A sleep revolution? Anker Sleep A20 enticing headphones revealed

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• Anker has introduced an improved version of its 2022 sleep headphones
• It brings a longer duration, but also a number of interesting gadgets
• They have super leverage over the more popular competition from Bose

We mainly use headphones where we don’t want to disturb others by listening to music. Whether it’s the street, the bus or the mall, getting out of bed is essential to access all these places. New from a Chinese manufacturer Anker however, they are trying to do the exact opposite – headphones Soundcore Sleep A20 they are clearly designed so that you can sleep comfortably with them.

It should be noted that this is not a new innovation. On the contrary, you can find countless sleeping headphones on the market, and the recently introduced A20 model serves as the successor to the A10 version from September 2022. One of the key strengths of this year’s variant is excellent staying power, which counts up to 14 hours (with a fully charged box we are even talking about 80 hours).

Far more interesting, however, is the principle on which the headphones work. Compared to many competitors, they differ in that at all do not support active noise cancellation (ANC). Anker instead relies on special earmuffs, which can apparently block up to three times more noise than regular silicone extensions. In practice, the snoring of the roommates or the barking of the neighbors’ dog should not be a big problem. The elimination of noise is further supported by playing white noise.

Anker Soundcore Sleep A20 also have a sound library, which includes, for example rain or birds chirping. Unlike the popular Bose Sleepbuds II, they can also play music from your phone via Bluetoothwhich unfortunately reduces the battery life to just 10 hours (and 55 hours with the box).

Other interesting gadgets are also available, such as built-in alarm clock, which will make sure it doesn’t wake anyone but you, or an automatic sleep monitoring system. The statistics can then be monitored in a mobile application, through which it is also possible to force the handset lost in the duvet or behind the bed to play a sound to make it easier to find it.

The Anker Soundcore Sleep A20 will be available for purchase via the Kickstarter crowdfunding portal from mid-April $89.99 (CZK 2,100 in conversion)but their final price should be set at $149.99 (about CZK 3,500).

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Resources: The Verge, CNET, ZDNET