Jabra's new neckbuds are designed for phone calls as well as music.

Neckbuds are all over the place — you can find them on the collars of countless commuters and flyers in most cities — but they are primarily designed for music. Jabra says its new wireless headphones are as good for phone calls as they are for listening to music.

The wireless Halo Smart headphones are similar in appearance to many other neckbud-style headphones. Left and right earbuds are connected by a collar that goes around your neck, and the whole unit communicates with your phone via Bluetooth. Jabra says the neckband provides the space necessary for a battery that can last up to 15 hours for music playback and up to 17 hours for calls. The earbuds have 10mm drivers.


The neckband will also vibrate when a call comes in, and Jabra says you can separate the two earbuds to use one to answer a call. Other calling features include integrated wind noise protection. The Halo Smart have a dedicated button to activate Siri or Google Now, and they support audio readouts of calendar, email, text, and social media notifications with Android devices.

Jabra says the Halo Smart will be available in silver from Best Buy for $79.99 before the end of the month and in black from Jabra.com in July.