JBL’s new earbud charging case has a touchscreen so you may ditch the cellphone

JBL has simply introduced the Tour Pro 2 wi-fi earbuds, that includes adaptive noise cancellation and customizable ANC alongside a charging case with a 1.45-inch LED touchscreen management panel.

The show on the charging case lets you flick by a number of screens the place you may handle your music and make changes to your earbuds, in addition to obtain calls, messages, and social media notifications with out having to first seize your cellphone. It’s being marketed as a productiveness characteristic, and that does seem to carry some weight should you don’t already personal a smartwatch or should you don’t are likely to maintain your cellphone in an simply accessible pocket.

The Tour Pro 2 earbuds themselves are Bluetooth 5.3 LTE suitable and are available outfitted with 10mm drivers, up from the 6.8mm that featured on the Tour Pro Plus. JBL says they’ll last as long as 40 hours, with the earbuds themselves able to operating for round 10 hours earlier than needing to cost within the case.

This is an enchancment on the claimed 32 hours whole and 6 hours per utilization claimed on the Tour Pro Plus when ANC is energetic, although a review from Rtings locations real-world utilization nearer to 4.2 hours utilization and 16.8 hours whole battery life. Aside from that, the Tour Pro 2 characteristic six built-in microphones just like the Tour Pro Plus, which didn’t carry out nicely in response to this Tom’s Guide review. We can solely hope that the Tour Pro 2 earbuds present higher battery life and microphone efficiency to keep away from the identical disappointments as its predecessor.

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JBL can also be releasing the Tour One M2 over-ear wi-fi headphones, which the model claims “combines JBL’s best-ever hybrid True Adaptive ANC with JBL Pro-tuned drivers.” This is a successor to the unique JBL Tour One, providing enhancements to battery life when ANC is energetic (from 25 hours to 30) and a connectivity improve to Bluetooth 5.3. Overall battery life stays at 50 hours, although the Tour One M2 presents quick charging, supplying you with 5 hours of juice in simply 10 minutes.

The Tour One M2 cans will retail for $299, up from the $200 price ticket on the unique Tour One, whereas the Tour Pro 2 wi-fi earbuds will record for $249, up from the $200 on the Tour Pro Plus. Both the JBL Tour Pro 2 and Tour One M2 shall be accessible in black or champagne and are that can be purchased in the present day.