Like other wireless earbuds, the Huawei FreeBuds 3 are stored and transported (and also charged) in a compact case. In the case of the FreeBuds 3, the case has a round shape that is practical to carry around.
Huawei Freebuds 3 Review
The cases and also the headphones come in two colors: black and white. We have tried black, with a glossy finish, which is quite prone to picking up fingerprints and grease.At the connection level, the huawei freebuds 3 red box is very simple. We only have a USB-C port for charging and a small sync button.
The location of that button has not convinced us. At least in the black model, unless you know from the instructions where it is located, it may take you a while to locate it because it is on one side and without any relief or delimitation.
Huawei Freebuds 3 Review Box In
As for the LED indications, there are two: an internal one that lights up when the box is opened and that marks the charging status of the box with green or orange lights, and an external one located next to the charging port and that tells us if the upload has been completed.
Using Huawei FreeBuds 3
The exclusive chip for wearables is an essential part of the user experience of the new FreeBuds 3. A barrier more than of entry, of use, of the wireless headphones is usually in the first pairing and later in the continuous connections and disconnections of the terminal.
Huawei shows that it has worked on this aspect in the FreeBuds 3 and has practically achieved an instant pairing and a transparent rear connection for the user.
Huawei Freebuds 3 Review In
Here the ecosystem comes into play, as in the case of Apple’s Airpods. Although the FreePods 3 can be used with any terminal, the experience is round with Huawei terminals with EMUI 10. In them, it is enough to open the charging box for a curtain to jump to directly link the FreeBuds and later to know the status of the battery.
Huawei has reserved the full experience with the FreeBuds for its terminals with EMUI 10, something that reduces the range of possible users
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If it is another Android (or iOS) terminal, in addition to the classic pairing via Bluetooth options, Huawei uses the free Huawei AI application to facilitate this process. Just open it and press the pairing button on the FreeBuds 3 for two seconds to have everything up and running.
In that application is where we can manage the touch controls, know the battery charge of both the case and each earphone separately, look for firmware updates and configure the noise reduction.
Conclusion
Regarding the controls, they are carried out directly on the surface of the headphones. The action on each of them is associated with a different function, from controlling pause or playback to activating the voice assistant or noise cancellation. What we cannot do is manage the volume control, something that is surprising because of how useful it can be.Two pending improvements of the FreeBuds are to allow to control the volume from the headphones and that without EMUI 10 the playback is paused when we remove the headphones.
