Xbox Wireless Headset Will Immerse Players In The Future Of Gaming With Best-In-Class Audio And Chat Performance
Microsoft has officially unveiled their latest Xbox gaming accessory that will provide players with a high-quality pair of headphones at an affordable price. This will allow them to feel more immersed in their games, help them react faster to the action, and connect even further with their favourite gaming worlds. With the next generation of accessories on the horizon, Xbox is continuing their commitment to raise the bar for innovation – focusing on performance, stand-out features, quality, and accessibility to help deliver immersive gaming experiences across console, mobile, and PC devices.
The NEW Xbox Wireless Headset is the latest addition to the Xbox family of accessories that promises to deliver the best-in-class audio and chat performance in a comfortable design that is tailored for each individual gamer. The development team spent an incredible amount of time analyzing what exactly makes for an authentic audio experience and tweaked, calibrated, and configured that research into a quality gaming headset with exceptional sound, low latency, and lossless audio.
Players will be able to hear all of the subtle (footsteps in the distance) and critical (footsteps above their head) sounds that will put them directly into the heart of the game which is achieved through the use of leading spatial sound technologies including Windows Sonic, DTS Headphone:X, and Dolby Atmos. Party Chat will also be greatly improved as the Xbox Wireless Headset will provide players with clear and intelligent chat audio quality with a dual beamforming microphone that focuses on speech and surrounding sound; finding the perfect balance to ensure that no conversation is lost against the sounds of competition – voice isolation tuning will ensure that voice communication is crisp and clear.
Heavy breathers should no longer be cause for distraction as the Xbox Wireless Headset also features an auto-mute function that will automatically mute your microphone whenever a player is not actively speaking. This will help ensure that all communication lines are clear and ready for the next wave of strategy and instructions from fellow team members and squad mates. A light indicator is also present that will illuminate whenever a voice is being picked up and broadcast in the game with a manual mute button available to allow for complete audio control.
We spent a lot of time in the audio testing chambers trying to characterize and understand how the headset reproduces audio in different room environments. It goes in your living room, game room, and dorm room and we want it to sound the best for all types of audio. In the same way, the team studied gameplay to ensure great sounding chat with a sensitive mic to prevent background noise.
Erik Garcia, Project Architect and Lead
The Xbox Wireless Headset has also been engineered to fit comfortably during extended gaming sessions; perfect for streaming on Twitch, YouTube, and Facebook Gaming platforms. It features a lightweight design, ultra-soft large earcups that distribute pressure evenly over the ears, as well as an adjustable headband with a thick cushion to comfortably fit across a wide-range of head sizes. Players can rotate the earcup dials to adjust their volume levels in a new and innovative way that will help create a better game volume to chat volume balance during gameplay; quickly adjust and get back into the game.
The colour palette, size, and shape mirrors that of the Xbox Series X|S consoles and, like the consoles themselves, can easily blend into any living room or gaming space without looking or feeling blocky and out of place. Players will be able to connect their Xbox Wireless Headsets across all of their devices including Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One and Windows 10 PC with the option to pair them with mobile devices (iOS and Android) via Bluetooth for a quality on-the-go experience. Charging takes around 30 minutes and provides up to 4 hours of battery life with 3 hours needed to reach up to 15 hours of battery life when the headset is not being used at the time.
The NEW Xbox Wireless Headset is scheduled to release on March 16th, 2021 and retail for $129.99 CAD with pre-orders expected to begin on February 16th, 2021 at 10AM EST from participating retailers including EB Games, Best Buy, Walmart, The Source, and Amazon or directly from the Microsoft Store.
