Amazfit PowerBuds Pro Wireless Earbuds Bluetooth 5.0 Headphones Active Noise Cancelling, with 6-Mic, Multi Music Modes, Sports and Health…

Picked these up a few days ago after shopping many different ear buds. Couldn’t be happy enough! The sound quality is really stunning, especially after I tailored the EQ settings in the Amazfit app (cool that it has this feature!). I didn’t really think I’d need/appreciate the noise cancelling, but it is extraordinary. Walking around outside, all I hear is my music. Was kind of eerie at first since it worked so good, but now that I’m used to it, it’s awesome. Was easy to set up and sync with my Motorola Android phone. Phone quality is excellent. I haven’t found a need for the add-on over ear hooks, but good that I have them for more active use. It has a few extra sizes of silicone ear pieces, but I haven’t messed with those as they fit well for me out of the box. Battery life seems to be very good. These are years ahead of the Skull Candy ear buds I’ve replaced. Strongly recommend!

Funcionan bien. Tienen limitantes pero para las funciones que necesito éstos audífonos son perfectos.

Pros:
– Se conectan de forma rápida con los dispostivos vinculados.
– El material con los que están hechos son MUY buenos.
– Tiene 4 medidas de gomas y no las tres típicas que ofrecen, por lo que podrás medirte cada una y ver cuales son tus medidas exactas para cada oído.
– Sus micrófonos funcionan muy bien para activar el modo ambiente, pues al activarlos se siente como si no los tuvieras puestos al no tener música reproduciendo. Pero OJO, no tiene cancelación de ruido como tal, solo desactiva los micrófonos y se escucha la música como cualquier otros audífonos con gomas (cosa que en mi caso me es perfecto).
– Siguiendo con los micrófonos, al realizar llamadas, se escucha perfecto y al contar con varios micrófonos canaliza tu voz perfecto al hablar, teniendo una comunicación MUY buena.
– El ecualizador que tiene en la aplicación es perfecto y fácil de manejar, pues mejora por bastante la calidad del sonido (se queda guardado la configuración pero NO se puede configurar para diferentes canciones, la configuración es general).
– La forma es rara a simple vista, pero encaja perfecto a pabellón auricular, a parte de sus ganchos-diadema (creo que se les menciona así) son magnéticos y te da mayor aseguramiento de que no se te lleguen a caer. Pero en mi caso no los he usado seguido, pues no hago ejecicio fuerte, los utilizo para salir a correr y por cada zancada que hago no se mueven como para que se me salgan o caigan.
– Ya que menciono el ejercicio, utilizo un smartwatch (Amazfit Pace) y reproduzco la música desde éste reloj y controlo tanto la música y el volumen sin necesidad de hacerlo en los audífonos.
– La batería es fenomenal, le dura perfecto las 8 horas que promete (dependiento del volumen que traigas) y con su estuche los puedes recargar constantemente. Los utilizó de 2.5 a 3.5 horas al día y la batería me alcanza fácil toda una semana.

Contras:
– No tienen controles de volumen, tienes que controlarlos directo con el disposivo, por lo que creo que debes pensartela antes comprarlos, pues si puede llegar a ser un problema. En mi caso al usarlos en el celular (si no lo quiero o puedo sacar) lo que hago es adecuarlos a un volumen medio (dependiendo del lugar en el que me encuentre) y con la activación del modo ambiente disminuyo el volumen y al desactivar el modo ambiente se aumenta.
– La configuración gestos de controles es limitada, pues solo puedes tener 4 funciones activadas (dos en cada audífono) de las cinco que ofrece (avanzar canción, canción anterior, reproducir o pausar, activar o desactivar modo ambiente y activar el asistente).
– Su forma de manipular los toques son difíciles en un principio, pues la configuración permite 2 o 3 pulsaciones, es mejor manejarlo directo del dispositivo.
– Se necesita el celular (app Amazfit) para poder utilizar las funciones extras que ofrece: modo ambiente, toma de frecuencia cardiaca (con el reloj puedo sustituir esta función) y aumento de bajos al hacer ejercicio.

