HUAWEI FreeBuds 4 headphones: review and features, pros and cons

What progress has come to! Headphones HUAWEI FreeBuds 4 can strongly surprise those who use the classic wired headphones. It's not just about quality sound and convenience when there are no wires. They have useful features that can be very useful.

Review

HUAWEI Free Buds 4 has such features and pros:

• Sensitive noise cancellation. It is achieved by the semi-closed design of the headphones, which balances air pressure. However, ambient sounds are not completely suppressed. Adaptive technology automatically detects the shape of the ears and selects the optimal level of noise cancellation for the user.
• Gesture Control. To activate the voice assistant, control an incoming call or music, just double tap the headphones. The volume is adjusted with an up/down motion. If you tap and hold, the call is rejected, on/off noise cancellation function.
• Comfort. The headphones have a shape that does not feel in your ears. They are comfortable to use for a long time. The case has a rounded shape, it is easy to hold in the palm of your hand and fits easily even in a small pocket. The cover can be easily opened with one hand. Headphones are fixed with magnets in the case, so even with a shock does not bump against the walls of the case. Headphones can be easily removed by slightly twisting them in the slot and pulling them up with your fingers.
• Smart connection to devices. You need to open the case and press the automatic pairing. Headphones dock with a tablet, smartphone or laptop.
• Controls. In the application HUAWEI Al Life is a section of audio connections. In it you can control all devices connected to HUAWEI FreeBuds 4. Thanks to EMUI 12, you can stream video to your laptop and audio to HUAWEI FreeBuds 4. This is a super solution not to disturb anyone: you can watch a movie on your TV or laptop, and listen to the sound through wireless headphones.
• HUAWEI FreeBuds 4 can record environmental sounds. And the owner's voice recognition technology suppresses extraneous noise, making the speech recording clear and crisp.
• IPX4 rating. The headphones will withstand raindrops. But you should not go in the shower with them, to bathe in the sea or the pool, too, is not necessary.

If the case is fully charged, the headphones can play music for 22 hours, if the noise cancellation option is turned off. Charged headphones - 4 hours, with noise cancelling - 2.5 hours. If you «power up» the HUAWEI FreeBuds 4 for just 15 minutes, they can last for 2.5 hours.

The silver design of the headphones under the metal looks original, attracts attention. The classic version is the white headphones with a coating that looks like ceramic. They look high quality and less garish.

Cons of HUAWEI FreeBuds 4

If you use the noise cancelling function for a long time, there is an unpleasant feeling of pressure in the head. Mode «Comfort» is more gentle, it is enough to suppress the noise of conversations indoors. For transport you will have to activate a harder noise reduction.

HUAWEI FreeBuds 4 does not have a soundproof option, which allows you to hear what the person next to you is saying without removing the headset. But, that's an option for the flagship Pro models. For a mid-range headphone, this model has plenty of options as it is.

Although the bass is delivered nicely, the middle vocals do not reach the ideal. It does not sound interesting and voluminous enough. In general, the sound of HUAWEI FreeBuds 4 is very good, there are no gross unpleasant defects.