Customer Ratings & Reviews

Ive had almost every pair of soundcore earbuds and each one delivered a wonderful dynamic and unique sound...I have the soundcore life note 3i now and these are the best..Thank you soundcore

Decent sound for the price, it does lose blue tooth connection from time to time. Overall it’s TS good enough for when I work out and that’s what I got them for.

Great budget headphones. I considered more expensive options, but ended up very happy with this purchase. They have very good quality for calls.

Great sound!!! Noise cancellation great!!! Lost my last one change to this brand and it sounds better!!

the best noise cancelling earbuds i used it everyday for daily walk and treadmill and more

These are IT. The price, the Features. I They are great

Love them nice sound quality. Will be getting all my electronics from you all..

Good quality and ain’t that expensive. I’d recommend it

Solid earphones. Interesting app features from sound-core. Could be louder but won’t hurt your ears.

Love this earbuds, great sound for the price, i do recommend

BACKGROUND: I am 71 and over the past 60 years used an assortment of varying priced wired headphones, wired earbuds, and wireless earbuds. My current wireless earbuds are fine for general use and primarily worn on my 5 mile power walking. But they never really lived up to my expectations for music, specifically classic rock and jam bands. For in home listening, I use a set of moderately priced wired studio “cans” that far exceed my existing wireless earbuds. ANKER SOUNDCORE: This Life Note 3i set of wireless noise canceling earbuds were sent to me for trial and review, and so far I am overall very impressed. Like most all medium priced earbuds, they have their assets along with a few minor liabilities. STATED FEATURES: Noise Canceling Earbuds, with 4 Mic’s, AI-Enhanced Calls, 10mm Oversized Drivers, Soundcore App for Custom EQ, 36H Playtime, Transparency Mode, IPX5 Water-Resistant. PAIRING: Out of the box I was able to immediately pair with my Android-10 phone. So they passed my “no manual needed” test to plug-and-play music. Also paired with my iPad without issues. But I did have problems pairing with an entry level Androide-10 tablet, it found it but would only play through the right channel. Trying a second time, it just would not find these at all. After a few reboots it finally synced it. Now there is a way to reset these with a button on the bottom of the charging case. I was ready to try that, but I didn’t need to. MANUAL: Too small to read anything, almost useless other than the pictures. I went online to locate and download a PDF version to actually view a readable manual. (Normally I download all manuals to my laptop for future reference.) APPLICATION: As expected, Soundcore has an application that will extend the capabilities of these earbuds. After using for a few hours listening to an online Goose concert, it was time to download the APP. It loaded without issues and found my paired Life Note 3i earbuds. The app’s equalizer feature far exceeds my existing phone’s EQ app, a major plus for that. There are numerous preset EQ’s available to choose from, something for everyone. Or you can setup a custom setting tweaking a range of 8 frequencies. After fiddling with all of them, I bonded with the ROCK EQ setting. There are also 3 Ambient Sound selections: Noise Cancellation, Transparency Mode, and Normal. I found that the Noise Cancellation mode extends the bass response a tad, and I actually like that, so that is my default combo settings. The app will also allow you to change the button controls to your needs if you don’t like the defaults. CONTROLS: At first I could not get these to raise or lower the volume. I have been accustomed to my other set of wireless buds that use “touch sensors” to activate the controls. Not these Life Notes, they actually use push frame ends. (My bad for not fully paying attention to the manual.) For the most part, these function adequately, but the right button occasionally seems to stick not allowing it to function until it pops back in place (the primary reason for the 4 rating.). VOLUME: These can get much louder than my current set of ear buds. And with the added strong bass response through the APP, I need to be careful not to exacerbate my tinnitus from years playing guitar in a classic rock-and-roll band. The good news here is, these ear-buds have no problem drowning out the ringing in my ears. I guess that’s a good thing, although my doctor may disagree. BATTERY LIFE: The Life Note 3i have a stated battery life of 9-hours play time from a full charge, with an additional 36-hours from the charging case. Doubtful anyone would listen for 9 hours straight, but if you wear these all day for noise canceling then just maybe. Anyway, I have no need or desire to test time capacities, (at my age, uncertain I can stay up for 9 hrs) so I may never really know. NOISE CANCELING: Of the 3 modes - Noise Cancellation, Transparency Mode, and Normal, it seems to me the Transparency Mode cancels out more of the background noise versus Noise Canceling Mode. Don’t know why, but with or without music playing, Transparency is the setting to cancel out additional background noise. COMFORT: These include 3 sizes of buds. I have not needed to try the smaller or lager size buds, the default work just fine. The buds are a unique design to me, not the solid foam, solid gel, or solid silicone type I have been accustomed to wearing. They are a somewhat hollow design that allows a much better secure fit (see last picture). I suspect the sealed fit contributes to the increase in bass response. But in any event, they are very comfortable verse the other bud types mentioned. PHONE CALLS: No issues here, both myself and the caller can hear just fine. Had to use the phone’s volume control, versus the earbud’s control, due to unintentionally either putting callers on mute or hanging up on them, when attempting to raise the volume. PLAYING MUSIC SOUND QUALITY: Well this is where the Life Note 3i excels, they far surpass my current wireless earbuds for music listening. And they come close to my wire studio headphones listening online. Plus they are more comfortable to wear vs. my “cans” for longer period of listing pleasure. OVERALL: Three of my current four listing devices will continue to server a purpose. My cheap set of wired earbuds will now be retired. My current set of wireless earbuds we be demoted and will still be used for my sweat power walking, not wanting to possibly damage the new Life Note 3i’s. And my wire studio headphones will still be used for my CD and DVD music collection listening when I don’t want to disturb the wife. But I truly believe the lion share of use will now be from the Anker Soundcore - Life Note 3i earbuds. LEFT or RIGHT: One additional minor nit is being able to determine which is the left bud veruse the right bud when you have them out of the case. If I use a 10x loupe, I can see the micro-markings of a raised L or R. Anyway, I will need to put a RED dot of nail polish over the Right side “R” for quicker reference, and probably a white dot on the left. PICTURES: All are stock photos from Anker except the last one of the unique buds.

