{"id":2864,"date":"2026-05-12T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-12T06:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.actutech.app\/sony-upgraded-its-wearable-ac-so-its-cooler-and-better-at-hugging-your-neck\/"},"modified":"2026-05-12T10:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-05-12T06:00:00","slug":"sony-upgraded-its-wearable-ac-so-its-cooler-and-better-at-hugging-your-neck","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.actutech.app\/en\/sony-upgraded-its-wearable-ac-so-its-cooler-and-better-at-hugging-your-neck\/","title":{"rendered":"Sony upgraded its wearable AC so it\u2019s cooler and better at hugging your neck"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"A person standing outside wearing the Sony Reon Pocket Pro Plus under a white dress shirt.\" data-caption=\"The Reon Pocket Pro Plus delivers a 20 percent improvement in cooling performance over last year\u2019s model. | Image: Sony\" data-portal-copyright=\"Image: Sony\" data-has-syndication-rights=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.theverge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/05\/sony_ac1.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;crop=0,0,100,100\" \/><figcaption>\n\tThe Reon Pocket Pro Plus delivers a 20 percent improvement in cooling performance over last year\u2019s model. | Image: Sony\t<\/figcaption><\/p><\/figure>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\">Sony has announced a new version of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2021\/4\/22\/22397146\/sony-reon-pocket-2-wearable-ac-japan-price-announce\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">wearable personal air conditioner<\/a> the company first revealed in 2019 ahead of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. The latest version is an upgrade to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sony.com\/en\/SonyInfo\/blog\/2025\/08\/06\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">last year&rsquo;s Pro model<\/a>, and while the new Reon Pocket Pro Plus isn&rsquo;t a complete overhaul of the hardware, it comes with performance upgrades and design updates making it easier to wear discreetly under many kinds of shirts. It&rsquo;s launching in Europe and other markets today for \u20ac229\/\u00a3199, or around $270. As with all the previous versions, Sony hasn&rsquo;t mentioned plans to bring it to the US.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\">Instead of simply blasting you with air like the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/tech\/908962\/dyson-hushjet-mini-cool-personal-handheld-fan-hands-on\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Dyson HushJet Mini Cool<\/a>, the Re \u2026<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/tech\/928220\/sony-reon-pocket-pro-plus-personal-wearable-air-conditioner\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read the full story at The Verge.<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Reon Pocket Pro Plus delivers a 20 percent improvement in cooling performance over last year\u2019s model. | Image: Sony [&hellip;]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2864","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-non-classe"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.actutech.app\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2864","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.actutech.app\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.actutech.app\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.actutech.app\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.actutech.app\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2864"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.actutech.app\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2864\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.actutech.app\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2864"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.actutech.app\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2864"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.actutech.app\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2864"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}