Beats announces first headphones under Apple Beats has announced its first new product since its acquisition by Apple earlier this year - Solo2 wireless headphones. The headphones connect to your chosen music player via Bluetooth, and will go on sale in the US this month for around $300 in red, white, black or blue. Bar their wireless capabilities, the new headphones do not appear to differ radically from the Solo2 on-ear headphones, and join the Powerbeats2 earbuds and Studio headphones in Beats' wireless collection. Owners can receive phone calls, skip songs and adjust volume levels using the 'b' button and volume buttons on the ear cup, and can expect up to 12 hours of wireless playback, the company said. "We're taking the most popular headphone in the world and adding wireless Bluetooth functionality to it," said Beats President Luke Wood. The Solo2 is already a world-class headphone much lauded for its acoustics, and now it joins our growing family of successful wireless products. Apple agreed to purchase the company's music streaming service and headphones division for $3 billion (£1.8bn) in May this year; the largest deal Apple has made to date.