The new Soundcore Liberty 4 NC appear to be a more competitive upgrade to the original Liberty 4. They manage to hit a $100 price point by skipping the spatial audio and heart rate tracking of their predecessor, but not much else. The Liberty 4 NC include Anker’s Adaptive ANC 2.0 technology which the company claims can reduce unwanted ambient noises by up to 98.5%, but that’s a metric that’s hard to quantify without knowing where or how the earbuds were tested. Most implementations of ANC in wireless earbuds are great at reducing low-frequency noises, like the dull roar of a plane’s engines, but higher frequencies, like the din of a busy coffee shop, still manage to slip through.
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You’ll have to wait until June 29 to pre-order the Liberty 4 NC through the Soundcore website, but it seems like those who do before July 10 will be able to grab them with a $20 discount.
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The Liberty 4 NC also feature 11-millimeter drivers, which should deliver excellent bass performance, multi-point connectivity so users can easily hop between paired devices, wireless charging, wear detection, so music is automatically paused when removed from the ear, and a stem-like design similar to Apple’s AirPods. What AirPods don’t offer is the Liberty 4 NC’s impressive 10 hours of battery life on buds alone, plus an additional 50 hours when occasionally docked in their charging case. Anker doesn’t specify whether that’s with or without ANC active, but we’re assuming you’ll need it off to hit a full 60 hours of use.
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