Hi y’all, it's Annelies, and these are the Beats Flex, Apple's newest wireless headphones that
come in at a sweet sweet price of only $50. I've had them for about a month now since they came
out and I've been testing them out wearing them using them a lot and in this video I
wanted to let you know what I think about the Beats Flex and if I think they're worth it
So, as you guys saw I did an unboxing of the Beats Flex the day I got them and I didn't realize that
was already over a month ago so I've had these things for a month and I've been using them
so much and I'm gonna tell you right up top I love them if you all know me and you've been on the
channel before you probably have seen my review on my Beats X and I love these headphones they
look kind of like in shambles and if you saw them up close you would see that the remote is broken
and if you take off the little ear bit it's busted inside there but these headphones have held up
through so much and if you can't tell these look pretty similar to these so when I saw that the
Beats Flex came out I was like oh it is another Beats X but updated and mine are on their last leg
so maybe I should give the Beats Flex a try and I'm so glad I did the Beats Flex have everything
that I love about the Beats X except they're just updated a little bit also a lot cheaper I paid 150
for these and I paid 50 for these amazing amazing so one of the first things that I love about the
Beats Flex is that they have a 12 hour battery life the battery on the Beats X was eight hours
so the battery life has improved by four hours and honestly I can tell the first time that I realized
like oh my gosh these headphones last a long time is when I was working one day and I wore them for
my entire day working and typically I'd be wearing my AirPods 2 and I would have
to take them out at some point because maybe the battery died and I went the whole day with these
and didn't even charge them for I think another two days that's something I always loved about
my Beats X is I felt like I never charged them now when it comes to charging one thing that I'm
annoyed by I'm not really annoyed but is that they are usbc charge only now the reason why
this personally is a little bit annoying is that what I love about my AirPods and my Beats X is
let's say I was on my way to the gym when I was in my car and I was like oh my headphones aren't
charged I can plug them into my car charger for my iPhone and then get a little bit of juice on
the way there and because all of these devices have some sort of like fast charging on the Beats
Flex it's 10 minutes of charge for an hour and a half of playback so that's really nice even if
you're on a short drive you can still get a lot of juice in your devices but by it being a usbc
charge only I'm kind of stuck for charging at home until I get a usbc charge charger
for my car but then I would specifically only have it for my headphones which it's not that big
of a deal but there was one day where I forgot to charge my Beats Flex so instead I used my
EarPods all day which was fine that's one little silly little thing but this usbc cable is so cute
that it comes with so though a tiny one I love it but like I said it's got 12 hours of battery
so you should hopefully never be in that position but when I get home I just check on my battery
and if it's low I just plug it into my computer charger which is great now speaking of my computer
there was a little bit of a pickle when these guys first came out and I don't know what it was and
at first I thought it was me but then after going on the apple support community and all that stuff
turns out everybody was having this issue and when these headphones came out they would not connect
to a mac so I had no issue connecting between my iPad and my iPhone and they have the W1 chip so it
works just like the Beats X or the AirPods in the way that you can connect and then it just jumps
over to the other device you can do that multiple shared listening thing with multiple headsets and
it's a real good time we love the W1 chip however I then went on to my computer so excited to use
my Beats Flex because I just gotten them that day and I needed to do some video editing but I wanted
to sit in the living room and then I was running into so many issues of why wasn't it working
it was registering it as like a bluetooth speaker which was just so weird which all of this doesn't
really matter because the solution has been found and that is mac os big sir so this is just kind of
like a word to the wise if you have a mac and you also want a pair of Beats Flex make sure your mac
is on the latest software because prior to Big Sur it did not work with my computer at all it was
actually a few minutes before recording this video I realized I hadn't used my headphones with my mac
yet since I've updated it and it worked so that's good and it comes up as the little beats icon so
we know the whole W1 chip stuff is working it's a good time we like it when things work now another
thing I'm staring at right here is these little in-ear pieces and these are all the different
sizes it comes with you get the small you get like the active tip and then the big one none of these
fit my ears luckily the medium size fits perfect it was great from the start but one thing I also
liked about my Beats X oh gosh these things look so bad but the one thing I progressively really
liked about the Beats X is these little wingtips that they came with now mine broke and I ordered
these actually off of amazon and they do the trick just fine but I was kind of wondering if
these wing tips would fit on my Beats Flex now the answer is technically yes they fit however at the
bottom of the headphone the earphone on the Beats X there is like this the only way I can explain it
is a vent and in these wing tip covers there is a hole for that vent however on the Beats Flex
that vent is on the top instead of the bottom so I don't know what that does I, I've tried figuring
it out I, I kind of listened to it and it I co I couldn't figure it out but it covers it so I don't
know if that's something that I would not want to cover or if I would if anybody has some insight on
this please let me know because I do like the wing tips and I really liked these when I was working
out and I haven't been able to go running with my Beats Flex yet because it's been raining where I
live so it's been not not good I don't have good knees and the last thing your girl needs to do
is go and slip on my butt in the middle of the road not a good time nobody wants to see that so
I have not tried it however when I'm working it's a physical job so they've so far been rad I loved
it they kind of have the same vibe as my Beats X where you know maybe your ears get a little sweaty
or whatever it is and you just kind of go boop and then they're back in and it's it's a good time now
