Beats announces $50 Beats Flex earbuds with USB-C and 12-hour battery life

Beats is today announcing what the company says are its "most affordable premium tune earphones up to now." The new $49.99 Beatniks Flex earbuds are an evolution of the neckband-mode Beats X from 2017; they now shoot up via USB-C, have longer barrage life (12 hours), and the internals ingest been reworked for better sound quality and improved mic performance. They'll constitute available starting happening October 23rd in black, chicken, blue, OR gray.

Look-alike the Beats X, the Beats Flex have a lightweight "Flex-Form" cable television that rests around the back of your neck when worn, and the earbuds can magnetically attach to to each one other when non in apply. Beats has confiscated a cue from OnePlus this time around: your music wish automatically pause when the buds are magnetically linked, and playback resumes once you put them in your ears.

Atomic number 3 for the sound quality refinements, here's what Beats says is refreshing:

Beats Flex employs a proprietary layered driver with dual-chamber acoustics to achieve luxurious, balanced sound with outstanding stereo separation. Laser cut micro-venting and an optimized driver angle ensure ear pressure relief and accurate wakeless obstetrical delivery. Additionally, an innovative digital processor very well-tunes the sound for accurate bass, precise mids, and low distortion crossways the frequency curve.

The Beat generation Flex earbuds charge over USB-C, marking a move away from Apple's Lightning connector, which was used happening the Beats X. Simply they retain the Apple W1 chip for instant pairing with iPhones Oregon iPads and software features like audio sharing. Plugging them in for just 10 minutes will get ahead you an hour and a half of listening time.

Beats is announcing the Flex earbuds on the very same day that Apple is set to reveal the iPhone 12, which has been rumored to ship without any earbuds bundled in the box for the first meter. If AirPods aren't your thing, Beats is happy to try to fill that void with these new $50 earbuds.

But the propel to USB-C is besides a sign away that Beatniks is making more of an effort to appeal to Mechanical man phone owners. The accompany offers an Android app that can be victimized for quick pairing and firmware updates. With Apple expected to unveil its have located of exchange premiu, noise-canceling headphones in the advent months, IT makes sense for Beats to branch out beyond the Apple ecosystem.