**Beats Solo Pro Review: A Simplified Audio Experience**

The Beats Solo Pro is a simplified audio experience that I really like because usually I end up fiddling around with the buttons and cycling through a bunch of different levels and settings, and it's just very confusing. This makes it a lot more simpler. There's also a 3-way rocker on the side of the headphones that lets you control volume, track changes, and call upon an assistant, whether it's Siri or Google Assistant with my Android phone.

**Sustainability Features**

Beats is following Apple's lead and the Solo Pro is made of 36 percent recycled material, and the felt case it comes with is also made of recycled material. The packaging also uses 70% recycled material, and it also has less air in them, so that helps with reducing the company's overall carbon footprint. Unlike the Powerbeats Pro, which were released earlier this year, these do not have an IP rating, so they're not water or dust resistant. However, Beats said that you should have no trouble wearing these in heavy rain and they're also totally going to be fine with dealing with sweat.

**Active Noise-Cancelling**

Active noise-cancelling is the big feature here, and unlike most other headphones with active noise-cancelling, you don't have to cycle through several levels on the Beats Solo Pro. There's an algorithm that changes 50,000 times per second adapting to the sound in your environment, and it automatically adjusts the level of noise canceling so that you can hear less exterior sounds. So, if you're going from a really quiet coffee shop and you're walking out into the street, into the rustle and bustle of the streets, you'll feel this noise canceling level automatically adjusting because it probably wasn't doing much when you were in that coffee shop.

**Transparency Mode**

What's really impressive is transparency mode, which lets you listen to your surroundings without having to lift an ear cup or take off the headphones. The sound comes in through the two exterior microphones and it doesn't sound digitally processed even though that's what's happening. It sounds pretty natural, and there's very low latency, and honestly, it's one of the standout features on the Beats Solo Pro.

**Audio Quality**

I didn't get a ton of time to test the music side of things, but I liked what I heard so far. The highs registered clearly, and the bass in typical Beats fashion sounded very own-footed if you don't like that these might not be the headphones for you. But we'll be testing the audio quality a lot more for our final review.

**Additional Features**

The Solo Pro uses the H1 chip from Apple, which allows you to get access to features like proximity pairing, iCloud pairing, which lets you connect it to other iCloud-connected devices pretty easily, and the ability to say the Siri hot words so you can access Apple's assistant hands-free. Some of these features are also available for Android owners through the Beats app on Google Play.

**Battery Life**

Some of the battery life specs were a bit underwhelming, as Beats is claiming 40 hours of music playback without those features turned on, which is active noise-cancelling and transparency mode. However, with those features turned off, you're looking at 22 hours of battery life. That's not as good as competitors like Sony's WH-1000XM3, which lasts up to 30 hours with active noise canceling.

**Design**

The design of the Beats Solo Pro is a little pricey, but I diggin' it. They're available for pre-order now and will officially go on sale October 30th.

"WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: enBates's most popular line of headphones is getting an update the new beats solo pro is an on-ear headphone that follows up the beats solo three wireless and it is redesigned with simplicity sustainability and noise canceling in mind I had a brief time to check it out here's what it's like the design has changed quite a bit utilizing a matte finish that feels nice to the touch but also reduces the amount of fingerprints or smudges seen on the headphones themselves there's now a metal slider and it's made of anodized aluminum and it also adds a nice accent in color in the process better yet there's improved padding in the headband and the clamping force isn't too tight I never felt like the headphones were too uncomfortable around my head that's also probably thanks to the cups there's foam in there that's now thicker and denser making it really comfortable to wear it comes in black gray and ivory but I would go for the Pharrell Williams editions which comes in light blue dark blue and red I'm just a sucker for the more colorful option so I'd probably pick the light blue the theme here is simplicity and that's evident in the design like the sennheiser momentum 3 you can simply unfold the headphones to turn them on there's no power button and folding them up will turn it off if you want to leave them around your neck the headphones will go into a power conservation state so you're not losing a lot of battery life there's also only one button on the bottom of the headphones tap it once to turn on active noise-cancelling tap it again to turn on transparency mode which I'll get to in a second double tap it to turn them both off and just have normal audio playback it's very simple and something that I really like because usually I end up fiddling around with the buttons and cycling through a bunch of different levels and settings and it's just very confusing this makes it a lot more simpler there's also a 3-way rocker on the side of the headphones that lets you control volume track changes and call upon an assistant whether it's Siri or Google assistant with you have an Android phone I mentioned sustainability earlier Beats is following Apple's lead and the solo Pro is made of 36 percent recycled material and the felt case it comes with is also made of recycled material the packaging also uses 70% recycled material and it also has less air in them so that helps with reducing the company's overall carbon footprint unlike the powerbeats pro the wireless earbuds the company released earlier this year these do not have an IP rating so they're not water or dust resistant that being said beats said that you should have no trouble wearing these in heavy rain and they're also totally going to be fine with dealing with sweat active noise-cancelling is the big feature here and unlike most other headphones with active noise-cancelling you don't have to cycle through several levels on the beats solo Pro there's an algorithm that changes fifty thousand times per second adapting to the sound in your environment and that automatically is adjusting the level of noise canceling so that you can you know cure less exterior sounds so if you're going from a really quiet coffee shop and you're walking out into the street into the rustle and bustle of the streets you're gonna feel this noise canceling level automatically adjusting because it probably wasn't doing much when you're in that coffee shop and it'll slowly get a little more intense as you walk outside but all of this sort of happens seamlessly it's not very noticeable especially when you were listening to music so it's not jarring at all when it's automatically adjusting things in the background I wouldn't say the noise canceling feature was as impressive as what I saw on the bose noise-canceling 700 headphones but it does block out most sounds what's really impressive is transparency mode it lets you listen to your surroundings without having to lift an ear cup or take off the headphones the sound comes in through the two exterior microphones and it doesn't sound digitally processed even though that's what's happening it sounds pretty natural and there's very low latency and honestly it's one of the standout features on the beats solo Pro I didn't get a ton of time to test the music side of things but I liked what I heard so far the highs registered clearly and the bass in typical beats fashion sounded very own feet if you don't like that these might not be the headphones for you but we'll be testing the audio quality a lot more for our final review a couple other features because this is using the h1 chip from Apple you can get access to features like proximity pairing iCloud pairing which lets you connect it to other iCloud connected devices pretty easily and the ability to say the Siri hot words so you can access Apple's assistant hands-free some of these features are also available for Android owners to the beats app on Google Play unlike other products like the power beats Pro Apple's air pods or even competitors like Sony's WH thousand xm3 whoo Jesus thanks a lot for that naming structure Sony this beats solo pro does not have the feature that lets you automatically pause music when you take them off your head so that's kind of a bummer I really like the ability to just pause my music just by you know taking my headphones off or removing my earbuds that's not available here on the beats solo Pro beats is claiming 40 hours of music playback without those features turned on that's active noise-cancelling and transparency mode with them turned on you're looking at 22 hours of battery life now that's not as good as competitors like the aforementioned Sony's which lasts up to 30 hours with active noise canceling on sadly it's still using the Lightning charging port not USB C which is just more Universal but you can still plug it in for ten minutes and that'll give you three hours of music playback time the beat solo pro costs 300 dollars they're available for pre-order now and it officially goes on sale October 30th I'm diggin the design they're a little pricey though so we'll have to do a lot more testing to see whether the audio quality stacks up to the competition as well as how comfortable they are for extended listening sessions and whether the battery will last as long as Beats says they can thanks for watching everyone what do you think about beats solo Pro we're gonna get them do is there something you don't like about them let us know in the comments otherwise that like subscribe hit that Bell for notifications and head