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Fender Audio unveils its first wireless headphones at CES 2026 next week, and the battery life is so long that it could last longer than the four-day event itself.
THE Mix Headphones benefit from 100 hours of autonomy with active noise cancellation off and 52 with ANC on at 50% volume. The battery can also be replaced if necessary. The company claims that a 15-minute charge will give one hour of listening time and a full charge will take two hours.
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Fender Audio, the consumer electronics brand from the world-renowned guitar maker, is taking on makers of wireless headphones with exceptional battery life. Marshall’s Major V can also last up to 100 hours on a single charge, but Sony WH-1000XM6The battery only lasts 30 hours with ANC enabled and 40 hours without. The Bose QuietComfort Ultra, which CNET ranked #1 among all wireless earbuds, it has a battery life of 30 hours.
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Active noise cancellation sounds cool, but what exactly is it? You can go down a very complex (but interesting) technical rabbit hole if you really want to dive deep, but basically ANC – sometimes called noise cancellation or active noise reduction – is reduce unwanted sounds by adding a second sound designed to undo the first.
The Mix earbuds will launch in two colors – Skyscraper Black and Olympic White – with three more colors coming later. You can mix and match headbands and earbuds, thanks to the Mix’s modular design, “making it easily usable and customizable,” the company said. They will be listed at $300.
The Fender Audio Mix headphones will launch in Skyscraper Black and Olympic White, with other colors to follow later.
The headphones feature three audio modes – lossless, low latency and Auracast – to “adapt to any setting”. Lossless mode allows listeners to stream pure 96kHz/24-bit high-fidelity audio; low latency delivers high-quality audio in less than 20ms for gaming; and Auracast allows streaming to multiple devices.
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For speaking, the Mix has a dual mic with ambient noise cancellation for “clear voice quality for calls and voice commands.” There is also a 3.5mm AUX input.
