- Beats Studio Pro over-ear headphones feature Active Noise Cancellation, Transparency Mode and Spatial Audio.
- Lightweight, near-zero distortion 40mm drivers and integrated digital processor provide balanced sound.
- Features include Active Noise Cancellation, Transparency Mode, Spatial Audio, and Personalized Spatial Audio.
- Up to 40 hours of listening time with ANC and Transparency Mode off, and up to 24 hours with them enabled.
The long-rumored Beats Studio Pro has become a reality, with the over-ear headphones providing Active Noise Cancellation and bringing the AirPods Personalized Spatial Audio to the Apple subsidiary. Repeatedly appearing in leaks through early 2023, the Beats Studio Pro are the latest headphones to emerge from the Apple-owned Beats by Dre. Rather than in-ear devices like the Beats Studio Buds+, the Pro instead offers a similar package of features in an over-ear headphone configuration.
Somewhat reminiscent of the Beats Studio3 headphones, the Beats Studio Pro have leather ear cushions and metal sliders. Inside each of the earcups is a custom 40mm driver, which is supposedly capable of near-zero distortion, even when used at high volume, for high audio quality. Using a new integrated digital processor, it will also work to create as balanced a sound profile as possible. This onboard processing will also provide many of the features AirPods Pro users will be familiar with, including Active Noise Cancellation and Transparency Mode, switchable with a dedicated button on the side of one of the cups. Spatial audio with dynamic head tracking support and Dolby Atmos is also included, as well as Personalized Spatial Audio, which can create a personal listening profile using an iPhone with a TrueDepth camera.
The Beats Studio Pro also offer features like Google Fast Pair, Audio Switch, and Find My Device, as well as one-touch pairing, Find My support, and “Hey Siri” for iOS users. A big selling point of the Beats Studio Pro is the battery life, which can provide up to 40 hours of listening time with ANC and Transparency off, or up to 24 hours with them enabled. Fast Fuel charging allows the headphones to get up to four hours of playback from a ten-minute charge.
The Beats Studio Pro are available to purchase from B&H and Amazon.com, offered in a choice of deep brown, sandstone, navy, and black colorways, for $349.
