Anker, known for its exceptional charging accessories, owns the Soundcore brand, which has now made a name for itself in the audio industry. The latest addition to the Soundcore lineup is the Soundcore Liberty 4 Pro active noise-cancelling earbuds, which truly earn their pro moniker with excellent performance.
Design
The Soundcore Liberty 4 Pros excel at the design of this year’s model. First, the stemmed design would initially remind you of the normal Liberty 4 ANC edition from earlier in 2024. You’ll quickly notice a divot in each stem. This new area is a pressure sensitive capacitive control strip.
Otherwise, you get a tear dropped earpiece similar to others on the market. Internally, you have a 10.5mm driver powering the audio output. The active noise-cancellation is filtered by seven totals sensors. This includes six for sound filtering and another for barometric pressure for environmental filtering.
Sound
Sound is superb from the Liberty 4 Pros. Soundcore has been polishing their audio profiles for a few generations now and the results are great. It finds a nice balance of all the available EQ levels, and I generally stick with the default Soundcore profile. You can still adjust to your preferences in the companion app, but I don’t tend to bother.
The same is true for calls. I have a few trustworthy folks I know will give me feedback when making calls on a new device. I’m happy to report that the Soundcore Liberty 4 Pro earbuds performed very well here. Furthermore, I was able to filter out most environmental noise, and the recipient on the other end of the discussion also found that nothing came through as a distraction.
Spatial audio is also onboard with these earbuds. This functions as expected, “moving” the audio with your body positions and environment. I know some people love this feature, but I’ve always found that regardless of manufacturer, it sounds tinny and unnatural in this profile mode. This isn’t exclusive to the Soundcores, and includes the understood industry standards of Bose and Apple.
Case and controls
While the earbuds would a star on their own, the case is where Soundcore has found a true differentiator. Just inside the sliding lid, you’ll immediately find an LED display that gives you information on battery life of each bud, as well as the ANC levels once you’ve connected to your paired device.
That would be sweet enough, but there’s a familiar divot that mimics the one on the earbud’s stem, on the front of the case. This capacitive area allows you to adjust the ANC profile level on the fly while using your earbuds. There’s even an option in the Soundcore companion app to act as a shutter button while taking a camera shot.
I do have one major knock on the case. The glossy finish of our Light Blue model shows everything. Dirt, fingerprints, and scratches are prevalent after a few days of use. They do this to lend to a slight transparency to see the LED display, but it’s not a great look. From the renders, the other colors have a similar finish as well.
I’m also impressed with the earbud controls. That small divot we mentioned in the design section is responsive and consistent for play/pause with a click. You can also adjust the volume with a light press and sliding motion. These type of controls can be finicky, but Anker’s engineering team pulled it off here with the Soundcore Liberty 4 Pros.
Battery life
This is a strong aspect of anything designed by Anker and the Liberty 4 Pro earbuds don’t disappoint. The buds will provide you ten hours of endurance with each use, with the case providing several recharges for a total of around 40 hours. I’ve found both estimates to be accurate with my usage.
When you do need to top off the tanks, you have USB-C charging and Qi wireless charging. Anker states the Liberty 4 Pros have a “5c” battery capable of four hours of playback by just five minutes in the case with quick charge wired charging. Wireless charging takes about an 3.5 hours to recharge everything. I’ve had zero issues charging using either protocol, but with ten hours of battery life you won’t need to charge often.
Closing thoughts
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Wireless earbuds are a dime a dozen these days. It’s rare to receive a model like Soundcore’s Liberty 4 Pros that bring a fresh feel to the segment. From the outstanding audio performance with ANC, to the functionally unique case, Anker hit this iteration out of the park. This is the new standard in my mind for the sub-$150 market.
That’s right, these new earbuds are only $130 from both Anker and Amazon. You can choose from three colors: Glossy Black, Light Blue (featured), and White. Hit our links below to add these fantastic ANC earbuds to your cart today.
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