Can’t bring yourself to buy a pair of Beats headphones now that Apple owns the company? 50 Cent’s SMS Audio may have the ideal solution in the form of the BioSport In-Ear, a distinctive pair of earbuds that also manages to squeeze in a heart rate monitor too! Is tracking your fitness getting a little out of hand? Read on for all the details!
At first glance, SMS Audio’s BioSport In-Ear look pretty much like any other pair of fitness themed earphones. They’re slightly more angular than your standard bud, plus there’s a distinctive hook on the top to keep them in your ear and the bright colouring helps them to stand out from the crowd – but there’s nothing in the design to give away that there’s some serious tech packed into the compact casing.
Not only are the BioSport headphones capable of booming sound into your ears while you run, SMS Audio has teamed up with Intel to pack in an integrated optical sensor that’s capable of tracking your heart rate as you go. Fitness and health monitoring is built into plenty of different tech wearables, with everybody from Samsung to Microsoft getting in on the action, but this looks to be the first time that any form of fitness tracking has been built into a pair of headphones.
50 Cent’s BioSport earphones work alongside running companion app Runkeeper to help you to monitor everything from heart rate to the pace you’ve been running at, and it could shape up to add to your perfect fitness regime. While there’s a seemingly endless stream of wearables also offering similar features – from the Samsung Gear Fit to Fitbit, whether we really need a pair of fitness tracking earbuds remains to be seen – but it could definitely suit those who don’t want to keep something on their wrist at all times.
Still, if you’re going to listen to music anyway, it’s one less gadget to carry around and it could be the ideal workout partner, as the BioSport earphones also have a couple of other tricks too. The headphones are IPX4 certified, which means that they’re rated to deal with water and can keep on going even if you’re heavily sweating or if it starts raining during your run. Don’t worry about charging the headphones either, as the biometric sensor draws all of its power from the 3.5mm cable. Throw in that notable hook shape, which is designed to help the earbuds stay in place however hard you train, and they really could be the ideal buds for a serious workout. If you’re interested in these buds, the SMS Audio Biosport In-Ear headphones are set to launch at the end of the year – but there’s currently no priced attached at the moment. We’ll be sure to keep you updated on the latest as soon as we hear it.
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