Microsoft is getting into the truly wireless earbud game. The company just announced the new $249 Surface Earbuds, which are the second product in its portfolio of headphones after last year’s Surface Headphones. The Earbuds are similar to the many other wireless earbuds available already, but Microsoft has included some productivity specific features with them that you won’t find anywhere else. They’ll be available later this year.
I had a chance to demo the new Earbuds after Microsoft’s presentation today and while the environment wasn’t great for evaluating the sound quality of the headphones, I did get to demo a few of their unique features.
The Earbuds are very similar in features to other wireless earbuds — they have 8 hours of…