The original Voyager Focus doesn't mute when you lift the boom microphone. Also worth noting: The boom microphone has a mute button on it, but when you flip it up it also automatically mutes the microphone. ![]() It can also connect to a desk phone if you want to bring it to the office. You can pair the Voyager Focus 2 UC with your computer with the included USB dongle or your phone (or tablet) via Bluetooth. Now we get the Voyager Focus 2 UC from Poly (the company Plantronics morphed into after it acquired Polycom), and it's improved in several ways, including better noise reduction (it's stellar), two levels of active noise canceling, increased battery life (up to 19 hours with ANC off and 16 hours with it on) and superior wireless range with Bluetooth 5.1. Plantronics' original Voyager Focus UC has long been considered one of the best work-from-anywhere headsets. Note that these earbuds are available in a non-UC version with a standard charging case for $230 or $100 less. The earbuds can be updated via the Poly Lens app for Desktop, iOS or Android that also features a variety of settings you can play around with. Poly says it's working to improve noise reduction for cell-phone calls with a firmware update later this year. While they worked well for making cell-phone calls indoors and outdoors in quieter environments, callers said they could hear a good amount of background noise when I was making calls in noisier environments. I was able to easily switch between using the buds with my computer (with the USB dongle) and my iPhone. Battery life is rated at up to 5.5 hours with noise canceling on. They support the AAC and AptX audio codecs as well as LC3 when making video calls, Poly says. Equipped with 10mm drivers, they might not offer quite as good sound quality for music as other premium earbuds in this price range, but there's good depth and punch to the bass, decent clarity and they have a pleasant sound profile overall. I also liked how you can store the USB-A Bluetooth dongle in the charging case when you're not using it with your computer.Īside from the tricked out case, the bigl strengths of the Poly Voyager Free 60 are their comfortable fit, excellent voice-calling performance for video calls (they have 3-mic array in each bud), solid noice canceling and very good sound quality. ![]() Additionally, the Free 60 Plus UC case also turns into a Bluetooth transceiver for inflight entertainment systems (you plug the case into the 3.5mm headphone port). The display isn't quite as fancy as the one on the JBL case (it's mostly monochrome), but these are among the first earbuds to have a case with a mini control panel integrated into it. Like JBL's Tour Pro 2 earbuds, the Poly Voyager Free 60 Plus UC earbuds also have a touchscreen display embedded in their charging case. Read our full review of the QuietComfort 45. They're similar to the Bose Headphones 700 in that regard and also feature top-notch noise canceling, as well as multipoint Bluetooth pairing so you can connect them with a PC and your phone simultaneously. ![]() ![]() The end result is these are excellent for making calls. (The Bose Noise Cancelling Headphones 700 also have six microphones total.) By contrast, the QC35 II has a total of four, two of which are used for voice. Not only have the mics been shifted on the headphones, but there's now an extra external microphone for voice pick-up, which means the QC45 has a total of six microphones, four of which are beamforming and used for voice. Secondly, the microphone configuration is different. First off, these thankfully have USB-C instead of micro-USB. However, there are small but notable changes. (And, if comfort doesn't make them the best headphones for working, what would?) It has the same drivers, according to Bose, and the buttons are in the same place. The QuietComfort 45 has virtually the same design as its predecessor, the QuietComfort QC35 II, which many people considered one of the most comfortable over-ear headphones - if not the most comfortable.
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