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Fitbit is getting into the headphone game with the Fitbit flyer a hundred and thirty dollar in-ear wireless sports model that comes in lunar gray and nightfall blue it's fully sweat proof it offers six hours of battery life along with two sound modes the design is pretty typical of this type of fitness oriented headphone but does have a few distinguishing features the sports wings and fins which help keep the buds securely in your ear are integrated into the bud and can be snapped off and traded for a different sized fin or wing there are also dual microphones for making cell phone calls one of which is supposed to help produce wind and other external noise and a cord shortener is integrated into the cord so you can easily adjust its length finally like some competing models there's a quick charge boat that gets you an hour of juice with just a 15 minute charge Fitbit isn't claiming to be an audio company but the flyer is being marketed as a premium fitness headphone and it certainly does deliver respectable sound along with a signature listening mode there's an amped-up power boost mode developed by a company called waves that delivers more bass the flyer can be paired simultaneously with two devices so you can seamlessly move from say your computer to your phone without having to fiddle around with your Bluetooth settings it pairs with any Bluetooth audio device but it automatically pairs with fitbit's new ionic SmartWatch when the watch is in range the fitbit flyer is set to ship in October and I'll have a full review of its features sound quality and ergonomics or once it's available to consumers