Earlier this month, Dell Technologies announced what it calls the Dell Pro Plus Earbuds, and they’re exactly what you think they are.
Like most regular earbuds these days, the Dell Pro Plus earbuds offer active noise cancellation, transparency mode, and adaptive audio. But they have a trick up their sleeve — these are the world’s first earbuds to ship with a Microsoft Teams Open Office certification. It’s mostly the same thing as a regular Microsoft Teams certification, only with more stringent testing involved. They’re also certified for Zoom.
Dell Pro Plus Earbuds for work
The Dell Pro Plus Earbuds support multipoint connectivity for up to eight devices, although you’re still limited to two simultaneous connections. For a wireless connection, you have the option of Bluetooth 5.3 or the compact USB-C dongle included in the case.
Dell says you should get up to eight hours of audio playback from the Dell Pro Plus Earbuds with ANC enabled before they’ll need a charge. The case holds a further 25 hours. If you’re the one doing all the talking in your meetings, their claimed battery life is reduced to five hours from the ‘buds and 16.5 hours from the case.
Wireless charging is supported, and plugging them in for 5 minutes will net you one hour of listening.
The ‘world’s first’ bragging rights aren’t the only thing that sets these ‘buds apart, although the other thing will probably only appeal to you if you’re the one in charge of buying dozens of these for your office. The Dell Pro Plus Earbuds should integrate seamlessly with the company’s cloud-based Dell Device Management Console. It allows admins to do fun things, like remote configuration and updating the entire fleet’s firmware.
There isn’t a concrete timeline for when these will be available to South African IT admins (or you, if you want them for your home office), and we don’t have a local price just yet. They sell for $230 over the pond, or just under R4,000. We’ll update this article when more info is available.