Great buy! Updatable, USB-C, 3 sound modes, and you can change what each button dose.

This is my second Anker product and I am extremely happy with the product. It beat out other ear buds that were twice as much

Started out great, now people say that they can hardly hear me.

I have been a fan of Anker's Soundcore line of bluetooth speakers, earbuds and headphones for a few years now. And I'm very pleased to say that they haven't dissapointed me yet. Even with these Life Note 3i true wireless earbuds, I can tell that these have every desire to keep their customers happy. From the super comfortable design and and fit in my ears( I swear, I wear these for hours and barely feel any lobe fatigue.). The noise cancelling features are very good, considering the price-point, (And you should consider that.) these give off nice soothing bass, when neeeded, imo. and good clarity when I'm talking and trying to hear others. The battery life is great. That's a full days work out of the case. That's before putting them back in the charging case for a reboost. Then there's another 3 charges left in the case. Wow! The chrging could be longer, but to be honest, you'll one need to charge these evry couple days, with moterate to heavy use, so you can just charge it at home while near your PC. There are a couple extra ear gummies in the package, just in case your ears don't feel comfy with the ones already loaded on the buds. And the onlt problem I have with these, is the fact the case isn't wirelessly chargible. But I'll live. The Soundcore app works great with these for your button mapping an EQ needs as well. I love these. I definitely recommend them.

I have used Anker products for quite some time and I have always been impressed. When I got the chance to pick up Anker’s Soundcore Life Note 3i, I was banking on having that same impression. I can honestly say that they didn’t let me down at all. Out of the box, these true wireless earbuds come in a nice little case for protecting and charging them. Also in the box, there are two additional tips for different sized ear openings as well as a charging cable for the case. With charging in mind, they say this set can play for 9 hours before needing a charge. I haven’t come close to that, but I haven’t come close to depleting them after almost 3 hours of wear. I also own another couple of companies’ earbuds and this battery life definitely exceeds both of those higher priced options. On the noise canceling side of things, I am very impressed with what I experienced. My true test for anything that claims to have Active Noise Canceling is…mowing the lawn. While I know that it won’t completely drown out the mower, I want to be able to hear my music, podcast, or sportscasters clearly. That’s exactly what I got here. It performs just as well as another pair that’s about triple the price. That’s what I call a good deal. I did have to change out the default tips to the smaller ones. Once I did that, I downloaded the app and started to rock out. I found them comfortable and lightweight. Others have caused me discomfort after an hour and I didn’t experience that here. I am very pleased with that. As far as the sound goes, I am not an audiophile by any means, but I am looking for a crisp sound with everything I listen to. I don’t want to hear any distortion or vibration from the bass and the vocals should be clear. The Life Note 3i performed very well in this area. To go along with that, you can use the Soundcore app to adjust the equalizer to even fine tune it more. There are 21 presets to choose from or you can go with the Custom option to get exactly what you want. I found the app easy to use here and consider it a must have. In continuing with the app, you can set what the buttons on the side of the earbuds do as well. I welcome the customization on that as well. The last thing that I was hoping to use the Life Note 3i for was phone calls while on the move. This is where I have to knock them a tad. I was trying to complete some minor tasks around the house while talking and the person could hear things that I was doing. I really hoped the 4 integrated microphones and custom algorithm for vocals would perform better. Ultimately, Anker’s Soundcore Life Note 3i are quite the bang for the buck. These earbuds are priced at about a ⅓ to a ½ of some bigger competitors and the performance is nearly as good. For everyday use or travel, I think these are a great option for any and all. I will certainly be using mine whenever I need great sound and noise canceling.