to digital Transcom for moreBates's most popular line of headphones is getting an update the new beats solo pro is an on-ear headphone that follows up the beats solo three wireless and it is redesigned with simplicity sustainability and noise canceling in mind I had a brief time to check it out here's what it's like the design has changed quite a bit utilizing a matte finish that feels nice to the touch but also reduces the amount of fingerprints or smudges seen on the headphones themselves there's now a metal slider and it's made of anodized aluminum and it also adds a nice accent in color in the process better yet there's improved padding in the headband and the clamping force isn't too tight I never felt like the headphones were too uncomfortable around my head that's also probably thanks to the cups there's foam in there that's now thicker and denser making it really comfortable to wear it comes in black gray and ivory but I would go for the Pharrell Williams editions which comes in light blue dark blue and red I'm just a sucker for the more colorful option so I'd probably pick the light blue the theme here is simplicity and that's evident in the design like the sennheiser momentum 3 you can simply unfold the headphones to turn them on there's no power button and folding them up will turn it off if you want to leave them around your neck the headphones will go into a power conservation state so you're not losing a lot of battery life there's also only one button on the bottom of the headphones tap it once to turn on active noise-cancelling tap it again to turn on transparency mode which I'll get to in a second double tap it to turn them both off and just have normal audio playback it's very simple and something that I really like because usually I end up fiddling around with the buttons and cycling through a bunch of different levels and settings and it's just very confusing this makes it a lot more simpler there's also a 3-way rocker on the side of the headphones that lets you control volume track changes and call upon an assistant whether it's Siri or Google assistant with you have an Android phone I mentioned sustainability earlier Beats is following Apple's lead and the solo Pro is made of 36 percent recycled material and the felt case it comes with is also made of recycled material the packaging also uses 70% recycled material and it also has less air in them so that helps with reducing the company's overall carbon footprint unlike the powerbeats pro the wireless earbuds the company released earlier this year these do not have an IP rating so they're not water or dust resistant that being said beats said that you should have no trouble wearing these in heavy rain and they're also totally going to be fine with dealing with sweat active noise-cancelling is the big feature here and unlike most other headphones with active noise-cancelling you don't have to cycle through several levels on the beats solo Pro there's an algorithm that changes fifty thousand times per second adapting to the sound in your environment and that automatically is adjusting the level of noise canceling so that you can you know cure less exterior sounds so if you're going from a really quiet coffee shop and you're walking out into the street into the rustle and bustle of the streets you're gonna feel this noise canceling level automatically adjusting because it probably wasn't doing much when you're in that coffee shop and it'll slowly get a little more intense as you walk outside but all of this sort of happens seamlessly it's not very noticeable especially when you were listening to music so it's not jarring at all when it's automatically adjusting things in the background I wouldn't say the noise canceling feature was as impressive as what I saw on the bose noise-canceling 700 headphones but it does block out most sounds what's really impressive is transparency mode it lets you listen to your surroundings without having to lift an ear cup or take off the headphones the sound comes in through the two exterior microphones and it doesn't sound digitally processed even though that's what's happening it sounds pretty natural and there's very low latency and honestly it's one of the standout features on the beats solo Pro I didn't get a ton of time to test the music side of things but I liked what I heard so far the highs registered clearly and the bass in typical beats fashion sounded very own feet if you don't like that these might not be the headphones for you but we'll be testing the audio quality a lot more for our final review a couple other features because this is using the h1 chip from Apple you can get access to features like proximity pairing iCloud pairing which lets you connect it to other iCloud connected devices pretty easily and the ability to say the Siri hot words so you can access Apple's assistant hands-free some of these features are also available for Android owners to the beats app on Google Play unlike other products like the power beats Pro Apple's air pods or even competitors like Sony's WH thousand xm3 whoo Jesus thanks a lot for that naming structure Sony this beats solo pro does not have the feature that lets you automatically pause music when you take them off your head so that's kind of a bummer I really like the ability to just pause my music just by you know taking my headphones off or removing my earbuds that's not available here on the beats solo Pro beats is claiming 40 hours of music playback without those features turned on that's active noise-cancelling and transparency mode with them turned on you're looking at 22 hours of battery life now that's not as good as competitors like the aforementioned Sony's which lasts up to 30 hours with active noise canceling on sadly it's still using the Lightning charging port not USB C which is just more Universal but you can still plug it in for ten minutes and that'll give you three hours of music playback time the beat solo pro costs 300 dollars they're available for pre-order now and it officially goes on sale October 30th I'm diggin the design they're a little pricey though so we'll have to do a lot more testing to see whether the audio quality stacks up to the competition as well as how comfortable they are for extended listening sessions and whether the battery will last as long as Beats says they can thanks for watching everyone what do you think about beats solo Pro we're gonna get them do is there something you don't like about them let us know in the comments otherwise that like subscribe hit that Bell for notifications and head to digital Transcom for more\n"