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There are currently five hues to choose from with white, black and blue options joining a red pair. What's more, whether you want to be bold or behind the scenes, there's a colour scheme to suit your style. Cleaning up the look while also removing irritations, it's trip to the chopping block is a welcome one. What you will notice, however, is the lack of a fiddly rubber charging port cover. The body is actually marginally bigger than past models, although you'll struggle to notice the added millimetres. Just because they look familiar doesn't mean they're completely lacking design updates, either. The neck cord can bounce around and be a bit annoying, but find the right tightness for you and you'll never notice it again.

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As the driver housings are about the size of a small USB drive attached to each ear, just a damn sight better looking, you forget they're there, which is ideal for a long distance training session.

When running, the ear pods are snug, comfortable and don't bounce around. Whether you're strolling down the street, sat at a desk or running through a forest, the flexible ear hooks - which aren't troubled by glasses arms - and soft silicone tips combine to offer a fit that's near enough faultless.

As well as being an easy on the eye fashion statement, these are some of the most comfortable in-ear headphones we've used. Compared to past Powerbeats, the new headphones barely look any different. Customers must have an Apple ID and be signed into their iCloud account with Find My enabled.Ħ Find My can locate headphones and play a sound within the Bluetooth range of an iOS device signed in to iCloud.Apple might be the king of design, but they haven't sprinkled much of their magic dust over these Beats audio enablers. Battery life depends on device settings, environment, usage, and many other factors.Ĥ Requires iCloud account and macOS Sierra, iOS 10, watchOS 3 or later versions.ĥ Find My Beats requires an iPhone or iPod touch with iOS 14.5 or later, iPad with iPadOS 14.5 or later, or Mac with macOS Big Sur 11.3 or later. 10-Minute charge testing conducted with drained Beats Flex that were charged for 10 minutes, then audio playback was started until Beats Flex stopped playback.

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Testing consisted of full Beats Flex battery discharge while playing audio until Beats Flex stopped playback. The playlist consisted of 358 unique audio tracks purchased from the iTunes Store (256-Kbps AAC encoding). Works with iPhone 8 or later and iPod touch (7th generation) with the latest version of iOS and 12.9-inch iPad Pro (2nd generation or later), 11-inch iPad Pro, 10.5-inch iPad Pro, iPad (5th generation or later), iPad Air (3rd generation), and iPad mini (5th generation) with the latest version of iPadOS.ģ Testing conducted by Apple in August 2020 using preproduction Beats Flex and software paired with iPhone 11 Pro Max units and prerelease software.

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1 Compatible with iOS and iPadOS 14 or later, MacOS 11 or later, WatchOS 7 or later, and tvOS 14 or later compatibility will vary on Android devices.Ģ Audio Sharing is compatible with Beats Flex, Solo Pro, Powerbeats Pro, Powerbeats, Solo 3 Wireless, Powerbeats 3 Wireless, Beats Studio 3 Wireless, Beats X, AirPods (1st generation or later), and AirPods Pro.

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