Huawei Freebuds Pro 2

Sound and workmanship are top. Unfortunately, the control is sluggish in some situations and does not react quite reliably.

Depending on your requirements and budget, it's easy to choose between the premium in-ears: the Huawei Freebuds Pro 2 are available from 140 euros, making them the budget tip in the test. They sound decent and sit comfortably even over a longer period of time. Only those who make a lot of calls in noisy environments should invest a few euros more...

The Huawei do practically everything right: they are small, light and comfortable, their charging socket fits comfortably in your pocket. Their noise-cancelling effectively blocks out ambient noise. They also sound good - with warm tuning, deep bass and fine resolution. In addition, the app offers every conceivable comfort. The endurance is still within reason.

The Huawei Freebuds Pro 2 are small, light and comfortable. The ANC effectively blocks out noise in the environment and the sound is really good. This also applies to conversations, which they transmit very clearly. However, they do not attenuate background noise very much.

Huawei's new True Wireless in-ears convinced us with their creamy, high-resolution and long-lasting sound. In addition, thanks to the great equaliser, the sound can be excellently adjusted to personal listening tastes. Other plus points are the effective ANC and the great app - the only thing left to wish for is a slightly longer battery life.

With the FreeBuds Pro 2, Huawei sensibly expands its AirPods competition, but also makes a few mistakes. The sound of the FreeBuds is convincing, for example, with a rich bass and nice highs and voices, but a software feature caused an audible change in the sound after a few seconds at the time of testing, which we found somewhat irritating at first...