Bang & Olufsen Launches Premium Wireless Speaker With 8-Hour Battery Life

Bang & Olufsen Beolit 20 premium Bluetooth speaker has been launched in Europe. Beolit 20 is a successor to the corporate’s Beolit 17 speaker that was launched in 2017. The audio gear maker claims that the wi-fi speaker can ship as much as 37 hours of playtime at background listening volumes, and as much as 8 hours at typical listening volumes. The USP of the speaker is its basket-like design, USB Kind-C charging, and Qi wi-fi charging dock on the highest of the unit.

Bang & Olufsen Beolit 20 value

Bang & Olufsen Beolit 20 is priced at EUR 500 (roughly Rs. 43,500), and is available in two color choices – Gray Mist and Black Anthracite. There is no such thing as a info on its launch in India.

Bang & Olufsen Beolit 20 options, specs

Bang & Olufsen Beolit 20 is the fourth-generation speaker after Beolit 17 (launched in 2017), Beolit 15 (launched in 2015) and Beolit 12 (launched in 2012). The speaker has retained its general lunch-box/ basket-type design. The Beolit 20, nevertheless, comes with nice enhancements over its predecessor. The primary is the design the place the speaker now has a brand new grille and a simplified, intuitive suite of management buttons. The shell is made up of anodised aluminium for a sturdy physique, and there’s a new vegetable tanned leather-based strap.

Bang & Olufsen claims the Beolit 20 presents True360 sound, tuned by Bang & Olufsen engineers. In the case of the speaker configuration, the premium speaker options three 1.5-inch full vary audio system, a 5.5-inch woofer, and two 4-inch passive bass radiators. There are two 2 35W Class D amplifiers. It comes with 5 presets and absolutely customisable EQ on Bang & Olufsen app.

Bang & Olufsen Beolit 20 incorporates a built-in 5W wi-fi charging
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In contrast to its predecessor, the Bang & Olufsen Beolit 20 incorporates a built-in 5W wi-fi charging station to cost Qi appropriate units. Prospects can hold their units over the round “charging” signal within the middle of the highest tray. It’s claimed to ship as much as 8 hours playtime at a typical listening quantity and utilizing wi-fi Qi charging function. The speaker comes with a USB Kind-C connectivity and its 3,200mAh battery is alleged to completely cost in 3 hours (at 15V – 3A charging).

So far as connectivity choices are involved, the Bang & Olufsen Beolit 20 comes outfitted with Bluetooth v4.2. As talked about, there’s USB Kind-C for charging and a 3.5mm port. The speaker additionally permits stereo pairing between Beolit 20 audio system in addition to between Beolit 20 and Beolit 17 audio system.

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