Razer added RGB lighting to its Barracuda X wireless headphones

Razer has announced a caller mentation of its Barracuda X wireless gaming headset that adds a glowing Razer logo and a ringing of color-changing LEDs outlining each earcup. The caller Barracuda X Chroma headphones are present disposable for preorder successful a achromatic oregon achromatic colorway for $129.99 and are expected to vessel successful precocious October oregon aboriginal November.

As with other Razer headphones featuring RGB LEDs, the Barracuda X Chroma’s accent lighting tin beryllium customized done the Razer Chroma Studio desktop app oregon the Razer Audio mobile app. The headphones diagnostic six zones that tin beryllium acceptable to 1 of 16.8 cardinal colors to lucifer the motif of a gaming country oregon different hardware, oregon you tin take from preset effects, including lighting that corresponds to “over 300 games.”

The Barracuda X Chroma tin wirelessly link to devices implicit Bluetooth oregon utilizing Razer’s 2.4GHz HyperSpeed transportation for reduced lag. The institution says the headphone’s artillery beingness has been boosted to up to 70 hours with a 2.4GHz transportation and the lighting turned off, but that’s halved to conscionable 35 hours with the RGB LEDs running. A 15-minute complaint volition supply astir six hours of playtime, but erstwhile utilizing Bluetooth, artillery beingness volition perchance beryllium adjacent longer.

Other features see representation foam cushions connected swiveling earcups, 40mm drivers, a detachable HyperClear cardioid microphone connected an adjustable arm, and a mute fastener with a measurement dial integrated into the near earcup. At 285 grams, the headphones are besides somewhat heavier than the archetypal Barracuda X which weighed successful astatine 250 grams.

The Barracuda X Chroma are compatible with PCs, Macs, Nintendo Switch, Sony Playstation, Steam Deck, and Android and iOS mobile devices. But similar their predecessor, they inactive don’t enactment the Xbox’s wireless protocol.