Like previous Earfun headphones, the Air Pro four are competitively priced and offer decent audio quality, battery life, and an excellent minimalist design. There’s a lot to like, but Earfun has packed in too many features, with a confusing variety of equalizers. presets and ANC modes that overcomplicate things.
Good for money
Lightweight case
Decent battery life
Confusing noise-canceling options
Too many EQ presets
Some audio peaks
I never thought I’d come up with a reasonable pair of headphones with too many features, or exclude a pair of headphones from our consultant for noise-cancelling headphones for providing too many ANC profiles. But this Earfun Air Pro four review the settings that.
If you’ve ever heard of Earfun, you’ll know it as a logo that is used to offer reasonable yet competitive headphones. You’ll also know that your naming conventions can be confusing.
The Air Pro 4 are the successors to the Air Pro 3 from 2023 (which we did a near-perfect review), and their main difference from the Free Pro 3 at the same price in late 2023 is that they have stems, which are purely on the cobs. They’re also more premium options than the Earfun Air 2, previously released in 2024, which (like all those other Earfun options) featured wonderful features at very low prices. But that’s a lot of Frees, Airs and Graces Pros to give you an idea.
Suffice it to say that Earfun has a very lively set of products, perhaps an overwhelming number for other people who don’t know which one to choose, and “too much” is also the topic of this review.
In its quest to give budget buyers a wide diversity of options, Earfun went too far, and I found some elements of the delight to be too overwhelming. There are five other ANC modes (not counting “off” and “ambient”) and I couldn’t figure out the differences; There are 30 equalizer presets and scroll through the list to find the right option for certain songs or genres with more work than they’re worth.
So trying out the Earfun Air Pro four was a bit tiring at first, until I gave up and stuck with the same modes. I think that’s what I do as well. Do that and look at some wonderful budget headphones that offer plenty of features and some pretty respectable and physically powerful audio quality for the price. The thing is, browsing through superfluous features gets a bit boring.
They also feel quite premium, with a lightweight, minimalist design that stays comfortably in your ear, and the case is excellent and small enough to have compatibility in small pockets, although it does include some high-end features like wireless charging.
The sound quality is perfectly appropriate for the value (though if your budget is over $100, have some more tempting options) and definitely matches “cheap” and “happy” for most songs.
I also liked how the Earfun Air Pro 4’s battery life beats most of the competition, with a consistent 7. 5 hours with ANC-enabled headphones and 11 hours without. That’s a few more songs than you get with most headphones in this price range.
So if you’re happy to forget about some superfluous and potentially confusing features, or if you’re willing to check them out to find out, then the Earfun Air Pro 4 are potential smart options for others on a budget. But if not, the company offers many more options, as does its competition (more on this later).
The Earfun Air Pro 4 were announced at the end of July 2024 and were available to purchase shortly after. The company sells them in some regions but also offers a global option on its website, which is indexed in USD, which is why we don’t have a value in AUD.
The earbuds cost $89. 99/£79. 99 (around AU$140), which is particularly lower than the $99. 99/£99. 99 (around AU$160) Air Pro 3; those earbuds have gotten value discounts almost immediately after launch, so it’s imaginable the Air Pro four can do that too.
Earfun has a well-stocked lineup of earbuds and the four-slot Air Pro is just ahead of most others in terms of price; Air Pro 3, Free Pro 3, and Air Pro SV charge a little less. The company specializes in budget headphones and these new models are no different.
So yes, the Earfun Air Pro 4 is definitely a reasonable pair of headphones; They probably wouldn’t break the bank, and this fact is helping to set expectations for sound quality and characteristics.
One of my favorite things about Earfun’s other earbuds is that they beat the festival ones in terms of battery life, and that’s indeed the case with the Air Pro 4.
With ANC enabled, the earbuds last about seven and a half hours before you want to put them back in the case to turn them back on; turn off the ANC and that figure is even higher at 11 hours. Most of the competition at the same value last around 6 and nine hours respectively, so the Pro four is, uh, Pro-four, which fits well here.
Earfun said the case can offer up to 52 hours of music playback between all charges; the online page doesn’t say whether you have ANC on or off, but I don’t think so. According to one estimate, it would give you 35 and a half hours of listening time from the box if you’re only listening with ANC on.
About ANC: You have possibilities on the Air Pro 4, but a boring abundance of possible options prevents you from getting the most out of it.
The popular ANC is robust and suppresses distracting background noise to help you enjoy your music without the click of keyboards or the noise of the noisy trains you run on (at least, those are my favorite uses!).
The thing is, there is no noise cancellation mode in the app. On the other hand, there are seven.
These come with ambient and non-ANC mode (which is self-explanatory), but with five other ANC versions: noisy, balanced, adaptive AI environment, adaptive hearing AI, and noise suppression. wind noise. All of these five have descriptions about their differences, however, it’s all very confusing and I couldn’t hear many differences between them, especially the adaptive one. After a few confusing listening sessions, I’m sticking with the “strong” ones and hoping for the best.
