Redmi AirDots S Launched in China with Bluetooth 5.0 for ￥99.9

Xiaomi'due south sub-brand Redmi has today launched the Redmi AirDots S in China. The new truly wireless earbuds await identical to the visitor's older 'AirDots', but come with some internal upgrades.

The biggest change in the AirDots South is the fact that they no longer employ a master-slave connection to your phone — that's what the original AirDots used. The AirDots Southward really connect both the earbuds to your telephone, which is great. The earbuds now utilize Bluetooth 5.0, and according to the visitor, they have double the information transmission charge per unit than the original AirDots.

The AirDots Due south likewise come with an ultra-low latency manner, presumably for better performance when gaming. This manner can be activated past triple-pressing the earbuds.

The earbuds come with all the usual features, including buttons that let you command media-playback, or phone call upon your assistant (Google Assistant, Siri, and XiaoAI are all supported). There's a microphone for calls, plainly, and the earbuds apparently use a DSP for smart racket cancelation in calls. Don't confuse this with active noise cancelation — that feature isn't available on these earbuds.

Unfortunately the AirDots S make no improvements in the battery segment, offering the same four hours of playback time on a charge equally their predecessors. With the included charging example you lot can charge the earbuds 2 more times for a total of 12 hours of music playback on your earbuds.

The best thing for AirDots fans nonetheless, is the price. Fifty-fifty with the improvements, Xiaomi has priced the AirDots Due south at ￥99.9 (~₹ane,100) — the same toll as the original AirDots.