They’ll also play music via an included headphones cable should the battery run out.Ī battery meter on the side of the headphones shows you charge when you power on or off the headphones, while audible announcements of battery and connectivity status help you figure out what’s going on. That’s long enough to not have to worry about charging them during the week. Photograph: Samuel Gibbs/The Guardianĭuring my testing, the headphones lasted for around 18-hours of listening from a two-hour charge. Soundįive small LEDs indicate charge when the headphones are powered on. It works great for the most part, but I found it would occasionally freak out and rapidly pause and play the music over and over. The “Sense” bit in BackBeat Sense refers to a proximity sensor within the right-hand ear pad, which pauses the music when it is taken off your head. It works great, but people still think you’re rude if you’re talking to them with headphones on, even if you can hear them. The right-hand ear cup has voice control button for activating Google voice search on Android or Siri on an iPhone, or for accepting or declining calls.Ī small red button on the bottom of the left-hand ear cup pauses music and feeds sounds picked up by the built-in microphones through the earpieces so that users can hear announcements and traffic without taking their headphones off. They all work well and feel sturdy in operation. The left-hand ear cup has dedicated pause, play and track skip buttons as well as a jog switch that turns the volume up and down. Sliding the switch up passed on the on-position puts the headphones into pairing mode. Many others require a long-press of a play button which can be a bit hit and miss. The right-hand ear cup has a physical switch for power, which is nice. Pause, play, track skip and volume are all controlled from the left-hand earcup.
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