Bang & Olufsen Beoplay Portal (Xbox / PS5) review
Bang & Olufsen Beoplay Portal two-minute review The Bang & Olufsen Beoplay Portal is a luxury product aimed at those who want a headset that can basically do it all. It can connect to your Xbox console directly or to your smartphone via Bluetooth, and it can also connect to devices using a 3.5mm headphone jack (though the headset needs to be turned on). A second version released in early 2022 opened the headset up to PS5 and PS4 consoles too thanks to USB-C and USB-A dongles, and also allowed for dual simultaneous-audio support with a mobile connection over Bluetooth. Unfortunately, we never found the Xbox Beoplay Portal edition held a completely rock-solid connection when connecting to an Xbox console, with intermitted issues often cropping up during our play sessions. Unlike the majority of gaming headsets , the Beoplay Portal is built using high-end materials, like super soft lambskin on the earcups and a knitted bamboo fiber textile on the headband. Weighing i...