I'll have a full review before they ship, but my quick take is that these seem like a fairly blatant and successful attempt at making a more affordable version of the AirPods Pro 2. There's a bit of delay (it takes a few seconds for the app to register your heart rate is indeed rising or falling), but some people may find it a useful feature and the new Soundcore app will track your activity. Callers said I sounded pretty good, although there was more background noise than what they heard with the AirPods Pro 2.Īs for the heart-rate monitor, I only did some limited testing, jogging around the block a couple of times. Read more: Best Wireless Earbuds for 2022 That said, I do think the AirPods Pro 2's pinch controls with their new swipe gesture for volume adjustment are superior. They seem to work fairly well in my limited testing and you can customize them.

The Liberty 4 have a form of pinch controls like the AirPods Pro. And you can choose between fixed and head-tracking like you can with AirPods.

There are two spatial audio modes: one for movies, the other for music. I'm still testing the spatial audio feature, but my initial impressions are that it falls short of Apple's version (the effect doesn't feel as pronounced).

It did a good job muffling sound when I rode the New York subway. The adaptive noise canceling is solid - again, a step below what AirPods Pro 2 offer, but not that far behind. The Soundcore Liberty 4 light up in their case, which features wireless charging.

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