The Beats Solo 4 revive the company’s fan-favorite headphones with stronger battery life, connectivity and sound.

They look like Beats headphones. They sound like Beats headphones. The battery life can stretch to a new high of 50 hours. Those things alone all but guarantee that the new Beats Solo 4 on-ear wireless headphones will prove just as successful as their predecessors — and it’ll be no time at all before you start seeing them worn by athletes and music stars at every turn.

Apple has lots of headphones on lots of ears, and since the Cupertino-based brand acquired Beats in 2014, it's only expanded its inventory. The Beats Solo 4 headphones are the newest pair that Apple can add to its lineup of impressive audio gear.

They mostly look the same as their predecessor, but the Beats Solo 4's sound quality, voice-calling performance, feature set and battery life are noticeably improved. But are they worth $200?

And these headphones have passive tuning, meaning they can keep playing when plugged in even when the battery is dead — without any degradation in sound. Beats is also hyping all the custom acoustic architecture that’s gone into the Solo 4.

Beats takes its wildly popular Solo on-ear wireless headphones to the next level with spatial and lossless audio.The Latest Tech News, Delivered to Your Inbox