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Microsoft teases Cortana-enabled, noise canceling Surface Headphones
Microsoft‘s Surface lineup has taken an unexpected turn. The company just teased an upcoming “Surface Headphones,” product, a reveal that came as a surprise during a press event for the company’s new lineup of Surface devices.
The Surface Headphones mark a first for the company. To date, Microsoft has never made a Surface-branded audio product.
The tech-infused headphones are a bit like Microsoft’s answer to Apple’s AirPods or Google’s PixelBuds in that they come with Cortana built-right in and are optimized for Surface devices (though they’ll pair with any bluetooth device). But unlike those companies’ earbuds, the Surface Headphones are over-ear, noise canceling headphones.
The headphones look a bit bulkier than other over-ear cans, but there’s a lot packed into them, according to Microsoft. In addition to Cortana, they’re equipped with four beam-forming mics and four noice-canceling mics, and support 13 levels of noise cancellation.
You can control volume levels and noise cancellation via on-ear dials, so you can adjust the sound precisely to your environment.
Microsoft hasn’t revealed a price or release date for the headphones, but promised they would be “coming soon.”
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