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We have tested the previous top wireless headphones from OnePlus. This is our take on the OnePlus Buds Pro.

The OnePlus Buds Pro are the the brand’s first headphones with active noise cancellation, and therefore it is not surprising that the company has tried to make this the main quality of its new product. But that’s the reality It’s not that addition that makes it special for this generation of the OnePlus series of buds.

They really are yours excellent processing quality, Very good sound system and competitive price, three columns based on what is posible The best OnePlus product appeared in recent years.

Rating and review of the OnePlus Buds Pro

The price of the OnePlus Buds Pro and where to buy them

The OnePlus Buds Pro are the company’s most expensive headphones to date. There is a Price 149 eurosand cánido be purchased from the company’s official shop.

They are available in colors matt black and glossy white. Headphones at the time of writing this review They are sold out in the company’s official store, and it is unknown when he will be back share.

Technical data sheet

Where is the OnePlus Buds Pro located?

Giving his new headphones the nickname “Pro”, and a Price of almost 150 eurosOnePlus has brought its new headphones into the same market segment as models like the Samsung Galaxy Buds Pro, Huawei FreeBuds Pro and Apple AirPods Pro.

And the truth is that the Chinese brand’s new headphones are included more than many guns to compete in this segment, in terms of sound quality and design and construction as well functions.

Almost all of your competition it offers a slightly higher sound quality. Of course, most of them have one Price several tens of euros higher.

Nothingness is the ear1 precisely conceived by the new started by one of the co-founders of OnePlus, offered a afín number of functions to the Buds Pro, to a Price under 99 euros. However, it is very evident in early testing the sound quality of the first headphones since Nothing It is not at the level of the reference models on the market.

Bottom to top: OnePlus Buds Z, OnePlus Buds Pro and OnePlus Buds / Image: Christian Collado

design

If you are not a seguidor of the design AirPods Pro From Apple, you probably won’t be won over by the looks of the OnePlus Buds Pro. The new OnePlus headphones maintain an almost identical format to the AirPods Pro, with a reduced size and format in the ear what does that include silicone consejos Better adaptation to the ear canal and better isolation from outside noise.

They are available in two colors, glossy white and matt black. However, there is one Two tone finish with a metallic shield surrounding the entire “stick” of each headphone.

Both the black and white surfaces have a metallic finish / Image: Christian Collado

This finish gives them a certain personality despite their striking resemblance to other competing models. While they’re far from the most original headphones out there, there’s no denying that its design is convincingJust like AirPods Pro and many other headphones real wi-fi that have adopted the same format.

What is clear is that they are comfortable headphonesespecially when you find it a pair of pads Your ear canal fits best. Their weight of just 4.35 grams per earphone – AirPods Pro weigh 5.4 grams – makes them easy to wear for hours without too much trouble.

As always, fitting depends on each person’s ear type. Based on my experience, I have to say that the OnePlus Buds Pro the most comfortable headphones I’ve tried Fits better in my ear canal than other models like this so far Samsung Galaxy Buds Pro.

thanks for that Degree of protection IP55, the headphones cánido be worn in the rain or during sports. In addition, its housing is also protected against groundwater IPX4.

Both the headphones and the charging case are somewhat waterproof / Image: Christian Collado

The charging case it has a completely different design to the other headphones in the OnePlus Buds series. It’s a rounded rectangle, agregado thinner than the OnePlus Buds and OnePlus Buds Z, which is much appreciated considering you will be spending most of your time in your pocket.

This is the case with the “Matte Black” model that I was able to test the case has a very pleasant feel, the, It picks up dirt and scratches very easily. One aspect to be highlighted is the hinge mechanismthat feels despite being made of plastic “Premium” and strong.

sound

OnePlus has decided to equip its new headphones with some 11 mm dynamic drivers, with tuned sound profile boost bass.

However, that doesn’t orinan that the OnePlus Buds Pro suck up the low frequencies and forget about the mid and high frequencies. But how Bass boost is clearit’s not as extreme as other headphones, and that’s the fact that the company has been successful balanced sound profile Resultwhich is likely to please the vast majority of its buyers.

The Buds Pro too They have an active noise cancellation system. Therefore, they are the first headphones from the brand to offer these have function. To that extent it applies Intelligent noise cancellationwhich analyzes the noise around us using the microphones built into the headphones to automatically adjust the noise cancellation.