Beyond this confusing ANC situation, the Earfun app offers the fundamental features that most other apps offer: some toggle features like wear detection and low latency mode for gaming, the ability to customize controls and “find my headphones. ” functionality.
There’s also an equalizer and I liked it: you can customize your sound yourself or rely on a sound profile mode that tests your hearing (I didn’t find this mode as accurate or useful as its equivalents from other societies, such as Nothing is in). the ear nothing (a) and the ear nothing). But the most productive component is the presets: there are 30 in total and many of them make a difference in the sound profile, so it’s useful if you need to tailor your mix to what you’re listening to.
Frankly, 30 is too much and I didn’t have to go through a total list of “Bass Reduction 1, 2 and 3” to locate the rapids. Instead, I’m left with a core of 15 based on musical genres. And that’s pretty clever: in conditions like this, less is more. I’m amazed that there can be 30 without any spoken words or podcasts!
The Air Pro are the smallest four earbuds I’ve ever seen, even in the Earfun line, but they’re still pretty thin. The buds weigh about 5g each (according to my kitchen scale; no official weight is listed) and consist of a tip, a small body, and an AirPods-style stem.
The default earbud fits comfortably in my ear and stayed securely in position throughout the testing process, however, Earfun included 4 additional sizes in the box, which is at least one more than you typically see in earbuds, and two more at this budget level. This diversity, from very small to very giant, and I commend Earfun for that.
Each bud has a small bud, which is the circular indentation at the top of the stem that you can see in the pictures. This only required a light touch, so I found they were easy to use, there was a noticeable difference between urgent and triggering the desired action.
The earbuds have an IPX5 rating, making them water jet friendly but not liquid immersive, so you can use them in the rain or even in the shower, but not in the bathroom (or pool).
Keeping the Air Pro four comfortable and safe when you’re not using it is its charging case; From the photographs in the product directory and the length of the box, you can believe that it would be quite large, but it was much smaller than I expected. It weighs 56 g (once the buds are inserted) and measures 62. 4 x 46. 6×29. 2mm.
This shell-shaped case, which opens in a shell, has a USB-C port for charging but also supports wireless power. Although it’s a small plastic pebble smaller than the average length of a box mouse, it seemed strong enough to protect the buttons well.
It’s great that Earfun EQ goes so deep in allowing you to customize your music, because in default mode the headphones are good, but not great. For the price, they are better than many competitors, but you definitely get better sound if you pay more.
Unless you pump up the treble more in the app, it’s a bit lacking by default, falling into the mix of relatively meaty bass. The mids are also hidden in the back, but I have found that they are sometimes susceptible to peaking and distortion. with tools like hi-hats and acoustic guitars that become mushy.
However, once you turn to the equalizer and push your music to its limits, you will be able to get much more space to enjoy your music. The bass, which is already quite meaty by default, can gain even more prominence, it will never be as harsh as on something like the Nothing Buds.
I liked saving the treble, with some presets pushing them further forward, and the mids to some extent, although this puts them at greater risk of peaking in songs. And while the presets allow you to play with the interplay of other sounds, I rarely felt the sounds being energetic.
Some additions to the Air Pro 4 over the Pro 3 are a new audio code, LDAC, which allows 24-bit/96kbps streaming from educational files or apps, as well as Bluetooth 5. 4 for a more reliable connection. Prepared for what, on paper, might seem like a relief in the length of the motor from 11mm to 10mm.
If you’re familiar with budget headphones, you’ll know that Earfun offers you good value for money, and there’s no other here.
The Air Pro 4 gives you decent music quality, long battery life, and admirable noise cancellation, and the slimmer than the easy-to-store charging case is the price.
Sure, the Earfun Air Pro 4 has as many features as some of the biggest names on the market, but it also costs a third of your big options from Bose, Apple, and Samsung.
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I reviewed the Earfun Air Pro four for two weeks to write this review, which is the popular check time for headphones like this. I used them most commonly connected to my Android phone, but I also paired them with my Windows computer and my iPad for checking.
I heard this review at home, in the office, at the gym, on walks around my community, and also on some long trips to work out, so your ANC was put to the test. I’ve listened to music, podcasts, and audiobooks on Spotify, also watched YouTube videos, streamed Netflix movies, attended many Olympics on Discovery Plus, and participated in phone calls and video calls, all while wearing the headphones.
I’ve been on devices on TechRadar for over five years, and in that time I’ve used a lot of budget headphones and added older options from Earfun.
Tom Bedford deputy phone editor at TechRadar until the end of 2022, after moving up the ranks from editor. Although he has specialized in phones and tablets, he has also ventured into other technologies such as electric scooters, smart watches, fitness, mobile games. and much more. He is based in London, United Kingdom and now works for the online entertainment website What To Watch.
She holds degrees in American Literature and Creative Writing from the University of East Anglia. Prior to working at TechRadar, he freelanced in technology, gaming, and entertainment, and spent many years working as a mixologist.
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