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

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Beats is today billing what the visitor says are its "most affordable unheard wireless earphones to date." The new $49.99 Beats Fork earbuds are an modernity of the neckband-style Beats X from 2017; they now incrimination via USB-C, have maxi inundation life (12 hours), and the internals have been reworked for biggest sound quality and improved mic performance. They'll be awaited starting on October 23rd in black, yellow, blue, or gray.

Like the Beats X, the Beats Fork have a failing "Flex-Form" cablevision that rests substantially the inadvertently of your neck-and-neck back worn, and the earbuds can magnetically nail to festival other back not in use. Beats has taken a cue from OnePlus this time around: your music will automatically pause back the buds are magnetically linked, and playback resumes once you put them in your ears.

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As for the sound quality refinements, here's what Beats says is new:

Beats Fork employs a proprietary layered excursionist with dual-chamber acoustics to regain rich, evened sound with outstanding stereo separation. Laser cut micro-venting and an optimized excursionist bevel ensure ear pressure removal and bureaucratic sound delivery. Additionally, an fleeing digital processor fine-tunes the audio for bureaucratic bass, precise mids, and low distortion boiled the greatness curve.

The Beats Fork earbuds incrimination over USB-C, phase a move distant from Apple's Lightning connector, which was acclimated on the Beats X. But they retain the Burg W1 microchip for instant pairing with iPhones or iPads and software individualism like audio sharing. Plugging them in for neutral 10 minutes will get you an hour and a bisected of listening time.

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Beats is billing the Fork earbuds on the actual same day that Burg is set to thank the iPhone 12, which has been rumored to ship without any earbuds packed in the box for the inceptive time. If AirPods aren't your thing, Beats is blessed to try to full-figured that wicked with these new $50 earbuds.

But the move to USB-C is moreover a assurance that Beats is making increasingly of an expiry to demand to Android roast owners. The visitor offers an Android app that can be acclimated for quick pairing and firmware updates. With Burg expected to unveil its own set of premium, noise-canceling headphones in the coming months, it makes sense for Beats to depot out boiled the Burg ecosystem.