The reality is that in most cases It is wiser to omit this feature and manually toggle noise cancellation on or off as needed. In addition, the application that allows you to control the headphones gives you the opportunity to choose between them two cancellation levelsCánido cancel noise up to 40dB in extreme mode and up to 15dB in habitual mode.

The sound of the OnePlus Buds Pro is good without reaching the level of the best headphones on the market / Image: Christian Collado

There is no doubt about it The system works, and it works pretty well in most cases. However, the experience would have been even better if more work had been done on passive noise cancellation and silicone consejos had been created better able to isolate ambient noise. In this sense, models like the Galaxy Buds Pro better block out the noise around us, probably thanks to better insulation.

This also includes a “Transparency” mode., which emplees the microphones to amplify the sound from the outside through the headphones, allowing us to hear what is happening around us. Unfortunately, the experience isn’t as satisfying as the experience you get with noise-cancellation, as the volume and clarity of the sound produced are far from optimal.

In relation to microphone qualityThere is not much to say. The recorded sound is correct, and the noise reduction system does a good job. With the Buds Pro, you perro also make phone calls outside and in a little wind without any major problems.

battery and charging

The OnePlus Buds Pro spec sheet tells us they should last up to 5 hours on a single charge with the active noise cancellation system and up to 7 times when this mode is disabled.

In my experience, I have to say that OnePlus hasn’t lived up to its promises either maybe it fell a little short when evaluating the battery life of your new headphones.

In general, they were able to hold each other up to six hours for uninterrupted music listening and phone calls, with noise cancellation remaining active in “extreme” mode.

Likewise, the charging case is able to recharge the headphones relatively quicklyand only the case itself charge for ten minutes vía the USB Type-C connector up to ten plus hours of independence.

The Buds Pro case is also worth mentioning It cánido be charged wirelessly vía any Qi-coincidente base station.

The charging case cánido be charged vía USB Type C or wirelessly / Image: Christian Collado

controls

I admit that my relationship with the OnePlus Buds Pro control system is one of them love hatefor various reasons.

Unlike other manufacturers, OnePlus hasn’t settled on one fácil gesture system to control your headphones. Instead, you need the touchpad – which is found on the metal-coated part of each earbud – get pinched to be able to perform the various actions that perro be performed without taking the mobile phone out of your pocket.

This suggests making accidental touching of the touch panel nearly impossiblesince some pressure has to be exerted in order for the headphones to receive the desired signal.

But on the other hand, it’s also a bit complicated find the exact point that includes a “pinch” to control playback, and a lot depends on that Angle at which the headphones are placed in our ears.

At least if you know Controls and the area where pressure should be appliedIt is about a good control systemand yes, I miss the opportunity Increase or decrease the volume up or down, as is possible with models like the Huawei FreeBuds 4i.

The controls available aren’t much different than other fully wireless headphones: Pause or sintetiza audio, two is used to switch to the next song, Y three pints go back to the previous track. and the A long press allows you to switch between active noise canceling mode and “transparency” mode.

The controls built into the headphones cánido be a bit confusing at first / Image: Christian Collado

These controls cánido be controlled by apartment. But how depending on the phone you haveYou need to install an aplicación or two… for some reason.

If you have a OnePlus device, all you have to do is do that Aplicación OnePlus Budswith which you cánido control this and the other headphones in the series.

However, if you have another device, you will have to complejo turístico to that Heymelody aplicacióndesigned to work with headphones from OnePlus and from OPPO.

HeyMelody does not contain an equalizer, so if you are not satisfied with the sound profile of the headphones, you have to use third-party tools. Incidentally, the aplicación allows you to make some settings on the headphones, such as Change the action associated with each gestureor toggle noise reduction or transparency mode on and off.

Instead of introducing an equalizer into its aplicación, OnePlus has implemented something called “Audio ID”. This is a kind of “test” that assesses your ability to recognize sounds in order to tune the sound profile in the most appropriate way. But unfortunately the end result may not be be changed manually.

Another questionable decision by OnePlus is the fact that Do not use the “quick pair” system developed by Google plusthe headphones from each manufacturer allowed Quickly pair with any Android device. Instead, the brand has implemented a different system… that only works with modern OnePlus phones.

The aplicación allows it too Activate the intelligent noise canceling mode, or update the headset firmware. If not for this last option, The aplicación could be perfectly left out to use the headphones.

Be it as it may HeyMelody is available for Android and iOS, And unlike the aplicación from other manufacturers, it has a clean design and doesn’t contain too many unnecessary add-ons.