Amazon Now Makes Its Own Alexa-powered Bluetooth Earbuds

Amazon is launching a plethora of new products today. And the latest addition to the Echo line is the company’s new bluetooth speakers: the Echo Buds.

Amazon’s Echo Buds come with Alexa integration, so you can talk to Alexa whenever you want. You can say “Alexa” to use Amazon’s personal assistant, or tap and hold to access Google Assistant or Siri. There are dual audio drivers in each earbud, that offer “crisp, clear vocals, and dynamic bass”, with noise cancellation support. And it’s not just any regular noise cancellation — Amazon has worked with Bose to bring the company’s Bose Active Noise Reduction tech into the Echo Buds. You can turn on/off noise reduction by double-tapping the buds.

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In terms of battery life, you will get 5 hours of battery in one charge, and up to 20 hours with the charging case.

And all of this is pretty amazing when you consider the fact that the earbuds only cost $129, undercutting Apple’s AirPods, and probably a lot of the other premium earbuds in the market.

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  • faustxd9

    Premium Member
    25 September, 2019 - 3:06 pm

    <p>I am waiting for the MS event to happen to see they are releasing a earbud and I could make a decision. Crossing my fingers that they release a set of buds. Major bonus points if they work with Xbox as well!</p>

  • yoshi

    Premium Member
    25 September, 2019 - 3:18 pm

    <p>I have been so close to ordering AirPods, but now I'm thinking I should wait for these. That Bose integration is nice and I can use Alexa AND Siri with them. </p><p><br></p><p>Also, these will probably hit $99 a lot with Amazon's sales. They seem to discount their own hardware quite often.</p>

    • robotraccoon

      Premium Member
      26 September, 2019 - 10:29 am

      <blockquote><em><a href="#470792">In reply to yoshi:</a></em></blockquote><p>Yes! I'm still using first generation AirPods and waiting for something better to come along. The Echo Buds might be exactly what I want.</p>

  • jbinaz

    25 September, 2019 - 10:22 pm

    <blockquote><em><a href="#470827">In reply to SvenJ:</a></em></blockquote><p>Why would they charge with a Surfacr connector? The Surface headphones use USB-C.</p>

  • MikeGalos

    25 September, 2019 - 10:31 pm

    <p>But, to be fair, undercutting Apple on price isn't exactly a major achievement.</p>

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