‘A new era of wearable sound’: Bang & Olufsen launches super-elite new wireless earbuds at nearly 5x the price of AirPods Pro 3
- B&O Beo Grace launch in November 2025 for £1,000 / $1,500
- ANC that’s four times better than any previous B&O earbuds
- Industry-leading battery technology promises four times longer life
Bang & Olufsen has unveiled what it says are the best-sounding, most intelligent earbuds it’s ever made – and if you can afford them, you can expect very luxurious listening.
Based in part on the audio design of the flagship Beoplay H100 headphones, the new Beo Grace promise “unrivalled” audio and good looks too. Each earbud is made from polished aluminum and comes in a pearl-based charging case.
Let’s get the price out of the way first: at £1,000 / $1,500 (about AU$2,040) these B&O earbuds will be beyond many people’s budgets, including mine. But if you’ve got the cash, it sounds like you’re in for something special.
B&O Beo Grace earbuds: key features
Inspired by jewelry, the Beo Grace have distinctive aluminum stems and the earbuds themselves are made to be comfortable as well as cute: the ear tips are slightly sculpted for improved fit and sealing.
The Beo Grace earbuds are built around a 12mm titanium driver behind precision-milled aluminum grilles, and deliver Dolby Atmos-optimized spatial audio. The Beo Grace can create virtual spatial audio from any stereo mix, B&O says.
B&O also says that the adaptive active noise cancellation here is four times more effective than the ANC in any previous B&O earbuds, “all without hiss and unnatural pressure in your ear”.
B&O’s EarSense tech provides real-time monitoring of ambient noise, adapting the sound and ANC profile according to what’s going on around you and the unique shape of your ear. There’s also wind noise reduction and a three-mic array in each earbud for clear voice calls.
One of the most interesting features of the Beo Grace is the battery: in collaboration with battery tech firm Breathe, B&O has designed a power management system that enables the battery life to surpass 2,000 charges compared to the usual 500 cycles.
That figure is from B&O’s own internal testing, but it would certainly go some way towards justifying the price: quite often, the reason people people feel the need to upgrade their headphones is because the batteries stop holding their charge, so if these can go four times longer before that happens, you won’t need to buy replacements.
However, while the overall battery lifetime might be excellent, the actual battery life per charge looks a lot weaker: playback time is a comparatively short 4.5 hours with ANC on, rising to 17 hours in total including the charging case. That’s a lot shorter than the vast majority of the best earbuds – for reference, the new AirPods Pro 3 promise eight hours per charge with ANC on. Still, at least five minutes of rapid charging promises to deliver up to 2.5 hours of playback.
The Beo Grace earbuds will be available from November 2025.
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