Huawei has simply launched their newest earbuds: the FreeBuds Professional 2, which come full of premium Devialet sound and distinctive improvements in energetic noise cancellation (ANC).
The design goes to inescapably draw comparisons to the AirPods Professional, however underneath that casing, Huawei has quite a few distinctive options on provide. This contains the dual-driver expertise that enables for a large 14Hz-48KHz frequency vary, enhanced ANC and a brand new function known as “Triple Adaptive EQ” that scans your ear canal and tunes your audio to it.
Competitors within the noise-cancelling earbuds market is fierce, so let’s take a more in-depth take a look at what Huawei is bringing to the desk.
Sounding good on paper
This partnership between Huawei and Devialet has been in motion since 2018 and I wasn’t too complimentary concerning the Devialet Gemini, which have been the audio firm’s personal try at earbuds.
They sounded unimaginable, however the design was far too cumbersome, which Huawei appears to have resolved with a smaller, sleeker body at lower than 6 grams, together with a 14% discount in thickness over the unique FreeBuds Professional.
Regardless of that discount in dimension Huawei nonetheless claims respectable battery life with as much as 4 hours of playback (18 hours with the case) in case you are utilizing ANC and that jumps to six.5 hours (30 hours with the case) in the event you do not want ANC. That comes up wanting the top-end choices just like the Sony WF-1000XM4, nevertheless it retains tempo with the AirPods Professional.
Huawei is making some daring claims about its ANC onboard the FreeBuds Professional 2 (to be truthful all of them do), however we’ll should see if the triple mic system and Huawei’s software of its Deep Neural Community to the issue of noise canceling lives as much as the hype.
For extra refined listeners the FreeBuds Professional 2 assist the LDAC protocol for high-resolution audio. Not one thing that the majority wi-fi earbud wearers are going to be involved about, however Huawei desires to verify it’s catering to the audiophile Devialet followers.
IPX5 water resistance and wi-fi charging spherical out the function set for the FreeBuds Professional 2.
Outlook
All in all, Huawei appears to have checked all the suitable bins with the FreeBuds Professional 2 and at £169.99, they arrive in underneath the worth of loads of its premium competitors.
We’ll depart our opinions for the complete evaluation, however primarily based on previous expertise, it is arduous to see Huawei and Devialet making a nasty pair of earbuds. You’ll choose up a pair beginning July 6 (opens in new tab).
