Logitech’s Astro A20 X gaming headset can swap between audio sources

Logitech has introduced the Astro A20 X wi-fi gaming headset, which has a function that console gamers would possibly recognize having: it helps you to swap between audio from two platforms, be it an Xbox, Switch, PC, or PS5. It launches October eighth for $179.99.

The A20 X ships with a transmitter referred to as the Playsync Base that may obtain audio inputs through USB from two platforms. When you press the button on the again of the headset’s proper ear cup, a delicate LED mild on the transmitter will bounce between sources, lit to point the place your audio is at the moment coming from.

The execution right here isn’t too completely different from what I’ve seen in different — sometimes pricier — gaming headsets, specifically a few of Astro’s personal. The $399 A50 X and $299 A50 Gen 5 each enable straightforward audio switching for 2 consoles (the A50 X additionally consists of video switching through two HDMI-in ports), as do SteelSeries’ $300-ish Arctis Nova Pro Wireless and its $180-ish wired counterpart. All of those options make it so that you don’t have to go away your chair to swap audio sources. This one simply so occurs to be essentially the most inexpensive wi-fi possibility that I’ve seen that helps Xbox, PlayStation, Switch, and PC in a single mannequin, even when $179.99 nonetheless isn’t low cost.

The A20 X has different {hardware} staples we count on to see, like a devoted two-button rocker for adjusting the sport and chat audio (it’s on the other ear cup from the quantity rocker, in order to keep away from confusion). It has a versatile, removable growth microphone, a mute button, and Bluetooth 5.3 compatibility with telephones and different cellular gadgets. However, its Bluetooth help doesn’t embody concurrent wi-fi connections; it’s one or the opposite.