Surface Headphones may help Microsoft cross platform barriers
(Windows Phone Central)

Microsoft`s Surface Headphones are its first accessory that parallels the company`s cross-platform and work and life strategy. Microsoft`s first-party portfolio of accessories includes mice, the Surface Pen, and Dial, the Xbox Adaptive Controller, keyboards and more. Though Xbox head Phil Spencer hinted that the adaptive Controller has potential beyond gaming most of Microsoft`s accessories are, as is the nature of accessories, fairly limited in how, when and with what devices they are used. For instance, Surface Pen would not be used with the iPad. And the Surface Dial wouldn`t be paired with the Mac. Surface Mouse likely wouldn`t be used all day at work, on the train ride home and then during one`s evening leisure time on the coach. These accessories don`t belong to a category that is sufficiently `independent` from a particular device or usage scenario to allow broad cross-platform usage and work and life relevance. Surface Headphones are a Cortana-powered smart wearable th...