Steelseries Arctis Nova 7 Gen 2 makes this fan favorite much more of essential

It’s not usually {that a} in style gaming headset will get a full-blown generational makeover, however expectations are at all times excessive after they do. Steelseries has its work lower out for it with the Arctis Nova 7 Gen 2 sequence, seeing how the unique shortly grew to become a best-seller after launching in 2022.

Three years on, the up to date model guarantees 40% extra battery life than earlier than, together with smartphone app management, multi-format help and simultaneous audio – one thing that’s nonetheless a rarity on similarly-priced rivals.

The Arctis Nova 7 Wi-fi Gen 2 is arriving with particular PlayStation, Xbox, and PC variants, however all three will play properly with Nintendo’s Change hybrid handhelds. A tiny bundled USB-C dongle makes swapping methods a breeze, too.

Having the ability to take heed to each 2.4GHz wi-fi and Bluetooth audio on the identical time is an enormous win should you use your cellphone for voice comms, or similar to to pipe Spotify tunes in alongside along with your sport sounds.

Design-wise Steelseries is aware of to not mess with a basic, so that you’re nonetheless getting a comfortable combo of metal outer headband and adjustable cloth strap, paired to outsized ear cushions full of reminiscence foam. The agency’s second-gen ClearCast increase microphone absolutely retracts into the ear cup, so you should use the Arctis Nova 7 Wi-fi Gen 2 for extra than simply gaming at residence. The entire thing is an impressively gentle 326g.

Energy, pairing, quantity and mic mute controls are all discovered on the ear cups, together with a devoted wheel for altering the sport/chat sound steadiness. You’ll additionally have the ability to tweak issues to your coronary heart’s content material utilizing the Arctis smartphone companion app; it’s acquired an intensive record of game-specific EQ settings to choose from, so you possibly can have pinpoint accuracy for multiplayer matches or a extra immersive expertise for single-player video games.

Steelseries reckons you need to see as much as 54 hours of use from a full cost now, an enormous bounce from the primary gen Arctis 7. A 15 minute quick cost provides 6 hours of extra play time, too.

The Arctis Nova 7P Wi-fi Gen 2 sequence is up on the market proper now, in PlayStation, Xbox, and PC flavours. Every will set you again $200/£180/€200, and could be had in black, white, or magenta colors.