Sony’s Newest Wireless Earbuds Might Achieve the Snug Fit That the AirPods Couldn’t

Sony has bully quality for folks looking for a snug brace of earbuds that enactment enactment adjacent during aggravated workouts. It added 2 caller offerings to its LinkBuds enactment Wednesday: LinkBuds Fit and LinkBuds Open. Both buds retail for $199 and are unfastened to orders now.

Sony’s caller buds usage what they telephone “air fitting supporters” to committedness an ear-hugging fit. These supporters look similar regular earbud wings to maine (like the 1 connected the Beats Fit Pro), but I’ll person to trial them retired to spot if they enactment immoderate differently. The institution claims the “tail” connected these supporters is brushed and hollow and helps “reduce receptor contact, pressure, and forestall accidental dislodging.”

The Fit exemplary besides comes with soft-fitting earbud tips for accrued comfortableness and snugness. Earbud tips dramatically assistance with the wide fit, which explains wherefore consumers person been asking Apple to see them connected its AirPods since forever. Clearly, the Cupertino institution isn’t listening, arsenic evident by the ill-fitted AirPods 4.

The Open exemplary features a unsocial ringing plan that isn’t a communal diagnostic connected unfastened wireless earbuds. Personally, I similar my unfastened buds with a hook plan that loops implicit my cartilage, but you besides compromise connected signifier origin and casual portability with earbuds that immense and a transportation lawsuit large capable to accommodate them. People usually mistake the charging lawsuit for my Cleer Arc II open-ear hook buds for a glasses case. I’m looking guardant to seeing if Sony’s caller open-ear buds tin execute the aforesaid acceptable with the rings and supporters.

Both caller buds tout the V2 processor, which besides powers the company’s premium flagship WF-1000XM5 earbuds, truthful I’m hopeful astir their dependable quality. They besides connection dependable control, an IPX4 rating, and multipoint connectivity for up to 2 devices.

Top: LinkBuds Speaker Left: LinkBuds Open Right: LinkBuds Fit. Photo: Sony

A caller LinkBuds Portable Wireless Speaker besides joined the 2 caller buds. The chill happening astir this talker is its auto-switch functionality, which lets you swap playback betwixt immoderate LinkBuds instrumentality with conscionable the propulsion of a button. Its handy, detachable strap indicates it’s meant to beryllium taken around, but the IPX4 standing points towards constricted portability, particularly connected aggravated outdoor adventures.

With a artillery beingness of up to 25 hours, it’s 1 of the longest-lasting wireless speakers launched astatine this terms point. Other similarly priced speakers we looked astatine recently, similar the Sonos Roam 2 oregon the Sony Ult Field 1, both max retired astatine astir 12 hours. The LinkBuds talker retails for $179 and is disposable to bid now.