Amazon's wireless earphone "Echo Buds (2nd generation)" will be released in Japan ... from February 24

Amazon will introduce its own brand complete wireless earphones to Japan for the first time.

Amazon announced on February 16 that the full wireless earphone "Echo Buds (2nd generation)" will be released in Japan.[See all images] Amazon's wireless earphone "Echo Buds (2nd generation)", which costs less than 15,000 yen, will be released in Japan ... will be released from February 24 to February 24.The price is 12,980 yen for USB Type-C charging case, and 14,980 yen (tax included) with wireless charging case.

Complete wireless earphone that can use "Alexa"

Echo Buds is a wireless earphone equipped with Amazon's smart assistant "Alexa".The first generation was announced in the United States in September 2019 (local time), but did not release in Japan.The second generation is 20 % compact and the noise cancellation performance is doubled compared to the first generation.The color variations were also available in two colors, black and black only.The battery drive time is up to 5 hours on the main unit, and if you charge it in a charging case and charge it up to 15 hours (when noise canceling and Alexa's hands -free mode is turned on).The body has a water -resistant IPX4 equivalent of IPX4 that can withstand water droplets.In Japan, in addition to the standard one year compensation, an extension of options can be added.

The price is cheaper than AirPods, with noise cancellation

The wireless earphone is a classic item as a smartphone accompaniment.Echo buds (2nd generation) is also version 6.It can be used with an Android of 0 or more, iOS 12 or higher iPhone.However, the iPhone has a variety of competitors, from genuine manufacturers such as Pixel Buds to low -priced products of Chinese manufacturers to low -priced products on the iPhone, and Android.Among them, the biggest differentiation point of Echo Buds (second generation) is that Alexa can be used at a low price.The price is 23,800 yen (tax included) for Apple's "AirPods (3rd generation)".Echo Buds does not support space sound, but the price difference is about 9000 yen.Google's "Pixel Buds A-Series" is quite affordable at 11,900 yen (tax included), but Echo Buds does not have a noise cancellation function.In addition, you can almost use the same Alexa function as the "Echo series" of smart speakers/displays, so if you are building a smart home environment at home or used Alexa a lot, you can go on the go.Alexa can be used naturally.The actual sound quality and usability need to wait for a review of the actual machine, but it is one of the new options for those who are already Alxea users and those who are considering purchasing a complete wireless earphone in the future.Note: This article introduces the recommended products by the Bussiness Insider JAPAN editorial department.If you purchase a product on Amazon via a link, the editorial department will benefit a certain percentage of affiliate contracts between the editorial department and Amazon.(Sento, Etaro Kobayashi)

Yutaro Kobayashi