JBL’s earbuds with a touchscreen case are coming to the US

JBL just lately introduced a set of wi-fi earbuds with a touchscreen on the charging case that allow you to management your music — however on the time, they have been solely headed to Europe. Now, at CES, JBL has introduced plans to convey the earbuds to the US. JBL’s Tour Pro 2 headphones will launch stateside someday this spring, and also you’ll be capable to choose them up for $249.95, or about the identical worth as Apple’s AirPods Pro.

At 1.45 inches, the LED touchscreen on the Tour Pro 2 case received’t be capable to present you a lot. For comparability, it’s even tinier than the 1.9-inch cowl display on Samsung’s Galaxy Z Flip 4. But the display could possibly be a helpful option to do easy duties like skipping a tune, flipping on ANC, or glancing at your notifications in case your telephone isn’t close by.

As for the headphones themselves, you may anticipate as much as 10 hours of battery on a single cost with ANC turned off or eight hours with it on, based on JBL, and have six mics to assist with clearer calls. They additionally assist Bluetooth 5.3, although LE Audio, which is poised to be a giant improve, received’t be out there till an replace “at a later stage.”

JBL can also be bringing the Tour One M2 over-ear headphones to the US, providing “up to” 50 hours of music playback (30 hours with ANC), a foldable design, assist for Bluetooth 5.3, and just like the Tour Pro 2s, LE Audio arriving someday sooner or later. The Tour One M2s will likely be out there this spring for $299.95.