Interesting. Weird looking, but interesting. 
Almost invisible in use.
These are “bone conducting” headphones. They’re designed to pass audio to your ears via the bones in your head and not via the air. So third parties can’t hear anything and they don’t block your normal hearing.
Techmoan reviewed two different such devices (both from Aftershokz) over the years:
The Trekz Air, reviewed January 2019: AfterShokz Bone Conducting Headphones - Trekz Air REVIEW - YouTube. This model is discontinued, but the video also does a great job of explaining how bone conducting headphones work and why you might want to use them
The Aeropex, reviewed November 2019: Aeropex REVIEW - The latest Bone Conducting Headphones from Aftershokz - YouTube
With AfterShokz headphones does the strap or band around the back of the head interfere with putting your head back in a recliner or car seat with headrest?
No new AirPods were announced on 9/14! So … hmm… wondering what to do. I’m thinking of maybe the AirPod Pro. Or this other one people recommended: Model Y | True Wireless TWS Earbuds – ADV.
I wonder if you can access controls for that via the Watch, like you can with an AirPod.
I visited Akihabara today and dropped by an earphone speciality shop on Chuo Dori. I tried the Jabra Elite 75 earbuds and found them (for me) to be (1) uncomfortable and (2) the surrounding sound blockage was too much even with the open mode. I also tried the ADV Model Y and found them uncomfortable. I guess I’m just not an in-the-ear person.
And then… I tried Aeropex and wow! It was my first time to try bone conducting earphone. The music I listened to sounded beautiful. I could safely hear the surrounding sounds. I tested with a phone call with a friend and we both heard each other perfectly. They are light - just 26 grams - and fit very comfortably, even with me wearing glasses. It had 8 hours of use time with a 10 day standby, and charges with a USB connection, so I believe on a very long airplane flight it would be easy to recharge. The controls were also very simple.
So I got them!
The price even seemed competitive with places like Amazon in the U.S. which surprised me.
Anyway, these seem great. I’m going to open up the package and play with them now. 
Thanks!
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2nd day. Still seem nice. I don’t really “get” the multipoint sharing though.