while I'm here something I wanted to talk about too was this neckband that comes with the Beats
Flex so there are a couple of buttons on here on the right hand side you have the power and on the
left hand side you have the volume rocker on the top and on the side like where the microphone is
facing your face if that makes sense right here is your Siri slash your play pause
button which when I was originally looking at them in my unboxing I didn't notice until the
end of the button existed and it's kind of nice having it there because I feel like you're not
chasing the wire because as you can see like this wire sometimes has a mind of its own and if I'm
like trying to find the the the inline remote but by being on the neck piece it's kind of always in
the same spot so knowing that's where I can find my volume and my sound and then also that's where
you got the charger too so that's just something to note like I said I've worn them in like pretty
much all day scenarios and they are so comfortable I've been loving my air pods ever since I got them
and they've been super comfortable for me however since I've had my Beats Flex
I've been reaching for my Beats Flex and there's just something that I feel you personally can't be
about a like soft tip in ear headphone versus like the air pods hard plastic shape there's just
something different about this style of headset that works really great for me so if you like
this kind of style where it's just an earbud with a soft tip that goes in your ear like the Beats X
the Beats Flex are amazing super comfortable I can wear them all day also what's nice about it
going like in your ear is it does a little bit of like noise canceling just because your whole ear
is plugged so you're gonna cancel out some noise but but they're great and the cable doesn't get in
the way it's not uncomfortable it's really soft so if you're worried about this being annoying it is
not bad at all and then one last thing I wanted to talk about which was something I thought was
cool but in practice not that cool and that is the magnet pause feature so if you've ever used a pair
of AirPods whether they are AirPods or AirPods pro you would know that soon as you take one of these
guys out of your ear your music your video your podcast whatever audio you're listening goes on
pause automatically it's magic it's the magic of the W1/W2 chip whatever but with the Beats Flex
there is no like sensor doodad on here in the same way that there are with the air pods so instead
because they magnetize at the bottom so nicely wow what a pretty necklace that's the
pause feature is them magnetizing together now when I thought of it I was like cool beans
I like that feature about AirPods but in practice let's say I only have one in or maybe I have two
in what's nice about the AirPods is I can go uh-huh and my my music has stopped Beats Flex
don't do that secondly let's say I wanted to do like a oh I need to take my headphones out
immediately and I like my thing to pause take out and they they don't always find each other see and
so I kind of have to jimmy them together and this sounds dumb but when you're listening to a podcast
the amount of time it would take if you're just letting them fall and find themselves to pause you
might miss like 30 seconds of a story or whatever you're listening to and then you kind of gotta go
back so you would almost be better off taking them out of your ears and putting them together
yourself and then dropping them that's just an observation that I've had of like it's a good idea
it's just it doesn't work as nicely as the AirPods but the AirPods are also like 150 dollars so
and just completely differently designed so uh makes sense but good job for trying apple
good job for trying I just love how these look I'm really into this yuzu yellow, I did not think
I was gonna be like super vibing with it but it's like a bright pastel yellow I read online that the
other two colors which I thought were just out of stock at my store are actually coming out in 2021
so if you want a gray or a blue color wait until 2021 to get these guys otherwise if you are okay
with the yellow or I think the other color is black pick up a pair of Beats Flex if you're
thinking about it because fifty dollars for mind you I haven't even mentioned the sound
quality because I'm not like an audiophile so I don't feel like I have a place to be like well
the treble was not strong enough but the base and yada yada they sound great they sound great
if you are wanting to pay $50 okay let's put it this way I paid $150 for these I paid $50 for
these they sound the same there you go I if yeah I like if you want a pair of headphones that are
wireless because they're this is the only wire it's one single wire around your head like pick
up the beads flex because they're great sounding so I've used it for video editing I've used it for
listening to youtube videos listening to podcasts of all different qualities I've listened to
different genres of music and it all sounds pretty dang good and while we're on the subject of how
these headphones sound I just wanted to do a quick voice memo test audio so that way y'all know what
the microphone sounds like I'm just recording a voice memo using my iPhone this audio is not the
best but it's also not the worst and you can't ask for a whole lot when you're looking at a wireless
bluetooth $50 pair of headphones there are a lot of headphones on the market and even the AirPods I
don't think have a good microphone but I can bet that people are looking at these headphones for
the sound quality like the audio coming out of them versus how the microphone sounds but still
I wanted to give you an example so this is the microphone on the Beats Flex also it's nothing
to bark at for 50 freaking dollars like what so absolutely if you are considering getting
these headphones do it make the leap because it is it's just totally worth it or also with the holies
around the corner great stocking stuffer if you're somebody to put very expensive stocking stuffers
in people stocking or just a great gift because this this does all the things it is AirPods the
cheaper and not as trendy looking I think they look good too I personally like the design of them
so anyway this was all just me telling you that I love the Beats Flex and I think you will too and
if you're somebody who's already gotten your hands on a pair of Beats Flex let me know what you think
in the comments down below if you agree with me if you have some other experience as a more audio
specifics that you do or you don't like leave those in the comments so that way anybody who
comes and watches this video can check out your opinion as well but I think that is it for this
review on the Beats Flex thanks for hanging out with me and spending some time with me hearing me
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