Tuesday, October 2nd 2018
Microsoft Announces Surface Headphones- Wireless, Noise-Cancelling, and.. Cortana
Alongside refreshes galore to their Surface hardware lineup of laptops, all-in-one devices and convertible PCs, Microsoft did have a surprise announcement as part of their media event earlier today. This included a whole new product genre under the Surface brand in the form of headphones.
The new Surface headphones join the current trend of audiophile-rated wireless headphones, which sounds like a misnomer in itself, and comes with 13 levels of noise cancellation with 8 microphones for the process controlled via an adjustment dial as per Anandtech. This is an over-the-ear style headphones offering beam-forming for hands-free calling and Cortana support for when you want to use Microsoft's take on the virtual assistant. Pairing via Bluetooth and coming in the now-standard Surface gray color scheme, the Surface headphones are priced at $349 and will be available later this year.
The new Surface headphones join the current trend of audiophile-rated wireless headphones, which sounds like a misnomer in itself, and comes with 13 levels of noise cancellation with 8 microphones for the process controlled via an adjustment dial as per Anandtech. This is an over-the-ear style headphones offering beam-forming for hands-free calling and Cortana support for when you want to use Microsoft's take on the virtual assistant. Pairing via Bluetooth and coming in the now-standard Surface gray color scheme, the Surface headphones are priced at $349 and will be available later this year.
8 Comments on Microsoft Announces Surface Headphones- Wireless, Noise-Cancelling, and.. Cortana
And, of course, totally useless in most of the world.
Wireless -ok with me, Apple, Samsung and other brands say wireless is the future and the 3.5mm jack must die.
Noise-Cancelling -ok with me.
and.. Cortana - hell no!!! I have my desktop PC, laptop and smartphone spying on me, now my headphones???
Also, for US$ 350 there certainly are better alternatives from brands that actually develop and manufacture audio equipment instead of modifying some cheap chinese product and adding useless software to it.
I would rather buy the anti-audiophile, bragging rights Beats Studio3 Wireless for the same price. I've never tried them but I'm sure they look better and reproduce sound better than this useless MSFT product.