Mobvoi is known on the market for its affordable smartwatches and buds. After releasing the second generation TicPods 2 Pro in January, the brand just announced an updated model that comes with a few additional features, especially independent pairing that now lets you use whichever bud you want without its counterpart.

The brand built upon its relatively recent pair of buds and enhanced them with a single paring technology, as well as new quick voice commands. Except for these changes, the new model is relatively similar to the previous version and therefore comes with the same hard plastic tips, TicMotion gesture recognition — in case you're willing to perform silly head nods in public to respond to a call, touch controls, and TicHear voice controls. The latter has been improved with the support of volume changes if you're willing to shout that at your buds.

The case design has also been updated, which now feels a little more premium, with the addition of a metal strip showing the product’s name on the top of the lid of the charging case.

The TicPods 2 Pro+ are available on Mobvoi.com and Amazon for $139.99, GBP £119.99, €139.99 in  Navy and Ice colors.

SPECS

Voice Control

TicHear™: Quick-Commands

Gesture Control

TicMotion™: Head gesture controls

Controls

Touch controls

Independent connection

Yes

Quick pairing

Yes

In-ear detection

Yes

OTA updates

Yes

Qualcomm® aptX™ Audio

Yes

Chipset

Qualcomm®QCC5121

Low latency

Yes

Connection

Bluetooth 5.0

Sound unit

13 moving coil

Microphone

Dual-mic with noise cancellation

Sensors

Accelerometer and Gyroscope

Water resistance

IPX4 dust and waterproof rating

Audio codecs

APTX/AAC/SBC

Charging

USB-C

Earbud battery capacity

30mAh

Case battery capacity

390mAh

Playback time

4 hours

Battery life with case

20 hours

Battery type

Polymer lithium-ion battery

Quick charge

5 minutes of  charge for 1 hour of playtime

Earbud weight

4.4g

Earbud dimensions

16 x 17 x 40 mm

Case dimensions

24 x 32 x 71 mm

Case weight

29.5g

Colors

Navy and Ice

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