JBL Live Flex: New in-ear headphones promise powerful sound

With the JBL Live Flex, the manufacturer has introduced a new in-ear headphone that wants to convince especially in terms of sound and promises a high wearing comfort.

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JBL Live Flex in detail

New in-ear headphones from JBL: The JBL Live Flex is said to offer particularly powerful sound with dynamic 12 mm neodymium drivers and relies on the manufacturer’s signature sound.

Via the JBL Headphones app, the sound is even said to be customizable to the user’s own ears through an ear canal test, while the active noise cancellation (ANC) is also customized. HARMAN’s advanced Personi-Fi 2.0 technology conveniently supports the creation of a personal listening profile and individual, personalized sound performance.

“At JBL, we want to offer consumers the broadest portfolio possible and always deliver the very latest technology. That’s exactly what the JBL Live FLEX delivers through its unique combination of a stick-open design and our True Adaptive Noise Cancellation technology,” says Pascal van Laer, vice president of headphones & wearables at Harman.

Long battery life, compelling microphones

Further, the JBL Live Flex come with up to 40 hours of battery life with ANC deactivated, eight of which is directly attributable to the earphones and another 32 hours to the charging case. With active noise cancellation, up to 30 hours are still possible.

The case can even be charged wirelessly in the Qi standard. The JBL Live Flex themselves are water- and dust-resistant according to IP54 and support the latest Bluetooth 5.3 LE – even if only after an OTA update at a later date.

Multi-Point for connecting to multiple devices is also offered, as is a convincing phone quality thanks to a total of six built-in microphones. Voice control allows users to conveniently and seamlessly control their voice assistants, such as via Google Assistant or Alexa.

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An overview of the JBL Live Flex features

• Stick-open design for all-day wearing comfort
• True adaptive noise-canceling with 17 different ANC filters and ambient sound
• JBL Signature Sound with high-quality 12mm neodymium dynamic drivers
• Individualized sound experience with Personi-Fi 2.0
• Immersive JBL Spatial Sound
• Up to 40 hours of playback time with ANC off (eight hours in earbuds, 32 hours in charging box); up to 30 hours of playback time with ANC on (six hours in earbuds, 24 hours in charging box)
• Qi-compatible wireless charging box
• Six beamforming microphones in each earpiece for perfect call quality
• Water and dust resistant to IP54 (IPX2 in the charging box)
• Bluetooth 5.3 LE audio compatible (available via OTA at a later date)
• Multi-point connection for simultaneous connection of multiple devices
• Additional features available via the JBL Headphones app

Price and Availability

The JBL Live Flex are available now on the manufacturer’s website. They are offered in black, blue, silver and pink. The recommended retail price is 179.99 euros.