£449
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B&O Beoplay PortalDrivers 40mm driver Frequency range
20Hz – 22kHzAudio featuresactivenoise
cancellation, Dolby Atmos, virtual boom
arm Connectivity Bluetooth 5.1,Xbox
Wireless,USB-C, 3.5mmjack Microphones
4 for voice mic; 4 for ANC Batterylife
Up to 12 hours with Xbox wireless;
24 hours with Bluetooth Dimensions
167.3x178.7x92.6mm Weight282gver the years, wehave
tested the finest gaming
cans from the finest
gaming headset makers.
And that’s why we’ve been massively
shook at just howbadly we’ve been
ambushed by the Bang & Olufsen
BeoplayPortal gaming headset for
Xbox. It hasleft our jaws on the floor.
For the uninitiated, Bang &
Olufsen is one of the world’s absolute
finestaudio-visual firmsand is anOIf you’re an Xboxor PC gamer,just go buy the Bang & OlufsenBeoplay Portaland prepare to have your mind blownB&O Beoplay PortalPOWER PLAYAnd the crazy thing is that it’s
done so while also delivering a
top-tier set of headphones for
listening to music and watching
movies andTVshows too, as, thanks
to dual-wireless connectivity, you
can use these with any Bluetooth-
enabled device, as well asan Xbox
Series X or Xbox Series S console.
Wherethe BeoplayPortal separate
themselves is inthe quality of their
tuned acoustics (guess what happensaudio master.Weknew this,but it
stilldidn’t stop us from being shocked
at just howeffortlessly Bang &
Olufsen hasdelivered a simply superb
gaming headset here forXboxgamers.
Where at times gaming headset
makers make bringing a great
sounding,comfortable, feature-
packed gaming headset to market
seem like drawing blood from a stone,
here Bang & Olufsen has made it seem
ludicrously simple.