Bang & & Olufsens Beoremote Halo is beautiful & & pricey, but its not absolutely clear why its essential, or what it in fact … is. Heres what we do understand: It costs $900, and is a round device with a rectangular touch screen that lets you manage the Bang & & Olufsen music system you clearly have in your home. Because B&O doesnt do unsightly, and of course it looks sexy as hell.
Why do I need this?Bang & & Olufsen
That other device in the background is the $40,000 Beolab 50. That is not a typo. Bang & & Olufsen
The table stand variation has a battery so you can move it from space to room, and the Halo can be charged by means of USB-C, or B&Os Beoplay Qi charging pad (which itself costs considerably more than many charging pads, at $125). The screen will show your saved favorite songs, and will link to the most just recently accessed Bang & & Olufsen music device in your home (in case you have more than one). It has Bluetooth and Wi-Fi connectivity “and it will figure out by itself which innovation to use in particular situations.” Thats sort of an expensive method of describing what most Bluetooth-enabled gadgets do, however OK. Look how quite it is!
There are two Halo alternatives for some factor: a portable table and a wall-mounted variation stand variety. The table stand variation has a battery so you can move it from room to space, and the Halo can be charged by means of USB-C, or B&Os Beoplay Qi charging pad (which itself costs considerably more than the majority of charging pads, at $125). Even after checking out the specs and description of what the Halo does, Im still trying to figure out why you require a bespoke orb like this to play music in your house. Its a round remote control for your home music system.
Even after reading the specifications and description of what the Halo does, Im still trying to figure out why you require a bespoke orb like this to play music in your house. Its a round remote control for your home music system.
And of course it looks sexy as hell because B&O doesnt do awful.
Bang & & Olufsen states the Halo “provides you all the convenience of a basic user interface,” lights up when you get close, and offers a one-button press to pick your music. So its a speaker? A radio? “There is no need to utilize your mobile phone or to pull anything out of your pocket and fiddle around searching for the best app to get started.” OK, no apps. There are 2 Halo choices for some factor: a portable table and a wall-mounted version stand range. The latter is currently offered out online, presuming it remained in stock to begin with.
Bang & & Olufsen is popular for its pricey variation of headphones, speakers, smart speakers, and other audio products, so its not a substantial surprise that this push-button control would be stunning and pricey. However the description of the Halo isnt quite living up to the typical B&O hype, imo: “If youre listening to a specific radio station on your Bang & & Olufsen music system, you can press and hold a favourite button and the particular radio station will now be kept on this button. The simplicity of keeping a favourite is the [same] concept as car radios have actually used for years.” Nine hundred dollars for an attractive cars and truck radio? Or is it a push-button control? Im still very confused.
