Huawei has officially released the Freebuds 6, earphones that retain the design of the previous generation, while improving the experience on practically every level.
Huawei is taking advantage of spring to update its True Wireless earphones alongside its smartwatches. The newly released FreeBuds 6 adopt the waterdrop design that marked the FreeBuds 5, but refine the recipe at (almost) every level: each earbud goes from 5.4 g to just 4.9 g. While the case loses a few grams and remains just as compact.
The real innovation is hidden under the grille: Huawei adopts a dual-transducer architecture with a four-magnet dynamic for the bass and a planar micro-diaphragm dedicated to the treble. The spectrum thus goes from 16 Hz-40 kHz on the FreeBuds 5 to 14 Hz-48 kHz.
Huawei refines the FreeBuds experience with its new FreeBuds 6
A leap that aims to reproduce tracks encoded in high definition and promises more scintillating treble without sacrificing the depth of the low-mids. The LDAC codec, already present, remains part of the game alongside AAC and SBC, still via Bluetooth 5.2 connectivity.
In terms of battery life, there is also an improvement: the earphones' battery certainly drops from 42 mAh to 39.5 mAh, but Huawei has optimized the electronics: we go from 5 hours of listening (ANC off) to 6 hours, and from 3.5 hours to 4.5 hours with active noise reduction. With the case (now 510 mAh compared to 505 mAh), the battery life increases to 36 hours without ANC, compared to 30 hours on the previous generation, and to 27 hours with ANC, compared to 20 hours previously.
The earphones take 25 minutes to fully charge (and 45 minutes to charge the case via USB-C cable). With the same Qi compatibility for wireless charging of the FreeBuds 6. The IP54 rating remains unchanged, protecting the earphones against dust and splashes during sports sessions.
The FreeBuds 6 also offer a bit of freshness in terms of colors. The FreeBuds 6 opt for White, Black finishes and a new purple version. These True Wireless earphones thus refine an already exceptional experience, continuing the foundations laid by the FreeBuds 5.
The European price has not yet been officially announced by Huawei, but the FreeBuds 6 can already be found on certain e-commerce sites such as Fnac-Darty at a price of €159. A price that clearly does not change one iota compared to the previous generation.
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