soundcore by Anker P3i Hybrid Active Noise Cancelling
soundcore by Anker P3i Hybrid Active Noise Cancelling Earbuds, Wireless Earbuds with 4 Mics, AI-Enhanced Calls, 10mm Drivers, Powerful Sound, App for Custom EQ, 36H Playtime, Fast Charging
Block Out Distracting Sounds
Hybrid active noise cancelling reduces background noise up to 90% to keep yourself fully immersed.
Hear Your Surroundings
Transparent Mode enables you to talk to someone without removing P3i noise cancelling earbuds.
Crystal-Clear Calls
4 microphones in P3i enhance voice pickup, while a custom algorithm reduces background noise.
Quick and Easy Pairing
P3i earbuds are equipped with Bluetooth 5.2 for a fast and stable connection to your devices.
Essential Tips for First Use
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| Customer Reviews | 4.3 out of 5 stars 4,713 | 4.4 out of 5 stars 2,435 | 4.4 out of 5 stars 179 | 4.4 out of 5 stars 10,411 | 4.4 out of 5 stars 11,864 | 4.3 out of 5 stars 2,668 | 3.7 out of 5 stars 128 |
| Price | £49.99 | £59.98 | £32.99 | £76.01 | £55.99 | £30.99 | — |
| Active Noise Cancelling | Hybrid ANC | Adaptive ANC | Advanced ANC | Adaptive ANC | Adaptive ANC | Hybrid ANC | – |
| Playtime Per Charge | 9 Hours | 12 Hours | 10 Hours | 10 Hours | 10 Hours | 9 Hours | 10 Hours |
| Playtime with Charging Case | 36 Hours | 60 Hours | 45 Hours | 50 hours | 50 hours | 36 Hours | 30 Hours |
| Fast Charging | 10 mins = 2 hours | 10 mins = 5 hours | 10 mins = 2 hours | 10 mins = 4 hours | 10 mins = 4 hours | 10 mins = 2 hours | 10 mins = 3 hours |
| Bluetooth | Bluetooth 5.2 | Bluetooth 5 | Bluetooth 5.4 | Bluetooth 5.3 | Bluetooth 5.2 | Bluetooth 5.2 | Bluetooth 5.3 |
| APP | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| Calls | 4 mics with AI alroghim | 6 mics | 4 mics with AI alroghim | 6 mics with AI algorithm | 6 mics with AI algorithm | 4 mics with AI alroghim | 4 mics with AI alroghim |
| Recommended For | Calls, commute, travel | Calls, commute, travel | Calls, commute, travel | Calls, commute, travel | Calls, commute, travel | Calls, commute, travel, sports | Calls, travel |
Key Features (Model Number: A3993)
Hybrid Active Noise Cancelling: P3i noise cancelling earbuds block out 90% of background noise to maintain your focus and ensure nothing distracts you from your music.
Crystal-Clear Clarity: Enhanced voice pick-up via 4 microphones while AI noise reduction ensures you’re heard clearly when using P3i noise cancelling earbuds for calls.
Superior Sound: Featuring 10mm drivers that produce thumping bass and crisp trebles, hear every detail of your songs.
Customize Your Sound: Use the Soundcore app to choose between 22 EQ settings, personalize your sound profile, or switch between your preferred sound modes.
Up to 36-Hour Playtime: Get 9 hours of playtime on a single charge and up to a total of 36 hours when you use the compact case to recharge the wireless earbuds. When in ANC mode, enjoy up to 24 hours of non-stop playtime or enjoy 6 hours of listening on a single charge.
Light Buds for All-Day Comfort: Easily put on these comfortable wireless earbuds that weigh only 5g—perfect for you to wear all day long.
Transparency Mode: Order a coffee, pay for groceries, or walk around your neighborhood safely—all while listening to your playlist.
Quick Charge: Power up your P3i noise cancelling earbuds in lesser time with fast charging. A quick 10-minute charge gets you 2 hours of use.
Bluetooth 5.2: Advanced Bluetooth technology enables faster transmission speeds and stable connectivity for smooth music playback.
Mono Mode: Remove one earbud from the charging case to use by itself whenever you don’t want to use both earbuds.
| Weight: | 49.9 g |
| Size: | (Schwarz),1er Pack |
| Dimensions: | 6.3 x 4.9 x 2.9 cm; 49.9 g |
| Model: | A3993 |
| Batteries Included: | 2 Lithium Polymer batteries required. (included) |
| Dimensions: | 6.3 x 4.9 x 2.9 cm; 49.9 g |
| Size: | (Schwarz),1er Pack |
Good quality
Used it for my travelling; good sound, a nice case, and a comfortable fit. Seems to last for a good while before needing charging.