Through the pandemic that we've all collectively experienced over the last few years, working from home and working out somewhere by myself have been more commonplace. I have owned bluetooth earphones for years. Unfortunately for me, my best sounding pair hurts my ears after 45 minutes. This is great for running, but not for long work calls. My most comfortable headset goes over my head and I can't actually run while wearing them. Bring on the Soundcore Life Note 3i by Anker -- I can wear these for hours and not worry about battery life or the discomfort that I feel in my tragus (the external part of your ear that leads to the opening) that results from my most expensive bluetooth earbuds. Each earbud weighs about 4 grams or the weight of 4 paper clips -- and the soft silicone covering tightly which makes for great sound quality. And because they fit so snugly, going running with them has been a breeze. I was a little concerned initially, but the more I've worn them the more comfortable I am that they won't fall out. I did notice that they seemed to have a bit too much bass out of the box, but the soundcore app allowed me to make adjustments to fine tune the quality to a level that I prefer. Speaking of the app, there are options for noise cancelling as well as transparent (or hear through) mode -- they work with just one in at a time, but transparent mode is especially useful when I'm running -- I had no idea how useful this would be until I heard a car turn right through a Stop Sign while I was running early in the morning. I heard the car getting louder and had to run entirely in the road to avoid him from hitting me. I'm not underestimating the value of this feature and likely how it avoided me from getting seriously hurt. The other primo feature when I'm home is that I can use one earbud at a time -- my other set requires that both are in my ears at all times -- I find this feature even better than transparent mode when I'm home. So over the last few months, I've been able to replace my two sets of bluetooth earphones with just this set of Soundcore Life Note 3i -- they are awesome.

Looking for another pair of earbuds for travel, I was very intrigued with this set. These Life Note 3i are very decent earbuds from Soundcore brand. I took them on a trip this week and here are my thoughts. Right away I noticed that the case and earbuds are very reminiscent of the Apple AirPods Pro. The tips have a nice silicone end and are very comfortable to wear. They provide 2 other sizes in the box (small and large) with a medium size already in place. I switched over to the small ones and felt the very similar feel to the Apple ones. The step too angles down and feels very good resting down my ear. I also enjoy with this short stem and how they conforms with my ear, they feel very secure and I don’t fear they are going to fall out. With these, it would do you well to download the Soundcore app because it offers helpful tools such as switching to Normal, Transparency and Noise Cancellation modes. You also have a battery indicator, equalizer and controls functions. Speaking of Control Functions, this helpful tool tells you with simple squeezing of the stems can either adjust volume, next, previous, play/pause on either stem. Now to sound quality: this is where I felt the Life Note 3i could have been better. The sound is good, not great. They come in a little light and sometimes hard to hear when in public areas. I don’t want to crank them up super loud so utilizing the Noise Cancellation would be best. Unfortunately, they are not fully All Noise Cancelling and the outdoor sound does bleed in. When in quieter areas, the sound is crisp and has good base sounds. On phone/zoom calls, I came in very clear as well with not distortions. Setting up can be a pain in syncing with your device. Also, the lid of the case has a little lip area which makes it easy to flip open with your thumb. Overall, these are very good and decent earbuds. I wished they provided better noise cancellation but are great when in less busier rooms. They are very comfortable to wear and will last you the day with various listening modes (movies, music, audio books).

