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The world has been holding its breath over the Apple AirPods Studio rumors, but it appears that smartphone maker Huawei has beaten the tech giant with its own similarly named over-ear headphones.
The Huawei FreeBuds Studio was announced alongside the new Mate 40 and they come with active noise cancellation, a 20-hour battery life, and a sleek, sleek design.
According to Huawei, the new headphones will deliver “great sounding music with great detail”, thanks to an ultra-wide frequency band of 4 Hz to 48 kHz (in comparison, most headphones have a range of 20 Hz to 20 kHz , which is roughly the same as the human hearing range).
Inside the earbuds are 40mm polymer drivers, which allow for “wider frequency response and higher sensitivity), and are compatible with Huawei’s L2HC wireless audio codec to achieve audio transmission speed” of up to 960 kbps “.
That should be enough to support your Hi-Res audio files, although you need a HUAWEI Mate 40 series or a HUAWEI P40 series with EMUI 11 or higher to use this codec.
Adaptive noise cancellation
Huawei’s Freebuds Studios come with a “double-layer sound insulation structure” and active dynamic noise cancellation to block out ambient sound, with three ANC modes that can adapt to your environment.
There are also recognition and voice modes, allowing you to access your surroundings or have a quick conversation without removing the headphones.
In terms of connectivity, Huawei says the FreeBuds Studio is “the industry’s first dual-antenna wireless over-ear headphones to offer 360-degree omni-directional Bluetooth coverage.” This basically means that in high traffic areas with a lot of signal interference like airports, the headphones can switch to the antenna with the strongest signal.
The headphones can be paired with two devices at the same time, whether you are using Android, iOS or Windows based devices.
As we mentioned, the battery life is 20 hours with ANC on, and increases to 24 hours when ANC is off, and with a fast charge of 10 minutes, the HUAWEI FreeBuds Studio can offer five hours of music playback with ANC on. . or eight hours if the ANC is off.
So how much will that cost you? In the UK, the Huawei FreeBuds Studio will cost £ 299.99 and will go on sale from 3 November; global availability is yet to be confirmed, but that costs around $ 390 / AU $ 550. However, if you pre-order from October 22 to November 22, you can claim a free Huawei Watch Fit.
Should Apple be concerned?
In a word, no. While the Huawei FreeBuds Studio looks very attractive and comes with all the specs you’d expect from a pair of noise-canceling headphones, they are unlikely to be sold in the US, due to ongoing trade restrictions placed on it. the company.
That’s a huge market to miss, and you can be sure that Apple will dominate in the US.
In any case, Apple is a much better-known company, and AirPods Studio has been the subject of speculation for years: People are raving about Apple’s first on-ear headphones, and FreeBuds Studio has never enjoyed that hype. It is no coincidence that Huawei has chosen to choose a name similar to Apple’s rumored headphones.
So while Huawei’s wireless earbuds may represent a cheaper alternative to the AirPods Studio (if price leaks are to be believed), Apple’s rumbling is unlikely to be stolen when it finally announces its cancellation-canceling headphones. noise.
