Razer has announced a caller type of its Barracuda X wireless gaming headset that adds a glowing Razer logo and a ringing of color-changing LEDs outlining each earcup. The caller Barracuda X Chroma headphones are now disposable for preorder successful a achromatic aliases achromatic colorway for $129.99 and are expected to vessel successful precocious October aliases early November.
As pinch other Razer headphones featuring RGB LEDs, the Barracuda X Chroma’s accent lighting tin beryllium customized done the Razer Chroma Studio desktop app aliases the Razer Audio mobile app. The headphones characteristic six zones that tin beryllium group to 1 of 16.8 cardinal colors to lucifer the motif of a gaming room aliases different hardware, aliases you tin take from preset effects, including lighting that corresponds to “over 300 games.”
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The Barracuda X Chroma tin wirelessly link to devices complete Bluetooth aliases utilizing Razer’s 2.4GHz HyperSpeed relationship for reduced lag. The institution says the headphone’s artillery life has been boosted to up to 70 hours pinch a 2.4GHz relationship and the lighting turned off, but that’s halved to conscionable 35 hours pinch the RGB LEDs running. A 15-minute complaint will supply astir six hours of playtime, but erstwhile utilizing Bluetooth, artillery life will perchance beryllium moreover longer.
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Other features see representation foam cushions connected swiveling earcups, 40mm drivers, a detachable HyperClear cardioid microphone connected an adjustable arm, and a shut up fastener pinch a measurement dial integrated into the near earcup. At 285 grams, the headphones are besides somewhat heavier than the original Barracuda X which weighed successful astatine 250 grams.
The Barracuda X Chroma are compatible pinch PCs, Macs, Nintendo Switch, Sony Playstation, Steam Deck, and Android and iOS mobile devices. But for illustration their predecessor, they still don’t support the Xbox’s wireless protocol.