Could’ve done with an app to control the settings though
Great value for money
Bought these for my wife and these are great value for money. Used on a plane and noise cancelling does work and was comfortably able to listen to a film and also drowned out noise of a baby crying. Obviously not as good as Bose but at a fraction of the cost these are grea
Anker soundcore ear pods
Absolutely fantastic set of ear pods. Have tried Huawei, Sony, apple and Samsung pods but thes
e are by far the best sounding pods at a fraction of the price. Highly recommend
Anker Soundcore never cease to amaze
Ordered these on a lightning deal as my prior Anker soundcore earbuds were so impressive. These things are next level, the sound quality is truly excellent, spatial and incredibly deep bass. So much performance for such reasonable cost. Highly recommended.
Great sound quality and noise cancelling
I got these free with the purchase of a Eufy camera, howerever at the time they should have cost 25-30, I have many different in ear wireless earphones, ranging from cheap 15 to Apple to Bose to AirPod Pro 2 and what I was surprised with was the sound quality from these. They aren’t quite as good as the Air Pods Pros but really aren’t far off, unlike the really cheap ones they come with an iOS/Android app that lets you customise them. The noise cancellation is also pretty effective, I can’t comment on call/mic quality though, in my ears they also feel comfortable. If I hadn’t got them free and I knew how good they were I would have purchased a pair to keep in my travel bag.
Fantastic replacement for Airpods, similar quality and a third of the cost.
Easy to connect and user friendly to operate. The earphones sound fantastic and the sound and bass quality is like or better than pods I’ve had at treble the price. Anker is a great brand you can trust and I now will consider their productions way before any Apple.
Good Earphones for the price
Brought these for 29.99 about a month ago, at that price they’re hitting above their weight. Bass is solid compared to the other earphones I’ve had, that cost around the same.
Sound cancelling wasn’t amazing around traffic or in the gym where music is playing, but it did dull the sound to some degree. Seems to work fine with other, more consistent background noise. I’ve not had other noise-cancelling earphones before, so I can’t compare, but it’s certainly better than nothing.
The anker app gives you a lot of control and easy to use, connecting the earphones is also easy. Battery life seems to be more than adequate, even for someone who uses their earphones very frequently like myself.
I’ve had issues with the left earphone not connecting to the charge case after use, or not connecting my phone upon removal from the case. I usually managed to get it to work eventually by wiping the connectors or unpairing/ repairing them with my phone, but I did ultimately decide to return the earphones due to this. I’m only knocking one star off for this, as I assume it is an issue with the individual unit I received and not a fault with the earphones themselves.
TLDR: at 29.99 the sound quality, battery life and ease of use are all punching above their weight. One star subtracted due to my own issues with a faulty unit, however I’d still be happy to recommend them to others on the assumption I was merely unlucky with this fault.
I am using these headphones for when I am outside on my balcony. As I am right near a dual carriageway with traffic lights, you can only imagine the noise. Using these headphones takes all the traffic noise away without my having to turn up the volume and damage my ears.
I love how they fit so well into my ears as I do normally have issues with earphones falling out. I also like that there is an app to download and you can then change the controls on each earbud. There’s so many sound settings and even a bass button for those who like a bit more bass.
The only issue I am facing is the noise cancelling, when I switch it off I actually do not notice any difference, where as with my Bose QC ones I do.
Decent budget true wireless earbuds
Decent sound quality for its price and comes with an app that can control the EQ. Small and lightweight. Good battery life. Fairy comfortable wear it for long time. Connectivity it’s pretty good. Quite durable since i dropped it a few times and still working, have been using it for almost two years. Some issue has occurred, like it doesn’t turn off even putting the buds back to the case, but it’s fine after taking out and put it back again. Recommend it if you want a reliable budget earbuds.
Good noise cancellation for the size and price.
My first noise cancellation earbuds that seem to have good noise cancellation for the size and price.
Being in-ear with the noise cancellation mode they do cut out a good bit of background noise. Definitely help with my commute on the tube though they can’t cut out all the squealing of the tracks on the central line but for that you would need military grade headphones! I also use them on my rowing machine and doing light exercise. I’ve always found earbuds a little tricky but these stay in my ears mostly.
I like you can set three modes: Full cancellation, Normal (no cancellation), and Transparent ( hear your environment) this is good for hearing announcements etc.
Hands free calling seem okay though I do have to raise my voice more than when I used my wired speaker/phones.
I am very pleased with these earbuds for the price.
So I have had Bose quiet comfort, google pixel pros and multiple very high end gaming over ear headphones. I Brought these purely for work when my pixel buds in ear earphones ran out of battery. they are ok, for what you pay for you do get a decent earphone. if you’re coming from high end earphones then yes the noise cancelation is not really noise cancelling and you don’t get the crisp clear quality, but for a earphone you don’t mind dropping or using when your main ones run out of battery they are actually good.
they connect easily and work when you want them too. Personally I like them to have them laying around just in case. If I had to out them up against a known brand that I have owned, I would put them on par or just below the Razer hammerhead gen 1 ones, which are close to 60 so not a bad comparison I would say. The base and preset profile is ok but it would be nice to be able to change them in an app perhaps.
overall if you are looking for a cheap, in ear, slightly noise reducing and ok audio quality then these are well worth it. If you’re looking for crisp quality and ear defender level noise cancelling then clearly you aren’t getting that from these or any earphone at this price point so you’ll need to look at the 200 mark in my opinion.
