The Beats Studio Buds had been the model’s first compact true wi-fi earbuds and never solely delivered a less expensive various to the Apple AirPods Pro with related specs, however they had been additionally Android-friendly. Almost a yr after their debut, Beats is rolling out some new colorway choices for the Studio Buds, in addition to some new options for Android customers.

Although the Beats Studio Buds don’t embody both the W1 chip utilized by the unique Apple AirPods, or the H1 chip utilized by newer fashions together with the AirPods Pro (which implies they lack the power to routinely pause your music when eliminated out of your ears, multi-device connectivity, and placement monitoring) they nonetheless supply simple pairing with each iOS and Android units utilizing Android’s Fast Pairing. You simply open the lid, place the Studio Buds close to your machine, and a pop-up pairing message seems on-screen. They additionally supplied ANC at a really aggressive $150, and whereas the case skipped wi-fi charging, it was USB-C suitable as a substitute of requiring a Lightning charging cable just like the AirPods do.

The Beats Studio Buds have been out there in pink, black, and white shade choices since day one, however beginning tomorrow three new colours are being launched: Sunset Pink, Ocean Blue, and Moon Gray. All three colours can be out there from Apple’s on-line and brick-and-mortar shops, however Moon Gray can be an Amazon unique, Ocean Blue will solely be out there from Best Buy, and Sunset Pink can be discovered at Target.

Beats Studio Buds customers on iOS have easy accessibility to customization controls for the earbuds by means of their machine’s Bluetooth settings, however Android customers must obtain and use the Beats Android app to make modifications to on-bud shortcuts and different tweaks. Today, Beats additionally introduced an replace to its Android app with added assist for widgets making it simpler for customers to rapidly entry earbud customization choices and battery life particulars. The replace additionally provides a “Locate My Beats” function that permits customers to see the final recognized location of their earbuds utilizing Apple Maps as an alternative choice to Google’s Find My Device that’s supplied the identical performance since launch however makes use of the Google Maps platform as a substitute.