Customer Ratings & Reviews

These are not ready for mainstream. Serious lack on SteelSeries part to make these usable. Cons: - When used in Bluetooth mode, they are a choppy static mess, which you can't make out anything going on. - Getting these to actually work in Wireless mode. - After you get them working in wireless mode, then turn them off, then back on, all wireless mode settings are gone. - The separate earbuds do not sync. Sometimes just one will start playing. - The "Sonar" software from SteelSeries GG, is very buggy, it attempts to make virtual audio devices to separate out the different streams. Which can be great, if/when it works. Pros: If you can ever get them to work right in wireless mode, they are amazing. However the moment you take them off, good luck getting them back in wireless mode I wanted some ear buds for my PC, but these apparently are not them, I had high hopes as Steelseries generally knows what they are doing with audio devices.

Perfect for what we needed. The mic isnt the greatest, but not a deal breaker. It's less obnoxious than the huge gaming headsets and can be used out and about too.

I've had them for a little over a month now and the left earbud stopped working. Besides that these are good. I've done a reset and checked the connection.

Best gaming headset I have ever purchased I have been using for about one month with zero issues.

I was skeptical about buying this due to the hot and cold reviews. I pulled the trigger and I don’t regret it at all. I bought them as an alternative and they became my primary.

Barely functions and loses connections all the time across multiple devices tested. Plug it behind your PC? Is there a desk in the way? Connection problems. Trying to use it on your phone? Randomly disconnects from your phone even if it's just in your pocket on bluetooth mode. The connectivity is so bad, that whenever it disconnects from my PC for example, I have to physically go behind my PC so there's a "clear" signal from the airbuds to the receiver dongle.

If you are looking for gaming ear buds, these are perfect. A lot of features and are not annoying as over the ear headphones for gaming.

These earbuds have freed me from the wires!!! Great product for gaming, phone calls or listening to music!

Expensive for what it is but since the only option on the market, you cany choose.

This review is on a SteelSeries - Arctis Gamebuds true wireless noise cancelling gaming earbuds for Xbox, PlayStation, PC, Switch, Mobile and VR. I have been waiting a long time for an earbud solution for Xbox. This is an excellent pair of earbuds. They sound great. Volume is loud and the bass is good. Battery life has been great so far. They fit perfectly inside the curve of my ears as if a mold had been created from my ears. They hold in place and I can sling my head around without them falling out. Setting them up is easy. They come with a USB-C to USB-A adapter to connect to your Xbox. Once the adapter is plugged in, all you have to do is pull them out of the case and they immediately connect. Put them in the case and hold down the buttons on the earbuds for 3 seconds to enter pairing mode and connect them to the Bluetooth device listed. Press a button once and you can swap between Bluetooth and 2.4 wireless. The app on mobile can turn features on\off\up\down or you can do it by the buttons on earbuds. The buttons are easy to push and you can tell when you have pushed them. There are many equalizer settings you can change between in the app on mobile or PC. All of them are tailored to popular games. One of them is for footsteps and yes it does enhance footsteps. Other equalizer settings are for music, movies or your own custom. You can turn ANC on\off or in transparency mode. I do not like ANC mode. They have a horrible overpowered popping sound when in ANC at full volume. You can turn it down to get rid of the sound. There is an update that you need to perform when you get them. It can only be done through the PC and it was a little difficult to find the program due to different titles. Once I installed it and connected the earbuds while in the case to the PC, it only took about 5 minutes to update. I think after the update it helped with ANC a little but the popping sound is still there. Really there is no need for ANC though. The difference between ANC on\off and transparency is barely noticeable other than the popping sound. I would recommend these to anyone looking to get away from those bulky and funny looking headsets while streaming or playing games.

Mic quality wasn’t the best on Xbox party chat, ended up returning it for over ear headset

Very expensive for what it is. Its pretty good but not at this price point.

Awesome eardbuds work for everything i need from gaming to commuting

Don't be fooled by the hype: these are terribly annoying and disrespectful of your rights over your own body. You can't disable the auto-power off, and that is NOT OK FOR EARBUDS. It's not ok at all to ignore user settings and considering the Nova 7's have the same problem, and have for <3 years... Don't count on Steelseries fixing it. Steelseries is using the same annoying power settings for these earbuds that they do for the headsets: they shut off after 10 minutes of silence by default, and they reset to that default every time you turn them on. You must launch the Steelseries GG app, and open the settings EVERY TIME YOU TURN THEM ON. I'm seriously considering calling them defective. They will turn off while you are dictating. Also, you cannot disable or even remap the button controls. Holding them down for 2 seconds turns them off, and yes, it does wake you up in the process. Forget about sleeping with them -- which they _should_ work great for.... but the buttons ruin that. The lack of control over the controls, intentional ignorance of user power settings, and history of ignoring user feedback make these a HARD PASS, unless Steelseries starts spending more on developers, and less on shills. Sony Inzone Buds are better. JBL Quantum TWS (from 2022) are WAY better. Heck, even my TOZO NC9's -- which are budget and bluetooth, are more convenient in game mode.

O-M-G I’m literally inside the game. Never has ever felt so real, hello sword art online literally

Shipping was delayed and the n UPS sat on it for two days :-(

they are ok but not great sound compared to their headsets

Disappointed by the performance and usability. Operation controls are not intuitive. I like and use SteelSeries Arctis over the ear headphones, and was hoping the GameBuds would be just as good, but unfortunately I will not be using these for gaming as I had intended.

Excellent pair of air buds. Easy to setup and connect. Needed a pair for ps5 and the Sony version didn’t have the best reviews. This are more bang for the buck!

Yee they good. My husband uses them all the time for his war games