 Two of Jabra's latest wireless earbuds are getting a significant upgrade. Both the Jabra Elite 7 Pro and Elite 7 Active are getting multipoint support, which lets you pair them to two audio sources at once. That makes for seamless switching between listening to music on your laptop, say, and taking a handsfree call on your phone. Multipoint support comes courtesy of a firmware update which is rolling out now. You can manually update the firmware yourself using Jabra's Sound+ app for Android or iOS. As well as multipoint, the update brings support for Google Assistant, so you can set Google's personal helper as your voice-activated batman of choice. The MyFit feature has also been improved, while bugs have also been fixed. Both earbuds went on sale at the end of last year. The Elite 7 Pro are the more premium offering, featuring call-focussed tech to make your handsfree chats as clear as your tunes. Jabra's MultiSensor Voice technology brings together a bone conduction sensor, four microphones and algorithms to give call quality a polish. At the heart of it are the voice pick-up sensors (VPUs) – one in each earbud. The algorithms constantly analyse the type of noise being picked up by the built-in microphones, and when they detect wind noise, they active the VPUs. Bone conduction tech transmits your voice via vibrations in the jawbone, with the algorithm using the best combination of bone conduction sensor and microphones to transmit the clearest call possible. The Elite 7 Active lack this tech, but they do feature Jabra's ShakeGrip coating, which is designed to stay put no matter how vigorously you work out. Other than that, the buds are identical, with adjustable active noise cancellation onboard, personalised audio profiles, and nine hours of battery life plus another 26 hours from the carry case. The Elite 7 Pro cost £199.99 ($199, AU$299), and the Elite 7 Active £169.99 ($179, AU$279). And thanks to this update, you get a bit more bang for your buck. MORE: Apple, be damned! Check out the best AirPods alternatives These are the Best wireless earbuds 2022: budget and premium And these are the best headphones under £100 Joe has been writing about tech for 17 years, first on staff at T3 magazine, then in a freelance capacity for Stuff, The Sunday Times Travel Magazine, Men's Health, GQ, The Mirror, Trusted Reviews, TechRadar and many more (including What Hi-Fi?). His specialities include all things mobile, headphones and speakers that he can't justifying spending money on. I got an another great opportunity to test out new Jabra Elite 7 -series earbuds: Jabra Elite 7 Active and Jabra Elite 7 Pro. My previous check on Jabra’s were 85t buds. On longer term I noticed that they didn’t fit my ears that well, no matter which ear piece size I tried. During the winter 85ts fell off my ears a few times and I didn’t even want to start thinking to use them when bicycling. For walks, commuting and inside they were excellent though. I was lucky because earlier this spring Jabra sent me these Elite 7 buds for testing. Some Elite 7 Pro Tech Specs ✅ ANC, option to choose hear-through as well Fore more tech details, please see Jabra’s product page Some Elite 7 Active Tech Specs ✅ ANC, option to choose hear-through as well Fore more tech details, please see Jabra’s product page As can be seen from specs, there isn’t too much difference when it comes to technical specs. They are even in quite close to each other at the price range ($160-$180). When unpacking their boxes you can have the quality experience already at that point. This is a personal opinion of course, but I like the way Jabra uses packaging (recycleable) to bring out key messages. And if you haven’t used Jabra’s before you get easy instructions to follow. Of course install Sound+ app to your phone when taking these into use so you can personalize your buds. And to keep the easy experience going, when unfolding the box you have even more instructions how to set them up. Active version is themed on yellow and Pro -version got professional grey look. UsabilityThere are several key usability features that are important for me. First: they need to fit securely to my ears and both Elite 7 versions do accomplish that with full points. It was a delight to notice after 85t. The worry about earbud falling was taken away, Elite 7 buds ear piece and overall design is a great match with my ears. Also the carrying/charging case is smaller than before so it fits my jean’s coin pocket better. From outside you don’t see any different between Active and Pro cases. Buds snap to cases easily with magnets. For size comparison I took some photos with 85t box compared to Elite 7 cases. Case comparison: Jabra Elite 7 Pro, Elite 7 Active and Jabra 85t. What has changed between 85t and Elite 7 