Last October, Microsoft showed us its very first earbuds, the Surface Buds. However, the earbuds didn’t go on sale after its release as they were delayed to Spring 2020. It has now been reported that the earbuds will launch next month and should be available right shortly after.
The info comes from Winfuture.de and they say the Surface Earbuds will be one of the products Microsoft will announce alongside the new Surface Go 2. The site revealed that the earbuds will be available in Europe starting next month, May 6, for €199. The launch price last year for the US was $249 and should remain so.
The Surface Earbuds is quite different from other earbuds with respect to design thanks to its large circular outer body. The earbuds have replaceable tips of different sizes and support touch and swipe gestures for controlling playback, answering calls, and more. They also have an Office Integration feature that requires a subscription to Office 365. Another feature is a live transcribe that translates what you are saying while making a presentation using PowerPoint to up to over 60 different languages. The earbuds also support One-Click pairing.
The earbuds are said to last up to 8 hours on a single charge while the case raises it up to 24 hours. White seems to be the only color that will be available at launch.
Microsoft is not the only manufacturer that announced TWS earbuds last year that didn’t go on sale. Google’s Pixel Buds (2) also launched last October with a promise to go on sale this spring.
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