Bang & Olufsen’s new $499 earbuds have better ANC and replaceable batteries

Bang & Olufsen announced its caller Beoplay Eleven wireless earbuds today, carrying guardant a stem plan akin to Apple’s AirPods that the institution archetypal introduced with its Beoplay EX. The Beoplay Eleven volition beryllium Bang & Olufsen’s archetypal wireless earbuds with replaceable batteries, making them compliant with EU sustainability regulations coming into effect successful 2027, arsenic Engadget points out. They inactive support an IP57 particulate and h2o rating, meaning the buds tin past submerging up to 1 meter.

But dissimilar Fairphone’s Fairbuds that person a user-replaceable battery, Bang & Olufsen says the Beoplay Eleven’s plan “allows for artillery replacement by service,” which means you mightiness person to nonstop them successful for artillery repairs alternatively of doing it yourself. That makes the assertion little impressive, arsenic adjacent Apple volition execute battery service connected AirPods successful immoderate circumstances.

The caller earbuds besides diagnostic six updated microphones with a “slightly larger-than-usual microphone inlet” to amended dependable telephone performance, ANC, and transparency modes. Bang & Olufsen besides says the caller Beoplay Eleven buds connection treble the sound simplification astatine debased frequencies that enactment amended crossed antithetic receptor shapes and sizes portion carrying guardant the aforesaid 9.2mm drivers arsenic the EX model.

The Beoplay Eleven buds are available now done Bang & Olufsen’s retail stores and website for $499 successful a earthy aluminum finish. The institution is offering the earbuds and their charging lawsuit with a copper code decorativeness for the aforesaid price, with availability starting December 17th.

Battery beingness remains the aforesaid arsenic the older Beoplay EX, with the Beoplay Eleven delivering up to six hours of listening with ANC turned connected oregon up to 8 hours with ANC off. When paired with a lawsuit that tin beryllium charged implicit USB-C oregon with a wireless Qi charger, artillery beingness jumps to 20 hours with ANC oregon 28 hours without.