The Surface Earbuds launched last year but didn’t go on sale until more than six months later. The earbuds is currently available in a single colorway called Glacier. If you don’t like this light gray variant, Microsoft has announced that a new color variant called Graphite (Dark Gray) will soon be available.

The landing page for the Surface Earbuds says it is coming soon in Graphite. However, Windows Central has reported that it will be available on September 10, the same date the Surface Duo will be available for purchase.

The Surface Earbuds boasts an 8 hour battery life that goes up to 24 hours with the charging case. Each earbud houses a 13.6mm driver unit and two microphones. There is support for touch and voice controls. You can even use them to type documents if you have a Microsoft 365 subscription. The earbuds are compatible with devices running Windows 10, Android 9 and up, and iOS 12 and up.

The earbuds are priced at $199.99 but there are special offers for students, parents, teachers, and those in the military that brings the price tag down to $179.99.

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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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