The Soundcore Life Note 3i - Black are surprisingly good for the price. I have two Soundcore earbud style Bluetooth wireless headphones and they are both a great buy for the price. With the Life Note 3i version you can get good sound quality with a balanced sound for music or another custom EQ setting for phone calls and then another for watching YouTube or listening to podcast. You can even set several custom EQ settings to have custom settings for different Music Genres. The default sound setting just does not get loud enough for me. I think it is just a flat EQ setting. Thankfully the Soundcore app has the Custom EQ setting to take care of your personal sound preferences. Now that we have the performance of the headphones covered I will go on to say the Soundcore Life Note 3i earbuds are very comfortable. I always thought that this style of earbuds that are similar to the original makers of this style the famous American Company with a fruit for there company logo was silly looking and unecessary. However, after using the Life Note 3i Bluetooth earbuds with that design I realized that the little part that sticks down on each earbud actually makes them very comfortable and stable in your ears due to the little stems fitting perfectly in a little groove that your ears have that I never noticed until wearing the Life Note 3i’s. There are two other features of the stems is they have microphones on the ends of them as well as charger connection points. I did have to use some larger earbuds to get a good seal because I have large ears. The ones I used for optimal sound were to big to fit in the case beside each other. So I guess I will go back to the largest ones that came with them for now. With the smaller ones that came with it I can hear my surroundings pretty good with them in. However, I may be able to still fit larger ones that will work in the case because the big ones I am using to test music sound quality are very large and they are barely touching in the case but enough to keep one side from going all the way down. When all is said and done just like my other Soundcore earbuds the Life Dot 2S model they are hard to beat for there price. I would say the Life Dot 2S have a little better sound quality but both models out perform much more expensive Bluetooth earbuds or at least perform as good as some that cost twice as much money. So if you are looking for some good Bluetooth earbuds that sound good with phone calls music and whatever else you throw at them by using custom EQ settings in the Soundcore app then I would go with The Life Note 3i’s or another model depending on your price range. Both models I have cost the same but they do have cheaper models and more expensive ones with the Life Note 3i earbuds falling in the middle of the price range of the many different models that Soundcore offers! I have a feeling just about any model you choose will be good compared to other Brands in there price range.

This is my first pair of earbuds since I got my 3rd generation iPod Touch. I usually preferred wired or wireless headphones (on-ear and over-ear). I primarily use headphones for traveling or commuting to watch movies, listen to music and podcasts, or when I just wanted to block out the other sound in a room with some ambient music. I am a 62 year old male with tinnitus and significant hearing loss in one ear. With the 3+ pair of earbuds I have tried in the past they either kept falling out, were uncomfortable to wear longer than 30 minutes, and/or the sound quality was very poor. However, I found these to be very comfortable to wear and the sound is great. I have had these for almost 3 weeks now and have used them about 15 days during that time for 2-4 hours each day. I was able to connect them to my cell phone (Samsung S22), tablet (Samsung S3), and Windows PC (Dell XPS) without any problems. What I liked most about these earbuds is how well they fit into my ear and stayed secure. However, I still found if I talked or yawned much, the right one would become loose. Soundcore Anker does provide multiple tips so you can find what fits the best for you. With the Soundcore App, you can customize the controls and sound equalizer to your tastes. The App also allows you to upgrade the firmware and contains some ambient sounds to listen to. The controls on the earbuds are easy to use and provide the typical volume (+/-), advance music (+/-), pause/resume, answer/end calls. But there aren't too touchy that you would have accidental presses. I didn't have high expectations from the built-in microphones, but was very surprised with them. When I was taking a call or on a zoom meeting with the earbuds, no one ever said they couldn't hear or understand me. The range was very good and I was able to get up and walk around during while listening to music or on a zoom meeting. The battery life is excellent even during a long flight (4+ hours), I never saw the battery power drop below 60 percent. The case quickly recharges the earbuds and keeps them secure when not in use. The case has a magnetic closure and holds the earbuds inside. To recharge the case you just plug the case into a USB port with the included cable. The instructions help you get started quickly and tell you everything you need to know from upgrading the firmware, customizing the controls, pairing, support, etc. My only complaint is that the instructions are written in a light blue color on a white background, making them hard to read. You'll just want to download them and read them on your phone, tablet, or laptop. Overall, I love these and will certainly use them during my travels and commute or around the house or office.