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Just tested Oneplus buds pro 3 - no competition to Huawei freebuds pro 3 in terms of call quality.

If you are serious about sound quality and listening to a lot of song with earbuds,, you should go for Samsung Buds3 Pro. Huawei Freebuds Pro 3 is good in voice call and ANC, but the sound quality isn't up to par to rival with Samsung in this case.

@@kelvinnakamura Thanks for the advice!

Sorry, can you consider it for future reviews is what I mean

Yes, android ecosystem does not have a very mature find my feature yet. They should keep up with Apple

Thanks for watching this review and the support! 🙂 Stay tuned for more comparison reviews. Cheers!

Thanks for watching as well as your request a few weeks ago and your patience! Yes, the HUAWEI FreeBuds Pro 3 set to benchmark for voice call quality and value! Stay tuned for more comparisons. Cheers!

Thanks for watching and very glad my reviews were able to help in your considerations and decision for getting the HUAWEI FreeBuds Pro 3! I feel there is not too much focus from other reviewers for voice call quality, which I understand since it's boring for most people (until it becomes a problem when other people complain about the way they sound during phone calls). And even reviewers that do focus on voice call quality, like RTINGS.com, either don't test properly or realistically or don't include the HUAWEI FreeBuds Pro 3 at all! (since they are not sponsored or get free samples). Thanks for your support and will try and put out more comparisons if I have time and savings left in my account (since I am not sponsored or get free units and I purchase with my own money, to make it fair and unbiased). Till then, cheers and enjoy your HUAWEI FreeBuds Pro 3!

I'm telling u, please take it from me. Nothing comes closer to free buds pro 3 (period.). using them for 4 months not a single issue. Now even my friends stopped harassing me lol. Now its my turn to harass them for their poor sound quality!

Thanks for watching and the good question. I have not yet compiled and overall ranking table for voice call quality, but I'll definitely consider it for future videos with some caveats that earbuds tested previously may perform differently if retested due to updates in their firmware. Cheers!

@@neilnitin4004 Samsung buds FE is highly rated for call quality. Hasn't been tested here. Whether the buds pro 3 is better than the FE isn't clear as yet. But FE definitely beat out the buds pro 2.

@@johndoe-vc1we Dont bother about Samsung FE. I got them too, like cheap backup. For calls on street or noisy place they are hopeless. Only good thing with hrs them is, battery life. They usually last +7hrs ANC off and then sound quality is pretty basic. Basically not good for calls!

@@neilnitin4004 well that's odd because rtings has them at the top for call quality in a noisy place. They have not tested FB3 and its not on their radar.

Yes

Thanks for watching and the question. Although I don't own the older HUAWEI FreeBuds Pro 1, I don't think the FreeBuds Pro 1 have the more advanced bone conduction hardware, and as many noise reduction microphones and definitely the more sophisticated deep neural AI engine that the latest FreeBuds Pro 3 have to perform similar in terms of Voice Call Quality. That said, I did see a few comparison videos of the FreeBuds Pro 2 vs the FreeBuds Pro 3, and the FreeBuds Pro 3 easily beat the FreeBuds Pro 2 so it's not a stretch to think the FreeBuds Pro 3 would also beat the FreeBuds Pro 1, for voice call quality. Cheers!

I do own a pair of first generation Huawei Freebuds Pro, I would suggest you to stay away from that because it has a major issue of case's battery drain when you're resting your earbuds in the case. The case's battery will fully drained within a week and followed by the earbuds itself even though you're not using it at all. As for phone calls, in a constant loud environment, your voice sounds a little bit muffled due to the noise cancelling algorithm, in dynamic loud environment the earbuds itself will suppress most of the environment noise but your caller can still hear a little bit of what's going on, and in windy environment I would say Huawei get it pretty close to what we are having now in Freebuds Pro 3. You sound loud and clear , and not much wind noise is captured in the call :) As for comfort wise, do find my ear concha area hurts when wearing Gen1 for long period (say 30min) but not with Gen3. The buds look pretty similar throughout Gen1-Gen 3 but that's the case I'm facing. Hope this helps

