It’s been a busy week for Anker at IFA in Berlin. Yesterday, we saw the company’s new Soundcore sleep earbuds debut, but the announcement we were keenest on was the Soundcore Space 2 Pro headphones. The line-up has always gone all out despite its relatively affordable price, and that sentiment holds here with a $200 price.
The highlight — according to Anker, anyway — is the inclusion of the company’s ‘Thus’ chip. After debuting in April, Anker has done anything and everything to stick it in its products, and now it’s the Space 2 Pro’s turn. The idea is for the chip to sit in the background and separate your voice from the background. Using AI, of course. That’s not a reason to knock it. We’ve yet to test the Thus chip, but it seems to do its job well, by all accounts.
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It’s not doing it entirely alone. The Space 2 Pro features a six-microphone array that works in tandem with the Thus chip to achieve its isolation feats. It’s backed up by eight microphones that work to bolster its ANC, which Anker reckons is 1.5 times stronger than that of the Space One Pro (one of its stronger selling points).
As ever, Anker’s HearID system claims it’ll set listeners up with a custom sound profile. It’s not necessary to function, but it does elevate the experience. The Space 2 Pro also supports spatial audio, Bluetooth 6.1, and twenty built-in voice commands. It also gains wear detection, which was sorely lacking in the Space One Pro.
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If you’re not all that fussed by ANC, you’ll get the most out of these cans, which promise sixty hours of battery life. Turn ANC on, and it’ll halve that figure. Pair it with LDAC, and it’ll drop even further to 25 hours. For the price you’re paying, it’s a decent showing. Anker claims a five-minute charge is enough to net eight hours of life.
At $200 (∼R3,200), these are technically the most expensive Soundcore headphones out, tied with the Space One Pro. You’re getting a fair bit more here than you did then, so we’ll take it. The cans are set to release on 22 September, and a South African release shouldn’t be too far behind. Official local pricing is still unknown.
