Reviewers liked the compact, comfortable design and lively sound, but found noise cancellation weaker than leading rivals and battery life modest with it enabled. Both missed wireless charging. Call quality divided them: SoundGuys found it adequate, while TechRadar struggled with wind and traffic noise.
Dual-element diaphragm driver and two-chamber acoustic design (Beats launch release reproduced by 9to5Mac)
Noise cancelling detail
Active Noise Cancelling and Transparency mode
Audio features
Dolby Atmos playback in Apple Music; no head tracking; Bluetooth 5.2 and SBC/AAC codecs (SoundGuys)
Battery
Listening time (maker's claim)
Up to 5 hours
With the case
Up to 15 hours
Wireless charging
No
Battery life detail
Up to 8 hours per charge and 24 hours including the case with noise cancelling off; up to 5 hours and 15 hours with it on
Charging case
USB-C; no wireless charging (SoundGuys and TechRadar)
Fast charging
A 5-minute Fast Fuel charge gives up to 1 hour of playback (Beats launch release)
Design
Weight (each earbud)
5.1 g
Water and sweat resistance
IPX4
Bluetooth
5.2
Controls
Multi-function button on each earbud for playback and calls; configurable press-and-hold controls; hands-free Siri on Apple devices
Microphones
Two noise-cancelling microphones and one voice microphone per earbud
Fit and ear tips
Silicone ear tips in three sizes; no automatic ear detection (SoundGuys)
Water resistance detail
IPX4 for the earbuds; the case has no sweat or water resistance
Works with
One-touch pairing with Apple devices and Google Fast Pair on Android; Beats Android app for controls and updates; either earbud can be used independently
Colours
Black, White and Beats Red at launch (Beats release)
In the box
Earbuds, charging case, three sizes of silicone ear tips and USB-C cable (Beats launch release and SoundGuys); power adapter sold separately
