The higher popular Creative Outlier Air finally gets an update with the new Creative Outlier Air V2, with the same design. The new version 2 is merely a spec bump in non-audio related departments. Don’t expect to see new audio technologies such as Active Noise Cancellation (ANC).
What’s new
The improvements mainly come in operations, microphone and battery life.
Improved battery life
Battery life gets a 20% improvement over the already long 10 hours on the version 1. The new Creative Outlier Air V2offers a 12 hours play time per full charge. The charging case now holds additional 22 hours (vs 20 hours), bringing total play time to 34 hours.
Touch controls
One complaint of the original Outlier Air was its “hard to press” button controls. The new Creative Outlier Air V2 now features touch controls that can also control all media and call functions.
Qualcomm CvC 8.0 technology
The microphone of the new Creative Outlier Air V2features Qualcomm CvC 8.0 technology so as to allow for better voice pickup during phone calls or when using voice assistant.
Super X-Fi Ready
The Super X-Fi feature that was only available in the Outlier Gold is now available on the new Creative Outlier Air V2. Note that the SXFI only works on local music files that has to be downloaded to the SXFI App. It does not work with streaming apps like Spotify, Netflix or YouTube.
New silicon ear tips
The new Creative Outlier Air V2 uses rounder silicon ear tips compared to the flatter ones on the original Outlier Air. The rounder ear tips are expected to provide better comfort for extended use. Creative now offers three sizes of ear tips to choose from.
Price and where to buy
The new Creative Outlier Air V2is expected to retail for S$119, and you can purchase it from the Creative store now for a promotional launch price of S$99!
