Wednesday 6 January 2016
Under Armor teams with JBL for heart rate-sensing wireless headphones
JBL and Under Armour have teamed up to bring two wireless in-ear headphone - UA Headphones Wireless Heart Rate and UA Headphone Wireless. The most interesting product is the one with Heart rate monitoring.
The heart rate sensor is built right in to the ear piece. The UA Heaphones Wireless Heart Rate offers instant heart rate monitoring directly from the ear with a touch of a button. The headphones then streams the heart rate data collected with a built-in connection to UA Record, Under Armour's health and fitness platform.
The earbuds have a three button mic for taking calls or changing music tracks. They connect to the smartphone using Bluetooth 4.1 and and offers battery life of 8 hours (UA Headphone Heart Rate -5 hours). They are sweat-proof (IPX 5) and feature JBL's Twistlock and Flexsoft tech for comfort and twisty-cable avoidance.
Athletes that purchase the UA Headphones Wireless Heart Rate and UA Headphones Wireless will receive a complimentary 12-month MapMyFitness Premium subscription, valued at $29.99.
The UA Headphones Wireless Heart Rate is priced at $250 and will be available in late spring 2016 while the UA Headphones Wireless will set you back by $180 and is available for pre-order starting January 5, 2016 at JBL.com and UnderArmour.com.
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The best thing is, there was no wire connecting me to a stereo. Added to this, the music quality was superb. I fear I’ve had many similar experiences cooking, cleaning, tidying and blogging while listening to Chvrches, Lights, Paolo Nutini, Jimi Hendrix and so on. My wife has got used to calling after me and getting no response because I’m listening to music. I’ve gone off on a tangent. Let’s consider the Headphones. I’m no stranger to JBL’s products having reviewed its Soundfly wireless speaker system. I also had several of its products demonstrated to me at a special event held for dad bloggers a couple of years ago.
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