Thanks for watching and the detailed comments and feedback! Although the Samsung Galaxy Buds3 Pro do well overall, I too would choose the HUAWEI FreeBuds Pro 3 only because it still performs the best overall for Voice Call Quality out of all other TWS Earbuds that I've tested, which is my priority, though the other points you mentioned for choosing the FreeBuds Pro 3 are also valid reasons for people who prioritize price/value, stability and available codecs as well. As for the Galaxy Buds3 Pro microphones, I also was surprised to hear both it's over processed sound signature which is easily heard in a quiet environment, yet also surprised how well they reduced the loud dynamic background noise, both of which I'm sure is due to Samsung's AI which had a respective negative and positive effect. Hopefully Samsung tweaks the AI in a future firmware update to make the Buds3 Pro sound more natural and remove the random "sss" sounding artifact which to me sounded really annoying which is especially noticeable in a Quiet Environment. As for comparison between Samsung and Apple, as shown in each test (refer to details under the picture of the Earbuds for each test), the Samsung Galaxy Buds3 Pro was tested on a Samsung Galaxy smartphone with the latest Galaxy Wearable App Firmware on latest Zoom (Android App), latest Buds3 Pro firmware and latest Android 14 version. The Apple AirPods Pro 2nd Gen was also tested with latest firmware, iOS firmware and latest Zoom (iOS App). So they are both using the respective ecosystem OS Platform and Hardware they were designed for. Finally, thanks for the other suggestions. I've tested the soundcore Liberty 4 (not the NC version, but the non-NC version) in one of my previous videos for voice call quality and it did fairly well for a budget friendly earbuds. Cheers!

@@weekendgearguide Thank you for the detailed answer 🙏🏽 On the other hand, I would like to know if you have tested the Galaxy Buds 3 Pro with a Fold 6 or Flip 6 with the 16 kz enabled for HD call quality, because, at the moment, only the latest Fold and Flip have this feature? 🙏🏽

@@rolins3279 I would love to test with the new Fold 6 or Flip 6, but these are very expensive and I don't have any money left after saving up for the Galaxy Buds3 Pro 😞 I will certainly try and ask some of my family members or friends if they have or planning to get either these phones for me to try out and will post a comparison review update with the Super wide band speech feature enabled and disabled, to see and hear the difference. Cheers!

@@weekendgearguide 🙏🏽

@@weekendgearguide One last question, in terms of ANC, if the maximum score is 10, and we assume that the Airpods Pro 2 have 9/10, what will be the ratings of the Huawei Freebuds Pro 3 and the Galaxy Buds 3 Pro? 🙏🏽

Thanks for watching! Hope you liked the comparison review and it was worth the wait!

Me too

Thanks for watching! The Samsung Galaxy Buds3 Pro are a solid performer, and aside from some annoying random "sss" sounding artifacts, the Buds3 Pro overall still does well for voice call quality, and especially performs better than most other TWS Earbuds in loud dynamic background and windy environments. I'm sure Samsung will be releasing incremental improvements in voice call quality for the Buds3 Pro in expected multiple firmware releases, so stick to the Buds3 Pro especially if you have a Samsung Galaxy phone. Cheers!

Thanks for the comment. Unfortunately, I've sold my Sony LinkBuds S, but yes, they were previously the voice call quality champion and probably the best value considering it's price, and would often go on sale. However, it should be noted that the LinkBuds S was going against older generations of TWS Earbuds and was tested using an older Dynamic Loud Noise Test Environment, and I don't think would perform as well against some of the newer generations and updated Dynamic Loud Noise Test Environment. Maybe I'll repurchase the LinkBuds S if they go on a really good sale and do a follow-up test with latest firmware. Cheers!

same here! used to use audiotechnica ath twx9 (garbage!). So happy with Huawei free buds pro 3 haha

Thanks for watching and good to hear and glad my comparison review helped! Enjoy your HUAWEI FreeBuds Pro 3. They too are my daily driver for voice calls especially in noisy places! Cheers!