Conclusión: Son perfectos si no eres exigente y solo los quieres para utilizarlos de forma normal. Si los quieres para realizar ejercicio son MUY buena opción pues con sus ganchos-diademas es garantía de no caerse.

This is a combination review of the Amazfit PowerBuds (some of which also applies to the Amazfit GTR 2e Smartwatch because they share the same app/platform).

The GOOD:
Sound: Great actually. The PowerBuds sound amazing for the money! The soundstage is meh, and the transient response is meh, but combined with the very capable EQ built in, these can sound very VERY good. Now, when I say this or that is “meh”, I’m comparing to classics like the Senny HD600 and the like. Not a fair comparison, clearly, but it gives you some context. If the review stopped here, I’d wholeheartedly recommend the PowerBuds.
Passthrough: The passthrough mode works pretty decently. It wasn’t a selling point for me, but it does work.
Battery: Fantastic on both devices. The PowerBuds never ran out of battery, and the watch averaged 10 days per charge.

The BAD:
Calls: The YT reviews all say the call quality is good, but every call I tried the listener said I sounded like I was “muffled”, “compressed all weird”, “too quiet”, etc.. Unusable for calls in my experience.
Buttons: I was never able to find a happy medium where the buttons were triggered consistently. It took 3-5 tries before successfully doing what I was trying to do. Light touch, heavy touch, didn’t matter. In the meantime, you feel like you’re damaging your ear drums pounding on the buds because they aren’t responding.

The UGLY:
China: These devices are calling home CONSTANTLY. See the screenshots of the dozens of Xiaomi, Huami, and Amazfit servers my phone firewall was blocking. One URL was blocked nearly 8,000 times.

So keep in mind, to get any kind of decent functionality out of these devices, you need to consent to complete access to your call data, your contact data, your messaging data (across various messaging apps), and various other things… and you have no control of where it’s being sent. If you’re okay with that, buy these devices.

I got these because of the feature set that includes active noise cancelling (ANC), heart rate monitoring. The ANC can be set to a few profiles such as travel mode for subways and airplane noise, workout mode which adapts to outdoor environments to improve workout safety, and finally indoor mode for typical office environments. I’ve only tried workout and indoor mode, because taking public transportation or flying is still not ideal right now. These modes will draw more power than when ANC is off, but it is definitely useful when you need to focus a little more. There is even a pass-through mode that allows you to hear more, like having hearing+.
There is also what is called ‘cervical protection’ which allows you to calibrate your upright head and it will measure the forward tilt of your head. I hope they implement some sort of an alarm if you start slouching too much. The buds can also remind you to relax your neck if you’ve been sitting for a long time, a bit of music plays and guides you to move your head and rotate your neck in the direction of the sound cues in the music. Definitely a plus for those sitting at a computer for hours at a time.
The running detection and workout saving is interesting to have but I have yet to get good use of it. I need to get off my butt more often.
I live the buds, they are comfortable and have 4 different sized tips to make sure they fit snugly. There is an automatic pause/play option that detects when you pull the earbuds out and pauses whatever media you are playing, this works with smartphones and laptops playing youtube videos, music, podcasts, etc. It uses a light sensor on the back of each earbud to see if it’s been pulled out, and resumes playing when the sensor is covered. This feature can be turned off in the app.
Which leads to a few oddities. If you want to make any changes to the button functionality, ANC modes, pause/play detection, etc, you have to install a fitness app. The buds appear under ‘My Devices’. Another oddity is the way they sit in the case. They are inserted with the eartips pointing outward, so you have to flip them to put them into your ears, it’s not a big deal, but I have to wonder what the product designer was thinking when they built this case.
Anyways, good overall buds with some interesting health features. If you don’t need these features, then the Amazfit Powerbuds Pro are probably overkill for you.