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Jabra’s wireless earbuds are easy to use

The connectivi­ty and the sound quality are the best in the market

- BY NAUSHAD K. CHERRAYIL Staff Reporter

Jabra’s third-generation — Elite 65t — earbuds is a big competitor for Apple’s AirPods and it is one of the best wireless earbuds available in the market even though it is not cheap.

It fitted my ears nicely and does not drop off and the sound is extremely good, as well as the Bluetooth connection.

To activate it, the Jabra Sound+ app has to be downloaded from the Android or Apple play stores to the smartphone.

To make this app work, you need to download the “Jabra Service” app.

The earbuds automatica­lly turn on when removed from the charging case. The app also keeps track of how much battery life the buds have left. The app is simple and informativ­e.

The circular earbuds have four enhanced microphone and microphone part at the stem of the device has to be pointed towards the mouth to pick up the voice. The “side tone” feature lets users to toggle it on or off in the app to hear your own voice in the earbud when making phone conversati­ons.

The app can be used to play/ pause music, skip tracks, control volume, and take calls. You can remove either earbud to pause the music and plug it in to continue playback.

Activate voice assistants

The left earbud has two buttons to control volume and to skip songs while the right has a single button for taking calls, play/pause music and to activate all major voice assistants, including Amazon Alexa, with a long press.

The earbuds, once intact, do not fall off when running and the audio quality is rich but not high and the headphone’s bass is punchy and the level can be adjusted in the app. The microphone is quite good and convenient for phone calls and can also be used as a normal headset.

Inside the Sound+app, you can personalis­e your call, music and audio experience. Users can change the settings to reflect their standard use of the headset. It has got the equaliser to control the bass and treble.

The “Hear Through” option lets you hear the sounds from the surroundin­gs and it is especially good when in a public transport. It can also be turned off.

The Pulse’s battery gives a talk time or music playback of up to five hours. The plastic charging case gives up to 15 hours of standby charge. With its fast charge technology, you can charge for 15 minutes to get 90 minutes of battery life which is pretty good. It can charge fully in 1.7 hours. It is priced at Dh685.

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