Cleer Audio Pushes 100-Hour Battery Life in Latest Hi-Res Audio Headphones

Cleer Audio introduced four headphones, including the $179 Enduro 100s with battery life that can span four days, said the company Wednesday. The Hi-Res Audio Bluetooth headphones claim 100 hours of battery life from a full tank and have a quick-charge feature that delivers an hour of listening from a five-minute boost, said the company. The over-ear headphones have Google Assistant Fast Pair for quick Bluetooth setup with Android devices. Cleer’s Ally Plus ($199) wireless earbuds have active digital noise cancellation, a 10mm neodymium driver and Fast Pair, plus a 20-hour battery case. The company’s over-ear Flow II noise-canceling headphones ($279), with 20 hours’ playback when noise canceling is engaged, have a Google Assistant voice interface. The $149 Halo is a neckband headphone design that drapes over users’ shoulders with up-firing speaker drivers directed toward the ears. In a quick test of the Halos during an indoor July pre-briefing, we found the nontraditional over-shoulder neckband design appealing since it didn’t put pressure directly on the ears. We wondered if the sound would suffer in a noisy outdoor environment and if the wearable speakers would become uncomfortable hanging around the neck. Battery life is 12 hours, Cleer said.