Microsoft updates Xbox wireless headset with Dolby Atmos, improved battery, and more for $110

In brief: The wireless headset that Microsoft introduced soon aft launching nan Xbox Series consoles was good regarded for offering a comparatively awesome characteristic group for its $99 price. For $10 more, nan updated type improves artillery life and gains caller features for added convenience.

Microsoft has introduced a caller type of its wireless headset for Xbox consoles and Windows PCs. The improved gaming headset, now available from nan Microsoft Store for $109.99, updates nan audio and wireless functionality.

One of nan astir important changes is nan inclusion of Dolby Atmos retired of nan box. Although nan $59 wired Xbox headset and nan erstwhile wireless type besides support Atmos, enabling nan characteristic requires an further $15 acquisition done nan Dolby Access app. Microsoft apt refused to salary nan Dolby licensing interest for each portion earlier relenting pinch nan updated model.

However, arsenic pinch nan older models, activating DTS Headphone: X still incurs an further cost. Windows Sonic, Microsoft's in-house spatial sound alternative, is besides supported.

Moreover, Microsoft added sound isolation and auto-mute features. The caller headset tin minimize inheritance sound to make nan speaker's sound clearer, and flipping nan microphone into nan up position automatically disables it. The institution besides switched to Qualcomm's S5 Gen 2 sound platform, decreasing audio latency.

Furthermore, nan caller Xbox headset upgrades nan Bluetooth functionality from type 4.2 to 5.3. The updated specifications present various features to amended power efficiency, which mightiness beryllium down nan accrued artillery life. Although nan charging velocity remains unchanged, artillery life has lengthened from 15 to 20 hours.

Other aspects of nan headset are mostly unchanged. It weighs 312 grams (11 ounces) and includes 40mm neodymium magnet speakers pinch insubstantial composite diaphragms. The speaker impedance is 32 ohms pinch a 20Hz to 20kHz response. The measurement and different settings are adjustable done earcup dials and nan Xbox Accessories app connected Xbox aliases Windows. Both Xbox wireless headsets besides support aggregate simultaneous Bluetooth connections truthful users tin person calls connected mobile devices while playing games connected Xbox aliases PC.

At $110, Microsoft's caller gaming headset mightiness beryllium a reasonable replacement to TechSpot's 2023 prime for nan champion fund gaming headset – nan SteelSeries Arctis 7+. While nan Arctis supports each modern platforms and boasts 30 hours of artillery life, it costs much and lacks Bluetooth functionality.