JBL’s new earbuds have a case with touchscreen, because we don’t have enough displays – TechCrunch

Drained: JBL introduced the Tour PRO 2 earbuds with energetic noise cancellation (ANC). Wired: The case has a touchscreen.

That’s proper. Within the off-chance you didn’t have sufficient screens in your life, the brand new earbuds’ case provides one other 1.4-inch LED contact show. Customers can flick by a number of screens like completely different watch faces that enable them to handle multimedia playback and shuffle by completely different noise cancellation modes.

Customers can also obtain notifications from social media apps, check out incoming messages and deal with calls instantly from the JBL Tour Professional 2 case’s display. Sadly, there’s no keyboard on the display, so you’ll be able to’t actually reply to any messages.

It’s exhausting to purchase the argument that customers can depart their telephones of their pocket and use the case, as lots of people additionally simply put them of their pockets. The concept sounds weird, however JBL may be attempting to focus on customers who don’t have a smartwatch. Notably, the JBL Tour Professional 2 case doesn’t have LTE connectivity. So in contrast to some smartwatch fashions which have telephony capabilities, the case doesn’t can help you ditch your cellphone if you exit.

Other than the weird display, the earbuds goal to problem the top-of-the-line ANC buds with 10mm dynamic drivers and assist for Bluetooth 5.3. The corporate claims that these buds can have 10 hours of battery life, with the case offering 30 extra hours on a single cost. What’s extra, JBL’s new buds have six mics to deal with calls — it’s not clear if this array can be used to deal with noise cancellation.

The JBL Tour Professional 2 will probably be obtainable subsequent 12 months at a worth of €249 ($249.75). Sadly, the corporate didn’t share any particulars a couple of potential U.S. launch. The corporate additionally introduced its Tour ONE M2 headphones with 40mm dynamic drivers and as much as 30 hours of battery life with ANC activated.