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28th October 2020
10:18pm GMT

Noise Cancelling
While noise cancelling can be a bit hit and miss in earbuds, Huawei have often been one of the better providers of it in their offerings.
The FreeBuds Pro 40DB active noise cancellation works across three levels, Cozy, General, and Ultra, depending on your environment’s ambient noise.
Users can switch between them by themselves, or leave the buds to make the decisions, with dynamic noise cancelling.
The result is quite good, it's not going to drown out someone talking directly to you but will certainly dim out background noise associated with say, a coffee shop or an office.
Some things we liked and some we didn't
The battery life is good and I had no issues with it whatsoever. Obviously battery is affected by whether or not you use ANC but I managed well over six hours with ANC off and over three with it on.
Wireless charging on the case is also a nice addition.
For calling, Huawei uses three different microphones on each bud to help isolate your voice from the background noise. It's hugely impressive and it's an upgrade over the internal mic on your smartphone and that means it's useful for video calls and meetings as well. Who would have guessed just a few short months ago that this would be such an important feature ?
The touch controls are a little bit finicky and inconsistent for my liking, but this is an area a lot of earbuds fall down in. However, they're an improvement from the Freebuds 3 and the control for the volume did work a lot better than a lot of other options on the market.
Overall
The direct competitor to the FreeBuds Pro in the market are Apple's AirPod Pro and they stack up very well. They've neck and neck in most areas but they come in around €70 cheaper at €179.
Are they the best out there? There's definitely areas where they're strong and their all round performance means they're better than a lot of others on the market.
The combination of great battery life, good audio, and active noise cancellation all at a relatively reasonable price means they're worth your consideration.Explore more on these topics: