Shokz upgraded its open earbuds with better sound and a lighter design

Shokz has announced 2 caller versions of its unfastened earbuds. Like the original OpenDots One that launched successful May 2025, the caller Shokz OpenDots 2 and OpenDots Air are some designed to beryllium worn clipped to the backmost of your receptor pinch their drivers positioned to task sound toward your receptor canals without blocking them. It’s a creation that perchance offers much comfortableness and biology consciousness than accepted wireless earbuds, while the 2 caller versions cater to circumstantial needs.

The OpenDots Air are an entry-level type disposable successful achromatic aliases daybreak purple colour options for $129.95 which is complete $70 cheaper than the original. They characteristic Shokz’ “next-generation spherical acoustic structure” called Bassphere that uses a brace of civilization 11.8mm drivers connected each broadside pinch an “optimized diaphragm” to amended bass, loudness, and clarity. You tin create civilization EQs successful an accompanying app, but location are besides preset sound profiles including a voice-boosting mode for podcasts and audiobooks, arsenic good arsenic a privateness mode that reduces higher frequencies while you’re successful quiet environments.

Battery life is estimated to beryllium up to 9 hours of playback that tin beryllium extended to up to 36 hours pinch their charging case. There’s nary ANC, but AI algorithms are utilized to thief trim inheritance noises during calls. The OpenDots Air besides characteristic move receptor discovery truthful you tin deterioration them connected either broadside without having to find which earbud goes connected the near aliases right. They’ll fig that retired connected their own.

The OpenDots Air are besides the lighter of the 2 caller models astatine 6.3 grams per earbud, but astatine 6.4 grams per bud the $199.95 OpenDots 2 aren’t overmuch heavier and connection much functionality. Available successful pearl white, gray, and achromatic colour options, the OpenDots 2 characteristic the aforesaid dual-driver strategy arsenic the Air but pinch support for Dolby Audio. To further amended really you sound connected calls, an further bone-conduction microphone has been added to thief isolate your sound from inheritance noises that could make it difficult for others to perceive you.

Battery life for the OpenDots 2 is 10 hours connected their ain aliases 40 pinch their charging lawsuit that tin beryllium topped disconnected pinch a Qi wireless charger. Both of Shokz’ caller offerings usage Bluetooth 6.1, tin link to 2 devices simultaneously for easy switching (such arsenic betwixt your telephone and laptop), and tin beryllium located utilizing the Shokz mobile app, but only if you’re wrong Bluetooth range. The OpenDots 2 amended their chances of being recovered pinch support for Google’s Find Hub app, which will uncover their past known location moreover if you’re obscurity adjacent them.