Twelve South’s AirFly Pro has long been an essential travel accessory for many. It’s just been updated and promises an enhanced experience. Here’s what’s been announced.
In case you don’t know it, AirFly is a highly convenient device, designed to overcome the problem of trying to listen to inflight entertainment on a plane, for instance, on wireless headphones.
There’s no cable socket in Apple AirPods, for instance—I mean, where would you even fit it in?—so connecting to a plane’s wired socket is impossible and the proportion of airplanes offering wireless connectivity is tiny.
The AirFly series of products solve this cleverly: a Bluetooth transmitter with a 3.5mm headphone jack attached, the doohickey plugs into the airplane console easily enough, and then connects by Bluetooth to your AirPods, Galaxy Buds, Sony WF-1000XM5 or other true-wireless earbuds.
Of course, the solution works with any device with a 3.5mm headphone socket, not just on planes. Your gym’s equipment might want you to plug in like this, for instance.
The new AirFly Pro 2 improves over the previous AirFly Pro by introducing a feature from the more affordable AirFly SE: physical volume controls on the gadget.
There’s also the prospect of better audio and the new model optimizes sound quality and reduces latency, the company says.
The processor on board (Qualcomm QCC3056) is part of the better sound. The new model should also allow faster pairing than before, and two pairs of headphones can be connected at the same time—suitable for those moments when you and your significant other want to watch a movie together, for instance.
The new AirFly Pro 2 costs more than the previous AirFly Pro, but it’s a very gentle price increase: up $5 from $54.99 to $59.99. It’s available from Twelve South and Amazon.
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