Cephalo Pods

Appearance
The Cephalo Pods are two black triangle pieces on the character's ears that are attached by a black wire which goes behind the character's head.

Splatoon 3
The Cephalo Pods were first revealed in the new years short clip on 2022-01-01. Its name was revealed in the Splatoon 3 Direct.

Along with the Tri-Shred Tee and Force ReBoots, the Cephalo Pods are part of the starting outfit for new players.

Trivia

 * This piece of gear was available in the Splatoon 3 Splatfest World Premiere.
 * The English name of this piece of gear is a pun on "cephalopods," the type of mollusk that squid and octopuses belong to, and AirPods, a type of wireless headphones produced by Apple.