Following a preview at CES 2026, Onanoff has now unveiled the Fokus Pro professional-grade wireless headphones, featuring the latest generation hybrid active noise cancellation, direct access to AI and audio controls through the Bragi AI app, and extended listening and working options via the included USB-C cable. The new Fokus Pro also introduces Soundskrit’s directional MEMS microphone technology into a detachable USB-C boom microphone, and improves on the original smart charging stand that keeps the Fokus Pro always ready to use.
Following a preview at CES 2026, Onanoff has now unveiled the Fokus Pro professional-grade wireless headphones, featuring the latest generation hybrid active noise cancellation, direct access to AI and audio controls through the Bragi AI app, and extended listening and working options via the included USB-C cable. The new Fokus Pro also introduces Soundskrit’s directional MEMS microphone technology into a detachable USB-C boom microphone, and improves on the original smart charging stand that keeps the Fokus Pro always ready to use.
The second generation of the Fokus Series headphones from Onanoff was designed and engineered to create a completely new standard for professionals, being the result of extensive industry research and partnerships. Targeting professionals and students that rely on their own headphones for work and entertainment, the Fokus Pro headphones are the result of extensive market research by the Icelandic and Hong Kong‑based company in order to create a product that not only offers the most cutting-edge technology but also offers all the features available for that demanding target group.
This is a segment that is highly coveted by Bose, Logitech, Jabra, and a restricted number of brands who understood the need to provide designs at the intersection of business headsets and premium lifestyle headphones. At the heart of those designs, active noise cancellation is undoubtedly the most crucial feature that users prioritize. However, so is the need for clear calls in any environment, and the best connectivity options, benefiting from the latest wireless and wired technologies.
The Onanoff Fokus Pro headphones pair advanced microelectromechanical systems engineering with sophisticated environmental noise cancellation algorithms, delivering what the manufacturer describes as studio-quality voice isolation in high-decibel settings through a hybrid architecture that combines directional and omnidirectional capsule design working in tandem. Ensuring vocal clarity and background noise rejection across challenging acoustic environments.
Detachable Directional Microphone
The centerpiece of the Fokus Pro innovation lies in its dual-capsule boom microphone configuration, where a directional MEMS microphone from Soundskrit provides the primary voice capture pathway while an omnidirectional companion transducer simultaneously monitors the surrounding acoustic environment.
This architecture fundamentally departs from conventional microphone array approaches, which rely on multiple omnidirectional transducers and extensive digital signal processing to artificially synthesize directional response through beamforming algorithms. Instead, the Soundskrit directional capsule achieves inherent directionality at the silicon level itself — a distinction that carries profound implications for signal integrity and processing overhead, as documented in audioXpress coverage of Soundskrit’s technology introduction.
Unlike traditional omnidirectional microphone arrays that demand significant computational resources to isolate desired speech from ambient noise, Soundskrit’s approach delivers directional discrimination at the hardware transduction stage, dramatically reducing the digital audio processing burden while preserving higher signal-to-noise ratios.
By introducing controlled acoustic pathways to the front and rear of the MEMS element, sound originating from the microphone’s intended listening direction achieves maximum diaphragm deflection while off-axis sounds experience phase cancellation. This hardware-level directionality provides what Soundskrit refers to as consistent directional response across the audible frequency spectrum — a critical advantage over older mechanical approaches that exhibit frequency-dependent behavior.
The omnidirectional capsule paired with the directional element captures the full acoustic environment, allowing sophisticated environmental noise cancellation algorithms to analyze acoustic characteristics across complementary perspectives and calculate precise noise subtraction patterns with minimal artifacts or speech signal degradation.
As Pétur Ólafsson, CEO of Onanoff, describes it, “With Fokus Pro, Onanoff has set a new standard in wireless headsets. We’ve combined the convenience and premium design of Fokus+ with Soundskrit’s groundbreaking boom mic technology. This headset doesn’t just cancel noise — it intelligently distinguishes your voice from the world around you, creating a dedicated workspace for your voice.”
Environmental ANC
The Fokus Pro’s environmental noise cancellation architecture represents a hybrid topology combining both feedforward and feedback noise cancellation pathways. Feedforward processing analyzes acoustic signals ahead of reaching the user’s ear canal, allowing predictive attenuation of anticipated environmental noise, while feedback cancellation continuously monitors residual noise after initial attenuation and generates additional counter-phase signals to achieve deeper suppression.
