go much brighter than OLED TVs brighter than mini-LED TVs, even.

These include proprietary hubs, competing apps and a lack of interoperability between systems.

The Hasselblad X2D camera in hand

There is a chance thatMatter will continue to not matterand will see its diminishing momentum grind to a halt.

At least, that’s what we’re hoping, for the sake of our smart home sanity.

But to kick this prediction up to bold: itll run a version of Metas Quest platform.

Matter will help your smart home gadgets work together

Voice assistants will be reborn, but wont be much smarter

Remember voice assistants?

And finally, a very bold tech prediction for 2024…

8.

Forget deep fakes that put your face on someone elses real body.

a screenshot of a person wearing a render of the Mirror Lake VR headset

Digi-doubles will be complete digital versions of you or the wish you have of what youcouldbe.

However, it wont just be the uncanny looks.

Clyde Smoresly will be smart, articulate, and charismatic.

Alexa AI

Hell be ushered into office where hell achieve a 100% attendance and voting record.

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