After losing one of my EarFun Air earbuds on a bus. I decided to purchase the P3i earbuds.
I had originally shortlisted these two products but went for the EarFun Air’s based on the ‘What Hi-Fi’ review.
Having now tried both of these I can say that the P3i has the better sound, which can be adjusted via the app to suit your taste if required. The noise cancelling was surprisingly very good, although the sound quality dips a bit when it’s on. Just tried these on a flight and was very impressed with how effective it was, although you do need to get the correct bud size to ensure a good seal in your ear, otherwise the NC
effect is lost.
The thing that lets the P3i down is the case. As mentioned in other reviews it’s a bit flimsy. If you drop it, or it’s knocked over, the lid can easily open, and the earbuds fall out. The contacts between the buds and the power pins in the case are weak and contact is easily lost due to the loose fit in the case. The P3i’s are meant to disconnect when placed in the case and the lid closed. This didn’t happen when I first got them. I found my phone still connected several hours after I’d put the buds in the case. I cleaned the contacts as suggested and that appears to have fixed that issue for now. Unlike the EarFun Air, there is no visible sign that the earbuds are making contact, or being charged, when placed in the case. There was no sound out of one of my earbuds today. I think it hadn’t been charging. I placed it back in the case for a couple of hours after making sure it was properly seated and it’s now working again..
The EarFun case is more robust, the buds fit firmly into the case, the lid feels more secure and each bud has a led which flashes when placed in the case to show it’s connected and charging, plus the led on the case is muti-coloured to provide feedback on charging status, etc.
If the P3i case was as good as the one that comes with the EarFun Air, it would make this an exceptional product for the price.
I don’t normally do reviews but felt the need to do one for these headphones.
The sound quality, especially at 36 delivered within 24 hours, is exceptional.
Great fit straight out of the box with the medium sized buds.
Build quality seems really good as well.
The app which accompanies them works very well and is very easy to use with great presets on the equaliser and you can also choose to make and store numerous equaliser settings manually.
I am comparing them against lower end skull candy buds which I brought a while back which I would recommend avoiding as you are clearly paying for the “brand name”.
Noise cancelling is ok but not the best but at 36 delivered, these headphones far outweigh the price.
Lots of “cheap” buds are probably designed for podcasts etc. but these are definitely more than capable of producing a powerful sound with very deep base and still capturing all the treble at the same time.
The control buttons on the buds themselves work great. Other ones I’ve tried didn’t work well but with these you can control most functions easily and it’s also possible, using the app, to customize what the buttons do.
I have not tried using them for a telephone call yet but that’s not something I take into consideration with headphones, I want quality sounds when listening to music and these certainly achieve this.
As I said before, I rarely leave reviews of my purchases but felt the need to this time. I would definitely recommend these and I believe anyone who tries these would not believe the quality of them for this price.
I always wonder with headphone reviews as to what other people’s expectations of sound quality is but , to put my review in some sort of context, I am a musician and I understand what proper sound quality is and should be.
I would 100% recommend these to anyone and , for once , completely satisfied and happy with my purchase.
First off, I bought this with my own money and I’m not getting paid or otherwise remunerated for this review. I have reviewed other audio products for other companies that I have been paid for, but this is completely independent.
So – I bought these for 35, though the regular price is a shade under 50. For that you get the earbuds, charging/carry case, 3 sizes of silicone ear plugs and USB-C cable. They may be last year’s tech but according to other reviewers the numbers still stack up pretty well against the latest Soundcore offerings.
They were charged up right out of the box. Claimed battery life is 9 hours for the buds, 36 hours with the case. There is a fast charge option where 15 minutes charging gets you 2 hours of power, but I haven’t needed it yet. I’m not sure who would wear these for 9 hours straight, but so far I’ve had no issues. I experimented with ear piece size but went back to the mediums; fit is comfy and I can do a workout without worrying that they might fall out.
Design is a bit chunky compared to some, but they have really big 10mm drivers. Most only have 6mm drivers.
The drivers really come into their own in sound quality. These have an amazing sound for the price point. You can get better, but not for this money. The most expensive earbuds have more detail and more bass, but for every day use these are just brilliant. They paired up with my iPhone instantly and I’ve been able to use them for podcasts, music, calls and more without any issues except a warning that I’m listening at high volume (how else do you listen to rock?).
Noise cancelling is good without being great. It’s claimed to reduce ambient noise by 90%. I’d put it nearer 50.
“Transparency mode” where you’re supposed to be able to talk and listen to your earbuds at the same time just doesn’t work. But I don’t care as it’s easier to take one out and put it back in again.
Another great plus with these is the Soundcore app. This enables you to customise the sound with the equaliser. There are limits, but it really makes a difference; there are built-in and custom versions if you want to play with your sounds.
Cheap, very, very cheerful. Bargain.