This dual-pathway approach proves particularly effective in unpredictable acoustic environments where noise characteristics shift dynamically — scenarios common in office environments, transportation settings, and outdoor working situations. The dual MEMS architecture of the boom microphone supplies the signal-processing chain with sufficiently granular directional information to make sophisticated real-time calculations regarding which acoustic components represent desired speech versus environmental distraction, enabling the cancellation algorithms to preserve speech intelligibility while aggressively attenuating background sound.
For user workflow integration, the Fokus Pro boom microphone incorporates a single-press mute function coupled with a visual LED indicator that illuminates in red when the microphone is silenced. This tactile and visual confirmation addresses a persistent professional audio concern — accidental unintended transmission during sensitive conversations or meetings — by providing instantaneous feedback without requiring menu navigation or device-level settings verification. The USB-C connection standard enables both power delivery and audio signal transmission.
Onanoff’s broader Fokus platform extends beyond the microphone innovation through its distinguished wireless charging stand — pioneered with the original Fokus headset and recognized with a Red Dot Award for industrial design. The stand incorporates intelligent power-management circuitry that automatically powers the headset off during charging, then restores power and reestablishes Bluetooth connectivity when the headphones are physically lifted from the dock. This approach addresses a genuine pain point in professional audio workflows: the constant management of cable clutter and the cognitive load of verifying device charge status before critical communication sessions.
Battery performance targets demanding usage profiles with up to 50 hours of autonomous operation (42 hours of audio playback with ANC), multipoint Bluetooth 6.0 connectivity enabling simultaneous connections to two audio sources, and operational flexibility supporting both wireless operation and wired USB-C connectivity for scenarios where latency minimization or guaranteed power delivery becomes critical. Users will be reassured that full charging can be achieved in 2.5 hours over USB cable, 3.5 hours through the charging stand.
Overall, the Onanoff Fokus Pro uses four microphones for ANC and one microphone for voice communications, even when the Soundskrit Boom microphone is not connected. The headphones are able to work in fully wireless (Bluetooth) mode, wired via the 3.5mm input, or via the USB-C input, and come with a sturdy travel case that includes a 1.2m audio cable with 3.5mm jack connectors, and a 1.5m USB-C to USB-C charging cable with USB-C to USB-A adapter for backward compatibility.
Designed for AI
The industrial design reflects what Onanoff describes as Nordic-inspired aesthetics, manifested through a lightweight headband structure, memory foam ear cup construction with Austrian fabric accents, and careful attention to weight distribution for extended wearing comfort during multi-hour professional engagements. Three listening modes — Music Mode, Hear-Thru Mode, and Fokus Mode — provide acoustic tailoring for different use scenarios, from musical immersion to vocal clarity optimization for podcasting and online conferencing. The ANC control button on the headphones also toggles an HearThru mode and ANC Off mode.
Expanding on the features that are found in the most recent headphones serving this segment, Onanoff worked with Bragi to deliver ways for users to access AI agents and activate their favorite apps with a customizable Bragi AI button. This option provides one‑touch access to playlists from leading music services and personal Shortcuts via buttons, display, and phone widgets to control product features and services. And users can explore the Onanoff Bragi AI app to create a personalized Fokus Pro listening profile that perfectly matches their preferred audio experience.
In the box, the Fokus Pro headphones come with the wireless charging stand, travel bag, BoomMicrophone, charging cable, and USB-C to USB-A adapter.
Onanoff is currently ensuring certification tests for all the major communication platforms. The manufacturer already concluded extensive measurements and complete MOS tests, confirming performance results for all intended metrics. Onanoff indicates May 2026 availability through Onanoff.com, with initial color options limited to Midnight Blue and Dusk Gray. Pricing information remains forthcoming, though positioning relative to the previous-generation Fokus product may provide contextual reference points for professional audio equipment purchasing decisions.
The Fokus Pro merits careful assessment as a case study in applied MEMS transducer innovation and hybrid noise cancellation architecture. The integration of Soundskrit’s directional capsule technology into a consumer-oriented wireless headset represents a meaningful validation of directional MEMS microphone performance in real-world applications.
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