SoundcoreLiberty 4 Pro by Anker, Noise Cancelling Wireless Earbuds, 7-Sensor and Real-Time Adaptive Noise Cancelling, 2× Faster Charging, Studio-Level Hi-Fi Music, Clear Calls with 6 Mics and AIClimatePartner certified

Coming from AirPods Pro 2, I’d say the Liberty 4 Pro offer a similar experience while being overall better. You get longer battery life, the ability to fine tune the sound to your preference and arguable a more sleeker look.Sound wise, the Liberty 4 Pro out of the box is a bit too bass heavy for my liking but this can easily be fixed with the plethora sound customization options. Comfort and fit are excellent. Noise cancellation is excellent and right up there with the best from Apple and Bose. The transparency mode is not as good as Apple’s or Samsung’s but it’s definitely usable and you can hold a conversation. Where it lacks is overall clarity, level of white noise hiss and a slight sense of occlusion. The feature set is extensive including the ability to control some of the ambient settings of the earphones from the case. Also, you can locate the earbuds from the case if they are within Bluetooth range of course. You can locate both the case and earphones when using the Soundcore app. Controls on the earphones are similar to AirPods Pro so no complaints. And last but not least, the call quality is stellar with an excellent job filtering out background noises so the other caller can hear you clearly.Highly recommended!

I legitimately cannot believe how good these EarPods are. I had AirPod Pro 4’s and was pretty dissatisfied right away with the sound quality and I realized that the Max 2 or whatever was probably the way I should have gone, but given that my AirPods had noise cancellation and the price wasn’t that different, I couldn’t have imagined the sound quality being that much different so I just kept them. My AirPods also hurt my ears after being in them for anything longer than 20 minutes. So I decided to order the Soundcore Liberty 4’s given those facts but also because my AirPods do not connect to my Lenovo laptop. I have a Mac for personally used, but for work I have to use this Lenovo ThinkPad. AirPods do not connect to these at all. And they screw up the sound in general. The moment I could get them connected, the sound wouldn’t work or it would be muffled and when I would disconnect the sound snd microphone on my laptop wouldn’t work at all and I had to update and fix the drivers which is insane. As for the soundcore liberty 4’s, they connect seamlessly to my Lenovo as well as to my iPhone. That’s actually the main point I bought them. I wanted earbuds for my work laptop instead of the overhead ones they provided me. My plan was to use the sound course for work in my AirPods for personal use, but then I started to listen to music with the sound core and oh my God, they blew me away.These were marked down to $100 so I figured the sound wasn’t gonna be great because I have bought Earbuds and headphones for around that price and they’re not good. These are phenomenal. You can test the amount of sound going into your ear so that it’s configured correctly. You have different sizes of the bud that you can put on depending on the size of your ear and it’s so much softer and feels better than AirPods. I could have these in all day for work or for listening to music and the bass level is so much better than AirPods. AirPods have no base. The noise cancellation isn’t quite as good as AirPods, but barely noticeable difference. And there’s also so much more customization on the sound and EQ including a sound test where you can have your own personal preference of sound based off the results of the test or you can go crazy and do a custom one or use their pre-settings for different EQ’s. I am blown away by these. I’ve never been so impressed by headphones, especially at this price point. This is a no-brainer.

24 hours in with these and writing a preliminary review.TESTED SO FAR:- Case controls- Earbud controls- App- Music- Calls- Walking- Conversation in personNOT YET TESTED:- Running- Sweating- RainTHE GOOD:- I like the noise cancelation, significantly better than the Liberty 4.- I like the volume slider on the earbuds themselves.- I like the controls on the case, although they're a bit finicky.- The mic quality/call clarity is excellent. With the AC blasting directly in my face, I was told it sounded like I was talking in a quiet room right next to the microphone.- The audio quality from the speakers while on calls is fairly meh, with the highs distorting even at low volumes.- The music quality is fine, with a personalized EQ based on your own hearing capabilities working pretty well.- It has a feature that will turn on transparency mode when it detects your talking. This is both good and bad, which I'll also add to the next section.- The fit is very good, not being uncomfortable after wearing them for a few hours and not needing to adjust to keep them in (unlike the Liberty 4).- Transparency mode is fine.- Device location feature works well for locating the case as well as each individual earbud.- I like seeing the battery level through the case (unavailable on the white model).- The blue color appears as advertised.- Pairing is super fast and painless (Pixel 6 Pro), and the app is intuitive with some nice features.THE BAD- When set to transparency mode and having the feature enabled to switch to transparency mode when it detects you're talking, it will auto switch to ANC mode when it detects you're done talking, which is super annoying in a longer conversation.- After listening to music at a very low volume on Normal mode for 2 hours off and on, the battery dropped from 100% to 65%. That tells me if I had anything extra enabled (transparency/ANC) and/or were listening at a normal volume, it wouldn't last through a single workday without requiring a recharge.- The case lid feels solid when fully shut or fully open, but in between it wobbles, feeling like it could easily break.I got this on sale for $85ish, and for between that and up to $100ish, I'd say it's a solid value.