Xiaomi's Poco has announced its entry into the AIoT space in India with the launch of Poco Pods TWS earphones in the Asian country. The Poco Pods are budget wireless earphones that pack a 12mm driver in each bud and have an IPX4 rating. The Poco Pods have Bluetooth 5.3 connectivity, support Google Fast Pair, and are advertised with a latency of up to 60ms. The earphones come with Environmental Noise Cancellation (ENC) and only support SBC audio codec.
The Poco Pods also support touch controls,
allowing users to control their calls and music playback. You can answer the
call and play/pause music by tapping the Pods twice, and reject/end a call and
skip to the next track by tapping them thrice. Poco hasn't revealed the battery
capacities of the Pods and its charging case, but the company says the Poco
Pods can offer up to 30 hours of music playback on a single charge, likely when
paired with the charging case, with a 10-minute top-up providing up to 90
minutes of playtime.
If all this sounds familiar, it's because
Xiaomi launched the Redmi Buds 4 Active in India last month with similar
features for INR 1,399 (US$ 17/€ 15). The Poco Pods, on the other hand, are priced
at INR 1,199 (US$ 15/€ 13) and can be purchased from Flipkart in India. They are
offered in a single Midnight Groove color.