Thanks for watching and the comments. Are you getting the HUAWEI FreeBuds Pro 3 by end of August? If so, enjoy! They are great TWS Earbuds not only for voice call quality, but in general well within the Top 5 or 10 in other categories like ANC, Sound Quality, Transparency, connection stability, etc. Thanks for the comment about the AirPods Pro 2 with beta firmware. I'll wait till official iOS18 comes out and will do a follow-up review to see if what Apple claims to be improved background noise and wind noise reduction during voice calls is actually true! Cheers!

@@weekendgearguide Sorry, I mean the Galaxy Buds3 Pro by end of Aug due to the recall :)

@@kelvinnakamura Ah, thanks for clarifying! The Samsung Galaxy Buds3 Pro are probably IMHO the best all round TWS Earbuds (especially if you own a Samsung Galaxy smartphone, but also works with other Android smartphones and iPhone), and takes the all round crown away from Technics EAH-AZ80. Enjoy your Galaxy Buds3 Pro! Cheers!

@@weekendgearguide too bad I retired my S22U, now on Vivo X100 Pro . But I'll still enjoy the sound coming from the dynamic+planar drivers and ANC. Not to mention the terrific voice call too! I'm really grateful that I found your channel dedicated to testing voice call quality of these headset and earbuds! It is easier for the viewer (or at least me) to benchmark the voice call since you're using the same test case and scenario across every video! Keep up the hard work 💪 By the way, do you have a plan to release the voice call comparison for Huawei Freeclip? (saw you mentioned about it back in March) Last thing to mention, after my EPOS Impact 1060 updated to the latest firmware 1.2.168 , I notice my voice sounds more compressed and comes with the "ssss" reverb like sound regardless if I'm in quiet / dynamic environment. Wonder if you encounter a similar situation

@@kelvinnakamura That's right, those aspects of the Samsung Galaxy Buds3 Pro are the same across all phones. You can also control the basic media play/pause, volume up/down and ANC/transparency from the Buds3 Pro touch controls. Glad you found my channel and glad it helps provide a good and consistent way for you as the viewer to compare the voice call quality of each TWS Earbuds. I do plan on doing a comparison with the HUAWEI FreeClip and Bose QC Ultra Open Earbuds, but have not had time lately, which is good since Bose has recently made some improvements. Hopefully in the next week or two I will release that comparison. Thanks for the feedback on the EPOS Impact 1000 series. I will check this out and maybe do a comparison. Cheers!

Thanks for watching and definitely agree. I think the digital / processed sound in a quiet environment is the result of Samsung's AI, which also seems to produce a random "sss" sounding artifacts after some words which I found annoying, especially in a quiet environment. I'm hoping Samsung can tweak the AI in a future firmware update to not put too much digital processing when the Buds3 Pro detect noise less than x dBA, to keep the call quality sounding more natural in a quiet environment. As for the noisy environment, this is where the Galaxy Buds3 Pro and it's use of noise cancellation AI really shine and comes really close to HUAWEI FreeBuds Pro 3, and some would argue sounds equal to or better based on subjective preference. This was really tough to score between Samsung and HUAWEI, but for me it all came down to annoying random "sss" sounds on the Buds3 Pro and the fact that it still took a few seconds for the AI to kick in. However, at the end of the day, the Samsung Galaxy Buds3 Pro is a better overall package IMHO than any other TWS Earbuds I've tried, and I think would take the Crown from the Technics EAH-AZ80 as the best all round TWS Earbuds of 2024. Cheers!

@@weekendgearguide that digital "sss" was an issue when I tested out the Nothing Ear. I got comments from people that I sounded digital or distorted. Nothing Ear sounds good in a lot of RUclipsr mic tests but they don't do real world signal testing. I love that you do your mic tests on Zoom calls because you're really getting how the computer system connects with the buds and processes the audio signal. Comes out different than just using the earbuds with your phone to record into Voice Memos or similar.

@@weekendgearguide and btw I did try out the Huawei. The mic quality was best in class, just as you have shown, and I based my purchase on your mic test since I make a lot of calls for work. I liked the comfort, battery, etc. All around good features. But the sound quality wasn't quite up to par for me (former sound engineer and producer / musician) so ended up returning them. There was a lot of emphasis in the mids that I couldn't correct with EQ, and not quite enough sub bass for me.

I have both. Samsung B3P takes the crown imho)