When talking about wireless headphones, you will definitely ‘automatically’ think of that product is equipped with Bluetooth. That’s right, this is the most popular wireless standard today, appearing in even cheap pairs of headphones up to thousands of dollars. But in gaming headsets, there is another wireless standard, Wireless 2.4GHz; although not as popular as Bluetooth, still trusted by many people. What is this wireless standard, what are the advantages and disadvantages of Bluetooth?
First, in essence, 2.4GHz Wireless is the Wifi wave bringing the network of mobile devices in your home. Unlike Bluetooth, a short-range wireless standard designed to save energy for both receiver and transmitter, 2.4GHz Wireless works with wider bandwidth and stronger broadcasting capabilities, so it will have a longer range to operate further. A pair of Bluetooth headsets will comfortably catch the waves in the range of 10-20m; with the same conditions, Wireless 2.4Ghz can reach 90m, much farther!
Along with that, the latency of 2.4GHz waves is also much lower than Bluetooth, fluctuating in the range of 16ms – 20ms. That is a prerequisite for professional gaming headsets to use this standard because the sooner the sound reaches the player’s ears, the more time we have to react promptly in the game. For professional players, a few milliseconds is the difference between a win and a loss, so all must work flawlessly, with the lowest possible latency.
Unlike Bluetooth connectivity, to use Wireless 2.4GHz, users will have to use an additional dongle, usually with a common USB port. Having an extra hardware component to connect will make things a bit more cumbersome and eliminate the step of pairing two devices together, just plug-and-play.
That’s not to say that Bluetooth is a weaker wireless standard than Wireless 2.4GHz, or that it can’t be used for gaming. With the recent Bluetooth 5.0, Bluetooth headsets have significantly reduced latency, maybe from 50ms – 70ms only. Two good examples are the Saramonic SR-BH60 gaming headset or the EarFun Free Pro pair, both of which are at a perfectly acceptable threshold for gaming.
Anyway, the parameters of Wireless 2.4GHz are still more impressive for those of you who are serious about climbing the rank, do not want to ‘leave’ any millisecond. Wireless 2.4GHz standard will also be suitable for gamers, movie enthusiasts with computers because this device usually does not have Bluetooth but always has a USB port!
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