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Check the settings for listening time.
The promoted battery play time (ACN - off) is UP TO 10 Hrs but your information doesn't make it easy to find the other settings I need to set up to actually achieve the 10hrs. I found if I wanted quality listing, with low volume and Ambient Noise, I could achieve about 5 1/2 hours to 6 hours. Apparently this is the expected listening time with these settings. With settings turned off and listening via Bluetooth connected to the phone I can get about 8+hrs (maybe) 9 hours of listening time. The sound is great and the fit is spot on. The app lets me see if the Buds are fitting well. I am a side sleeper and the Buds are ideal for that, they stay in and the settings don't get accidently changed with my head on my pillow. .
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Great features, awful design flaws. Long term user
Bought this 9 months ago and they work fine overall except for two issues. First the noise cancelling suddenly stops working on the street. I guess it gets overwhelmed or something. Second, this is my actual issue with them, every time someone talks to me and I put both buds in my hand they factory reset(resetting the case too). Took me months to understand what was going on! It wouldn't be that bad if I didn't have to forget and re pair every single device (which is an unreliable process by itself), and reconfigure every single thing again, why can't I save my config in the app?? Why the case can't launch the pairing state?? Why the factory reset is so easily triggered by just holding the buds?? Also if you don't disable the screen touch wake up, and leave it in your pocket the case will die before you get to the point where you would use it for re a charging. And forcing the assistant on long press instead of allowing to control the third option (between volume, ANC and play&pause) is just nonsense
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Mmmmm
Works great. However, the find my EarPods option doesn’t work when the case is lost.
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Great for price
Great pair of earbuds, good sound, great features on the mini screen on case and at a great price. Competitive sound at a competitive price And got it for 50% off!
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Won't connect to Garmin Watch
I just bought these to use with my Garmin watch to run with as I don't like to run with my phone and the watch has its own music and Bluetooth connection ability. I had no issue with my watch with my previous JBL vibe buds and those could not hold a charge for long and it was time for a new pair. I found these and thought they would be an upgrade as the sound quality is superior to my vibe buds. Unfortunately, these will not connect to my Garmin watch and when I called JBL for assistance they stated that these are really designed to connect to phones and computers. If that is the case, you need to advertise this way. really sad because the sound quality is great but without the connection to my Garmin watch I really have no use for these.
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Dont buy-Fall out of ears. Get the JBL TOUR PRO 2.
Could not get these to stay in my ears & that drive me insane, makes me angry. Just lost my right side EarPod few weeks ago. So maybe that was meant to be.!!!!! I own a set of the JBL Tour Pro 2 and they are 10/10 compared to JBL Live Buds 3. Sound is much more punchy and they are really comfortable to wear without the worry of them falling out every time you bend down or ride a bike or what ever it may be. I would be standing still sometimes and they still fall out.
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Good but unideal and problematic
Great sound quality product quality to an extent and battery life but the find my ear bud feature is not ideal/efficient/effective Still trying to find a headphone but case hasn’t been removed from area since opening but now not able to locate
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Great for music, horrible for calls
Bought these so I could wear them to bed, but also use them on calls a lot. However, everyone I talk to complains that noises in the background come through a LOT louder than my voice. Which is the opposite of what is advertised. The music quality is fantastic, the fit is ok, but they do wobble loose quite easily and with the overly sensitive touch controls this becomes very problematic. And there is no way to disable the touch controls entirely. The app is nice, and offers a fair bit of customisation around music. But the controls for calls is lacking and the call quality is shocking. I often struggle to hear the other person as sound is muffled (using FLAT EQ setting) and I have to use in very quiet environments otherwise the person on the other end can't hear me over the background noise which tends to get amplified. The case is truly horrible though. The charging system is hit and miss, even when you clean the contacts thoroughly. And quite often they will connect to my phone when in the case and supposed to be charging, so when I go to use the buds, they are low battery because they stopped charging and connected instead. So not a terrible product, good for music. But I will be replacing them with something that is much better for calls, and has better controls for call quality and settings.
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