Bang & Olufsen is a Denmark-based manufacturer of high-end audio products that closely followed Apple in the then-fledgling "hearables" market back in 2017 with the first-gen Beoplay E8 true wireless earbuds.

The company, also known simply as B&O, actually managed to beat the Cupertino-based tech giant to the wireless charging punch with . One year later, the aptly named are (almost) ready for primetime, but somewhat surprisingly, Active Noise Cancellation functionality is not part of an otherwise impressive list of upgrades.

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