AirPods Pro (2nd Generation)

Re:AirPods Pro (2nd Generation) by alistairSH on Wednesday September 07, 2022 @04:55PM (#32756722)

Unless I’m missing something, the only offering from Beats is the Flex. The rest are either over-ear “studio” headphones or true wireless. The Flex might be ok, but it doesn’t use the same chipset as the AirPods, so I don’t know if it pairs as seamlessly between 3+ devices or if they’ll work as well for teleconferencing.

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Re:AirPods Pro (2nd Generation) by happyopossum on Wednesday September 07, 2022 @05:49PM (#32757446)

> The Flex might be ok, but it doesn’t use the same chipset as the AirPods

The Beats Flex actually do use the W1 chip, which was used in the first few AirPods, and a bunch of Beats devices. It supports ‘AirPod-style’ pair once/use on any Apple devices use.

Would recommend.

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Re:AirPods Pro (2nd Generation) by alistairSH on Thursday September 08, 2022 @08:19AM (#32764427)

Ah, I hadn’t realized the W1 was the original AirPod SoC. At <$80, seems like they’re the best option for sports (within the Apple world at least).

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Re:AirPods Pro (2nd Generation) by yusefnapora on Wednesday September 07, 2022 @08:19PM (#32759269)

My mistake - I was thinking of the old Beats X, but I guess that's discontinued now that the Flex is on the scene.

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