Bang & Olufsen has unveiled its latest premium wireless headphones, the Beoplay HX, which boast incredible battery life

Launched today (March 25) for $499 (£449 / €499), the black-colored headphones are not cheap, and will compete with the AirPods Max to be the best headphones for those with money to spare Bang & Olufsen will launch the end of April A white model will also be available, and a mixed version in white and brown will be available in May

Bang & Olufsen's new headphones, which will replace the much-loved Beoplay H9, do not deviate much from the H9 in terms of design: the Beoplay HX is made of supple leather, with a cowhide upper headband to handle the shocks and impacts of everyday use The Beoplay HX is designed with a supple leather upper headband to resist shocks and impacts from everyday use [Active noise cancellation (ANC) and Bluetooth operate for up to 35 hours, or 40 hours with ANC disabled

Google Fast Pair and Apple Made for iPhone (MFi) make it easy to pair the headphones with the best Android phones and provide the best iPhone compatibility HX's Bluetooth 51 allows your hardware and quickly links with it to provide multipoint connectivity [35 hours of ANC playback puts it ahead of most of Bang & Olufsen's rivals, especially Apple's $549 AirPods Max, which only offer 20 hours of playback with ANC turned on

Alternatively, one can opt for the noise-canceling features of Sony's WH-1000XM4 This is a looser purse string at $350, and with 30 hours of ANC runtime, it falls just short in terms of playback time However, the Beoplay HX's incredible playback time makes it definitely a product to add to your shopping list

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