There are two ways JayBird recommends you wear the BlueBuds X, over the top and back of your ear or straight down against your chest. The BlueBuds come with three different-sized silicone buds and three “wings” that are designed to keep the earphones in place during workouts. Jenna also helps with pairing and lets you know when the earbuds are powering down. Once you put your headphones on, voice prompts announce “power on” and then “headphones connected”.
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Where Android has Google Voice Search, iOS has Siri, and the BlueBuds X have Jenna. The headset’s battery level is conveniently shown on the upper right corner of any iOS device’s screen using Apple’s headset power indicator meter. There is a small LED indicator light on the right earbud that lets you know the earphones are on and when they are charging. There is a cap on the right earbud that securely covers the microUSB port, attached with a small tether to avoid becoming lost or misplaced. JayBird includes a very rugged but short microUSB cable for charging (approximately 2 hours).
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Inside, they jam a Bluetooth 2.1 chip, an eight-hour battery (250 hours standby time), and a microUSB port hidden inside the right earphone. In their defense, JayBird packs a good deal of technology in a well-made, nice-fitting, sweat-resistant package. However, in the earbud ecosystem, BlueBuds X are relatively big, especially compared to ones like Etymotic Research hf5’s. My hope is to get a 7th generation Bluetooth-enabled iPod nano to go with the BlueBuds for this year’s running season, since all of those smartphones are (IMO) too heavy for running.īlueBuds X earbuds are impressively small and lightweight in comparison with other Bluetooth headphones. I have paired these wireless earbuds with my iPhone 4S and 5, iPad mini, and Galaxy SIII. The BlueBuds X can be paired with up to eight devices, including everything from the latest iPod nano to a majority of iPod Touches, all iPhones and iPads, and most Android devices as well.