Sony’s revolutionary open air LinkBuds have a sequel and so do the closed LinkBuds S. The brand new fashions are merely referred to as LinkBuds Open and LinkBuds Match. There’s a speaker too (which makes a variety of sense, we’ll get to it).
Sony LinkBuds Open
The Sony LinkBuds Open have been redesigned for a extra comfy match with the Air Becoming Supporters that can help you put on all of them day. Their open design permits you to hear ambient sounds and conversations as an alternative of faking it with the ANC system. Not having your ear canal plugged up with a rubber tip additionally helps with lengthy put on consolation.
Sony redesigned the open ring driver. It’s an 11mm round driver with neodymium magnets that hooked as much as Sony’s Built-in Processor V2, which was beforehand featured on the premium WF-1000XM5. The Open help DSEE and Adaptive Quantity Management, which modify the sound degree primarily based in your environment.
Connection is dealt with by Bluetooth 5.3 with multi-point connectivity and help for AAC and LC3 audio codecs. The buds help voice instructions, however that doesn’t contain the same old solid of digital assistants (Siri, Google Assistant, and so on.). With head monitoring out there, these additionally help 360 Audio.
Gesture and voice controls, similar chip because the WF-1000XM5
The LinkBuds Open have a lot improved battery life and may last as long as 8 hours constantly and as much as 22 hours with the charging case (up from 5.5/17.5 hours on the unique LinkBuds). The case is fairly tiny at 46 x 46 x 29.4mm and 30.6g. The buds are rated IPX4, so you may exit within the rain and never fear about them.
The Sony LinkBuds Match are the sequel to the LinkBuds S and have a closed design. These even have Air Becoming Supporters and Earbuds Ideas – Sony sells replacements in several colours, so you may customise your type. Talking of favor, Sony has partnered with Olivia Rodrigo and is providing her signature violet colorway (however solely within the US, extra on availability later). Moreover, case covers can be found for much more customization.
The Match have additionally been designed to be worn for lengthy intervals of time and Sony has put a variety of work into making them comfy. Additionally they supply wonderful noise cancellation – just like the Open, these have the Built-in Processor V2 – and in addition Auto Ambient Sound mode for when you want to hear your environment.
Sony LinkBuds Match
The Match even have higher audio codec help with LDAC and LC3 and are licensed for Hello-Res Audio Wi-fi. Each Open and Match buds help simultaneous Bluetooth transmission, that means that the left and proper bud have their very own connection to your cellphone (the old school manner is for one bud to hook up with the cellphone and to ship audio to the opposite bud).
Along with voice management, the brand new LinkBuds additionally help Broad Space Faucet – the same old faucet gestures may be carried out by tapping your cheek as an alternative of getting to purpose for the buds themselves.
The Match are additionally rated IPX4. The Match, Open and Speaker use recycled plastics, whereas their packaging consists of no plastics.
These gestures, plus equalizer settings and extra may be configured with the brand new Sound Join app. You may arrange fast entry to your favourite music participant, be it the cellphone’s personal app or Spotify. This app additionally helps the brand new LinkBuds Speaker.
The LinkBuds Match can last as long as 5.5 hours with ANC on or as much as 8 hours with it off. With the case, the listening time goes as much as 21 hours (an hour longer than the LinkBuds S lasted). The Match case measures 47.2 x 47.2 x 32.6 mm and weighs 41g.
The brand new Sound Join app
The thought of the speaker is that it integrates with the LinkBuds Open and Match (the outdated LinkBuds S are supported too), permitting you to seamlessly swap between listening by way of the headphones or by way of the speaker. Think about coming dwelling, taking out the headphones and your music or podcast simply persevering with to play on the speaker.
The speaker usually lives on a charging dock, however has a built-in battery that may final so long as 25 hours at an affordable quantity or as much as 6 hours at full blast.
Sony LinkBuds Speaker
The Speaker has a tweeter and a woofer (X-Balanced Speaker), plus passive radiators. You will see that a 5-band equalizer and a Clear Bass setting within the Sound Join app. The Fast Entry button gives the identical quick access to your favourite music providers because the buds have.
The Sony LinkBuds Open can be found for pre-order now and value USD 200 / CAD 300. You could find them on Sony.com, Amazon and Greatest Purchase, together with choose retailers. The Open shall be launched on October 11. As famous above, the violet shade is obtainable solely within the US (for now), the identical goes for equipment just like the case covers and Air Becoming Supporters.
The Sony LinkBuds Match are on pre-order now and value the identical: USD 200 or CAD 300. Verify them out on Sony.com, Amazon and Greatest Purchase, plus choose retailers. The Match shall be launched on November 1. These have their very own case covers and Air Becoming Supporters, which value USD 20 and USD 10, respectively.
The Sony LinkBuds Speaker shall be out there solely within the US for now. You may pre-order it from Sony.com and Amazon for USD 180. The speaker shall be out on October 11.
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