The Astro A20 X headset was made for multi-console homes

Logitech has announced the Astro A20 X wireless gaming headset, which has a diagnostic that console players mightiness admit having: it lets you swap betwixt audio from 2 platforms, beryllium it an Xbox, Switch, PC, oregon PS5. It launches October 8th for $179.99.

The A20 X ships with a transmitter called the Playsync Base that tin person audio inputs via USB from 2 platforms. When you property the fastener connected the backmost of the headset’s close receptor cup, a subtle LED airy connected the transmitter volition leap betwixt sources, lit to bespeak wherever your audio is presently coming from.

The execution present isn’t excessively antithetic from what I’ve seen successful different — typically pricier — gaming headsets, namely immoderate of Astro’s own. The $399 A50 X and $299 A50 Gen 5 some let casual audio switching for 2 consoles (the A50 X besides includes video switching via 2 HDMI-in ports), arsenic bash SteelSeries’ $300-ish Arctis Nova Pro Wireless and its $180-ish wired counterpart. All of these solutions marque it truthful you don’t person to permission your seat to swap audio sources. This 1 conscionable truthful happens to beryllium the astir affordable wireless enactment that I’ve seen that supports Xbox, PlayStation, Switch, and PC successful 1 model, adjacent if $179.99 inactive isn’t cheap.

The A20 X has different hardware staples we expect to see, similar a dedicated two-button rocker for adjusting the crippled and chat audio (it’s connected the other receptor cupful from the measurement rocker, truthful arsenic to debar confusion). It has a flexible, detachable roar microphone, a mute button, and Bluetooth 5.3 compatibility with phones and different mobile devices. However, its Bluetooth enactment doesn’t see concurrent wireless connections; it’s 1 oregon the other.