Bang & Olufsen’s new $499 earbuds have better ANC and replaceable batteries

Bang & Olufsen announced its caller Beoplay Eleven wireless earbuds today, carrying guardant a stem creation akin to Apple’s AirPods that the institution first introduced pinch its Beoplay EX. The Beoplay Eleven will beryllium Bang & Olufsen’s first wireless earbuds pinch replaceable batteries, making them compliant pinch EU sustainability regulations coming into effect successful 2027, arsenic Engadget points out. They still support an IP57 particulate and h2o rating, meaning the buds tin past submerging up to 1 meter.

But dissimilar Fairphone’s Fairbuds that person a user-replaceable battery, Bang & Olufsen says the Beoplay Eleven’s creation “allows for artillery replacement by service,” which intends you mightiness person to nonstop them successful for artillery repairs alternatively of doing it yourself. That makes the declare little impressive, arsenic moreover Apple will execute battery service connected AirPods successful immoderate circumstances.

The caller earbuds besides characteristic six updated microphones pinch a “slightly larger-than-usual microphone inlet” to amended sound telephone performance, ANC, and transparency modes. Bang & Olufsen besides says the caller Beoplay Eleven buds connection double the sound simplification astatine debased frequencies that activity amended crossed different receptor shapes and sizes while carrying guardant the aforesaid 9.2mm drivers arsenic the EX model.

The Beoplay Eleven buds are available now done Bang & Olufsen’s unit stores and website for $499 successful a earthy aluminum finish. The institution is offering the earbuds and their charging lawsuit pinch a copper reside decorativeness for the aforesaid price, pinch readiness starting December 17th.

Battery life remains the aforesaid arsenic the older Beoplay EX, pinch the Beoplay Eleven delivering up to six hours of listening pinch ANC turned connected aliases up to 8 hours pinch ANC off. When paired pinch a lawsuit that tin beryllium charged complete USB-C aliases pinch a wireless Qi charger, artillery life jumps to 20 hours pinch ANC aliases 28 hours without.