is the box design and size. Elite 7 cases are very slim and functional. Overall and the TLDR; on Elite 7 series case: it is smaller and better designed than 85t had. When comparing actual buds it can be seen that Elite 7 buds are much smaller than 85t. And this is a big factor – new buds don’t stick out of ears as much as before. They are more light as well. Much more pleasant to keep in ears for hours at the time. And what is important that 85ts had an elliptical ear-piece while Elite 7 series are back to round versions. Round ones fit my ear much better and provide a secure connection so these don’t fall off. When taking buds to use, make sure to use Sound+ app to get a good fit and personalized ANC experience. My Experiences and conclusionI have to say I am overall quite happy with these buds. First – they fit to my ears well and don’t fall off – and second the audio quality & battery life is really good. I don’t think it will be up to 8 hours with ANC on, but it won’t be far off from that either. I did a a few flights and train travels with Pro version during the testing period and I had no battery issues. Since I put them to the case whenever it made sense I didn’t have any low battery situations – even short breaks at the case will charge buds quite a good amount. ANC was great and it muted much of plane/train and other ambient noise – in fact more than I thought it would do. The better fit to ears also helps to reduce ambient noise. I was very happy to see this with small buds. For just in-case situation I had Surface Headphones 2+ with me but I found out that I didn’t need them at all – it was easier just to use Elite 7 Pro buds. I might feel different if I were to use these for 6+ hours in a row (long flight) or noisier environment but these travels that took a few hours at the time worked just fine. Using hear-through by pressing the left bud is excellent invention – I don’t have to take buds off my ears to talk with someone. I configured hear-through mode to mute music while using that. I tested Elite 7 Active buds while doing outdoor activities, such as walking or bicycling. They pick up wind noise when bicycling and ANC can’t counter all that away. The solution was turn up the volume for music, until the wind noise moves to the background. Catching the wind noise is probably a combination of wind direction, bicycle helmet and bud design on those parts it extends from ear. It is good to also check that if you have ANC on or not. A few cases I was cycling without ANC (didn’t check when put them on) and naturally wind noise was higher then. Using the default option of left bud you can switch between ANC and Hearthrough. You can also define if you want to mute media volume when using hearthrough mode, or just activate it. Via Sound+ app you can also define if you want to add Off-mode to the left bud so it would cycle ANC, Hearthrough and Off. To me ANC & Hearthrough are enough – I don’t need off mode or if there is a special situation where it would be useful I can turn it on via Sounds+. Jabra Elite 7 Active has a matter black surface (my version) so they don’t shine out of ear and can be “stealthy” in that sense. For talking I didn’t have much issues that I didn’t expect. Canceling noise while talking can’t do magic because there isn’t a boom mic present. There is always some level of surrounding noise. Overall talking experience (on the other end) was what expected. These do cancel plenty of the noise, but there is a limit. On my end it was very easy to have conversation in various places. The big question is: which one of these I would buy? Perhaps that would come to the color variations that are available and choose from there. These both are so good and meet my expectations that I might just look at the price and the color that pleases me more. Pros do look good and business-like so you will very likely see me using Elite 7 Pros. Especially since are rated IP57 for water & sweat I don’t have to worry about rain when using these. And yes, you can pair these to the computer using Bluetooth. Microsoft Teams and home office was much more pleasant in a hot summer day (no air condition at home office room) when using buds instead of my usually favorited over-the-ear headset. Teams, music, meetings, calls – not bad at all. And keep in mind that these are not, not even Pro version despite the name, business line devices. It doens’t mean these wouldn’t work – but they are not Microsoft Teams certified if you are looking for that. They work pretty well without certification – but I did not give them extensive testing on that part because I do have Teams certified devices that I prefer to use when doing meetings. Hot summer days were the exception to this one.
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