Review with characteristics, price and specifications

Caretas outside: I have never made the semi -open TWS headphones too much. I think they do not offer the best sound experience, nor the best grip, nor the best stability or the best Noise cancellation. If I can choose, I prefer closed TWS headphones that seal the auditory channel well with silicone (or better foam). But like everything in this life, there are headphones and headphones. The new Freebuds 6 of Huawei are an example of the latter.

These semi -open headphones with this peculiar form are Huawei’s new proposal. The idea is simple: to offer comfortable headphones that do not know us completely and do not sacrifice sound quality. Well no, they haven’t gotten abandon Freebuds pro 4but I must recognize that they have managed to surprise me in every way. Here is our analysis.

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Huawei Freebuds 6, our experience

Very comfortable. Despite what it might seem to the naked eye, Freebuds 6 are really comfortable. Its design in three parts causes the headset to be in the shell of the ear, the mast (which is the control zone) in the intertragic incisure and the battery in the lower part of the ear, which we would normally call “the pin”. So far the anatomy talk of the ear. Unlike other semi -open headphones, they do not wiggle the least when we are moving or exercising soft.

They are very light, they do not reach five grams, and are made of plastic. Without being the most premium finish we have been able to try, they are pleasant to touch. In addition, thanks to the fact that they look good in the ear, we can give touches and pulsations in the central area without having the feeling that they are going to fall. What they are not is disguised. They are really comfortable, but we are looking for headphones that are not striking better to keep looking.

By the way, silicone covers come in the box to improve the grip of the headset area and support in the case of having larger ears. If you can avoid them, do it. They have seemed a bit uncomfortable and, although it is true that they increase the ear-toauricular friction, they do not feel quite well. In addition, putting them and removing them is a complicated tad.

The egg. It seems a trifle, but that has this shape and that opens vertically makes a lot of sense: it is very comfortable to hold with one hand. I had never noticed this, but it feels more natural to have a vertical case in my hand than a horizontal. Is it nonsense? It can, especially because it will be normal to have the case in your pocket, but it is one of those accurate design decisions that usually attract attention.

Mental somersaults apart, the case houses a generous 510 mAh battery with fast charging, USB port type C and wireless load base. Unlike headphones, it does not have IP54 resistance. It weighs just over 40 grams and the sensations with the plastic of which it is made are the same as in the headphones: it is fine, but it is not the best. But one of lime and one of sand: kudos to the hinge and the magnet of the lid, ten out of ten.

Experience of use. AI Life will be the application we will use to connect and control the headphones to the mobile. Personal recommendation: download it from the Huawei website. If you have an iPhone, you have it in the App Store. From this app we can configure the gestures, activate the control by the head, look for the headphones if we have lost them, activate the cancellation of noise and access the equalizer. Easy, simple and for the whole family.

GENERAL RECOMMENDATION: Configure the gesture of keeping the right to the right, the one you like the most, to invoke Google Geminibecause the headphones have no voice recognition. I also recommend changing settings to prioritize sound quality on stability, especially if you do not frequent crowded places.

A surprising sound. Huawei has done the duties very well with these headphones. Despite their semi -absent design, Freebuds 6 are able to offer quite good sound quality. Inside we find a 11 millimeter dynamic driver (for serious, up to 14 Hz) and a microplane tweeter for acute (up to 48 kHz), which helps improve the reproduction of the most extreme frequencies.

The headphones are compatible with the AAC and SBC codecs, but the high definition will be commissioned LDAC and LH2C in most terminals. In some Huawei devices the transfer rate reaches 2.3 Mbps, which is a true barbarity. But in any case, the reality is as follows: a semi -open TWS headphones like these we will use to listen to music in streaming via spotify, YouTube Music, Apple Music or Amazon Music on the march. They are not suitable devices for High definition musiceven if they are prepared for it.

Now, it is undeniable that they are heard very well. The serious ones are great (surprisingly well given the format of the headphones), but they are a lot (much) better if in the app we activate the “serious enhancer” mode. This reminds me more to the characteristic sound of JBL and in urban, electro, rock and pop genres that extra stuck is appreciated. The most acute frequencies are also appreciated with relative clarity, but the socks tend to get somewhat masked when we are serious too pronounced.

In addition, we have to add that they are semi -open headphones, so the auditory channel is not sealed. That means that some noise will be sorry and plays to the detriment of Sonora’s quality.

More than cancellation, reduction. The best noise cancellation is achieved when the auditory channel is completely sealed. That is not possible in these headphones, but it does not mean that it does not work quite well. They do not cancel the noise like their brothers Freebuds pro 4, but they do significantly reduce the sound of public transport or the three 3D printers I have running a few meters from me. It is more a comfort system to evade a bit in noisy environments than one who seeks to isolate us. It works well in that sense, but we cannot expect the same experience as in in-to-see models.

The microphones. They are not the best, but they allow a call without major problem. Some echo can be seen when we talk on the phone, but beyond that the voice is heard well and is not unpleasant. It does not have that metallic nuance that we can find in other headphones of this style.

Battery and autonomy. It will depend a lot on how we use the headphones, but using the “prioritize sound quality” mode and with the cancellation of activated noise (it is the most demanding way) we can expect about four hours of autonomy. If we deactivate the noise cancellation we will get an additional hour. With the case we can load the headphones in a half hour, more or less. Combined autonomy is enough to throw the day.

Huawei Freebuds 6, Xataka’s opinion and note

Although they are not going to get my headphones to in-to-see for anything in the world, the new Freebuds 6 They have managed to surprise me. I was waiting for some more TWS headphones and I have found headphones that, without being my favorites, have turned out to be surprisingly comfortable, listen quite well and help keep noise at bay.

Autonomy is its skinny point, with only four hours squeezing them to the fullest, but is compensated with an acceptable load speed. It would also have been well that microphones were more competent and served to invoke Google Gemini just by saying “Hey Google.” In any case, they are an interesting alternative for those who value ergonomics and sound.

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