JBL’s Tour Pro 3 gives a peek into the way forward for TWS buds

Standing out within the premium TWS market, notably when it’s a must to cope with well-entrenched competitors from Apple, Sennheiser, and Sony, is daunting, however JBL arrives to the occasion with the Tour Pro 3. Sporting a touchscreen on its sensible charging case, the Tour Pro 3 is a assured dialog starter, however is that sufficient?

It all begins with the case and its 1.57-inch touchscreen, which helps you to rapidly management media playback and quantity, swap noise cancellation modes, spatial audio modes and equalizer presets, and it even takes care of mundane stuff like exhibiting you battery ranges, discovering a misplaced bud, beginning a fast timer and even setting a wallpaper.

JBL’s wi-fi earbuds, the Tour Pro 3, has practical options

Courtesy a Bluetooth transmitter, you possibly can stream audio from virtually any supply to the buds – an outdated report/cassette participant or an in-flight leisure system – through the bundled USB cable or a 3.5mm-to-USB-C adapter, a feat no different mainstream TWS buds can do. Plus, there’s Bluetooth 5.3 with multi-point pairing and help for Auracast, the latter permitting audio broadcasts to suitable close by units. Fitting all this tech into the case does make it chubbier than its friends, and whereas the buds are IP55 rated for water resistance, the case isn’t.