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BrainBit Headphones
By BrainBit
Identity
- Manufacturer
- BrainBit
- Model number
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- Codename
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- Aliases
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- Generation
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- Country of origin
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- Released
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- Announced
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- Discontinued
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- Status
- shipping
Classification
- Invasiveness
- non-invasive
- Modalities
- EEG
- Primary modality
- EEG
- Direction
- read
- Categories
- consumer-wellness, consumer-focus
- Form factor
- over-ear-headphones
- Use cases
- research, training and wellness applications
- Target users
- general-consumer, developer
Electrodes
- Total channels
- 5
- Recording channels
- 4
- Reference channels
- 1
- Electrode type
- dry-passive
- Material
- gold
- 10-20 positions
- A1, A2, C3, C4
- Requires gel
- No
- Requires saline
- No
- Prep time
- —
- Reusable
- Yes
- Disposable
- No
Auxiliary sensors
- IMU
- —
- IMU axes
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- Accelerometer
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- Gyroscope
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- Magnetometer
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- PPG (heart rate)
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- ECG
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- EMG
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- EOG
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- EDA / GSR
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- Temperature
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- Respiration
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- Microphone
- Yes
- Eye tracking
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Signal acquisition
- Sampling rate
- 250 Hz
- ADC resolution
- —
- Notch filters
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- Onboard artifact rejection
- —
Stimulation
- Capable
- No
Connectivity
- Protocols
- bluetooth-le, bluetooth-classic
- Bluetooth
- 4.2
- Bluetooth profiles
- a2dp, hsp, hfp, avrcp
- Concurrent mode
- —
- Encryption (transit)
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- Pairing methods
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- Cloud sync
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- Offline recording
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Power
- Sources
- rechargeable-li-po
- Battery life (active)
- 8 hr
- Charging port
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- Charging time
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- Battery replaceable
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- Notes
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Physical
- Weight
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- Dimensions
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- Materials
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- Sizes
- one-size
- Head circumference
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- Operating temp
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Software & data
- Mobile app
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- Cloud platform
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- Offline mode
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- Subscription required
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- Raw data access
- Yes
- Export formats
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- LSL support
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- Data ownership
- user
- Apps
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SDK & developer access
- Has SDK
- Yes
- Open source
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- Languages
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- Web Bluetooth
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- Raw sample access
- Yes
- BCI paradigms
- passive-monitoring, attention
- 3rd-party integrations
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- Docs
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Capabilities
- Attention / focus
- Yes
- Meditation / calm
- Yes
- Neurofeedback
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- Meditation coaching
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- Sleep tracking
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Regulatory & clinical
- FDA status
- none
- CE mark
- Yes
- Certifications
- FCC, CE
- Prescription required
- No
- Pediatric approved
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Pricing & availability
- MSRP
- $499
- Current price
- $499
- Subscription
- —
- Warranty
- —
- Return policy (days)
- —
- Where to buy
- Buy at brainbit.com
Editor’s take
In favor
- EEG + audio in one device
- Free SDK across iOS / Android / Windows / macOS / Linux
- Comfortable over-ear form factor
Against
- Limited frontal coverage
- BT 4.2 (older spec)
Sources & provenance
Last reviewed