On paper, it’s getting really hard to compare a product like the new $150 Soundcore Liberty 4 to earbuds like the $249 AirPods Pro and still declare Apple’s buds the winner. The same can be said of Sony’s $280 WF-1000XM4 for that matter. Soundcore has put in nearly every feature you could ask for: noise cancellation, transparency, wireless charging, Bluetooth multipoint, a high-res Bluetooth codec (LDAC), good battery life, and a companion app with tons of personalization options. And if that isn’t enough, these earbuds also have spatial audio with optional head-tracking, plus built-in sensors for monitoring your heart rate. And they’re still $100 less than Apple’s flagship buds, and $130 less than Sony’s. All of this makes the Liberty 4 an unbeatable value from a pure features point of view, which means the only question left is this: How do they perform? For the most part, the answer to that question is very well indeed. For the Liberty 4, Soundcore has kept what has worked in the pa...
Very good sound quality; Tons of customizations; Killer call quality; Handy heart rate tracker;
No find my earbuds feature; May not be secure enough for all workouts;