Wireless earphones are great, but you can be pretty much the same from one brand to the next. Most take the classic AirPods design language – bad buds, usually with a kind of trunk that all travel in a load case. Of course, everyone has their own list of advantages and disadvantages, but the product category has certainly homogenized.
The newly announced Powerbeats Pro 2, however, seem to be a little different. Of course, these new buds do all the things you would expect from a couple of 250 US dollars: they have their earphones. They are IPX4 welding and water-resistant and have a respectable 45-hour battery life if you take the additional thrust into account from the charging case.
But she see Unlike other earphones, thanks to the “Earhooks” of the buds. (I would argue that the orange color also helps in this department.) If you find that traditional wireless earphones tend to fall out of your ears. However, if you are used to the feeling of traditional earphones, the additional pressure of the ear hook could be different. I would recommend trying both types of earphones if they are not sure. In any case, the visual differences are definitely highlighted by the Powerbeats Pro 2.
Powerbeats Pro 2 can follow your heart rate
What my attention attracted was that built -in heart rate knife. These sensors sit on the side of each earphone and follow their heart rate through their ears. It is like having a small apple guard in each of your ears – which is a bit strange, but also really cool. They are not the first earphones to do this: Like David Carnoy from Cnet emphasizedSennheiser’s impulse sport -earphones were equipped with similar sensors. These heart rate monitors were pretty accurate in Carnoy’s experience, as were the one on the Powerbeats Pro 2.
Beats says that the heart rate in its new buds is monitored in a number of platforms, including Apple, Android and other Bluetooth-enabled fitness equipment. However, it is worth noting that the Health app on your iPhone, if you use the Powerbeate Pro 2 with an Apple Watch, pull out of the clock rather than from your earphones. You have to remove your Apple Watch or deactivate the heart tracker on the clock if you want to rely on the heart rate monitors on your powerbeats.
If you not Like the Ohrhooks on the Powerbeats Pro 2, or they are just a dedicated AirPods fan, don’t worry: This technology does not come to Apple’s flag -earphones -not immediately. According to Bloomberg’s Mark GurmanThese new AirPods are “still many months away”, so the Powerbeats per 2 remain the only earphones produced by Apple with heart rate tracking.
Other Powerbeats per 2 advantages
While Powerbeats work with many platforms, they are definitely designed for Apple’s own ecosystem. If you have other Apple devices, your powerbeats change between every device, when you play an audio source, just like other Apple earphones. There are also personalized spatial audios, Audio release (RIP headphone splinter) and versatile Siri if you want to ping the assistant while wearing your earphones.
The buds also have physical reproductions through the “B” button on every bud and volume roses on both. As someone who still uses a few AirPods Pro of the first generation, physical controls that are embedded on the buds are very tempting.
In Carnoy’s review for CNET, he found that the Powerbeats Pro 2 were very similar to Airpods Pro 2 in the audio quality and noise reduction, although he believed that the AirPods had a more consistent performance overall. In the Powerbeats Pro 2, some AirPods per 2 functions are missing, Like adaptive audioThe automatic noise over a certain decibel or a certain awareness blocks, which reduces the volume when he realizes that you are talking to someone.
