Wireless earphones are humanity’s greatest invention.
If you were to think of someone or something that makes your commutes fun, business meetings possible (especially when you are watering your plants on the side), exercise enjoyable and your wrists happy, then wireless headphones is the answer.
Gone are the days of untangling earphone wires as you hold onto the train’s handlebar for dear life.
Today’s wireless earphones come in sleek cases that fit in practically any space.
Simply flip the case open and plop the earphones in. The best part is that they start charging as soon as you place them back inside the case!
With wireless technology’s rapid advancement, earphones are also getting smarter, sometime’s smarter than the user but we ain’t getting there!
Anyways, we will dive deep into what makes wireless earphones all the rage and how to know which one will work best for you.
In this guide, we ranked and reviewed the 12 best airpods brands in India, along with our top 3 choices, so that you can pick the best one for you.
Sony WF-1000XM4
(Best XYZ)
Overall Rating: 4/3
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OPPO Enco X
(Best XYZ)
Overall Rating: 4/6
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JBL Reflect Flow
(Best XYZ)
Overall Rating: 4/5
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What the summit of the ‘best Earbuds in India’ peak looks like!
1. Sony WF-1000XM4
If there has to be one single winner, then it is hand’s down Sony’s WF-1000XM4.
They win not only with their sleek design but also power-packed performance and durability.
Let us look at some of the features that make them the best possible choice in the market today:
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- Price: These are being sold on Amazon for INR 19,990/- down from their original price of 24,990/-
- Noise-cancellation: Yes, these do support noise cancellation. The new ear tip design also helps achieve superior noise isolation.
- Battery life: When it comes to battery performance, you can expect 8 hours of uninterrupted power through. Also, a fully charged case will also provide an additional 16 hours of playback time.
- Wireless charging: These pairs of wireless earphones also support wireless charging which is a great plus point.
- Weight: These wireless earphones weigh around 41 grams, making them super lightweight and comfortable to wear.
- Color options: These are available in both black and silver bodies.
- Waterproof: The headphones feature a water resistant design which makes it possible for you to wear them during workouts and bad weather.
- Product reviews/rating: Users have rated the wireless earphones at 4.3 out of 5 stars.
2. Cambridge Audio Melomania 1 Plus:
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- Price: These wireless earphones are available on Amazon for Rs. 20,610.
- Noise-cancellation: Equipped with in-ear seals, these wireless earphones make for excellent noise cancelling options.
- Battery life: A single charge makes it last for around 9 hours and a fully charged case means that you can blast your music for 36 hours more.
What this means is that you need to charge, practically once a work week! - Wireless charging: No, they do not support wireless charging.
- Weight: If you want a set of earphones that are so comfortable and lightweight that you almost forget that you have something sticking in your ears, then these are your best choice.
These are super lightweight as well and each ear bud weighs a little over 4.5 grams. - Color options: The two available colour options are black and white.
- Waterproof: These wireless earphones offer a decent level of water resistance but are not waterproof.
- Product reviews/rating: Users have given these earphones a whopping 5 out of 5 stars.
3. PTron Tangentbeat Bluetooth 5.0 Wireless Headphone
These are simply budget earphones personified. When you compare what you are paying for and what you are getting, these are simply a steal.
These pair quickly without you having to wait desperately for your music to kick in and drown out the sounds of your loud neighbours.
Best bluetooth earbuds in India under a simple budget making it more accessible to majority of the people.
Features
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- Price: You can get these at Vijay Sales for Rs. 699/-
- Noise-cancellation: These offer passive noise cancellation.
- Battery life: With their 10 hours of music playback time, you can practically listen to music almost the entire day.
- Wireless charging: These do not support wireless charging.
- Weight: The neck band is lightweight making the headphones weigh only 26 gm. It sits snugly around the back of your neck.
- Color options: These are available in black, yellow and red colours.
- Waterproof: These are not only sweat proof but also dust proof.
- Product reviews/rating: These have received 4 out of 5 stars.
4. Boat Rockerz 255 In-Ear Earphones:
Users are in love with this pair of wireless earphones and boAt seriously seem to know what they are doing.
These wrap-around-the-neck earphones also feature ear clips so you can rest assured that they are not going anywhere.
They might come in fun sizes and sport vibrant colours but they definitely mean business.
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- Price: What makes these wireless earphones totally unmissable is their excellent price point. These are available on Croma’s website for Rs. 1,199.
- Noise-cancellation: These also offer cVc noise cancellation to help you escape all the conversations you don’t want to be a part of.
- Battery life: How could they not, with their deep, high definition sounds, six hours of playback time with around 150 hours of standby.
- Wireless charging: Wireless charging is not supported on these.
- Weight: These weigh at around 26 grams.
- Color options: These are available in black, red, yellow and blue colours.
- Waterproof: They also boast an excellent sweat and water resistance so you don’t have to worry about their health when you are taking care of yours, in the gym.
- Product reviews/rating: Customers have rated these at 4.7 stars out of 5.
5. Oneplus Bullets Wireless Z:
One of the best wireless earphones in India
Features
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- Price: These are available for Rs. 1,949 on Raykart.
- Noise-cancellation: These offer passive noise cancellation.
- Battery life: These bullets, as they are called, feature anywhere between 17 to 20 hours of battery life, depending on the model.
And, god forbid, the battery does die, you can charge them for 10 minutes and use them again for around 10 hours without having to put them to charge. - Wireless charging: These do not support wireless charging.
- Weight: They weigh at about 26.6 grams.
- Color options: Black.
- Waterproof: Reinforced sweat and water resistance.
- Product reviews/rating: Users have rated these at 4.3 stars out of 5.
6. Panasonic RZ-S500W:
Panasonic has done justice to its name with these equal parts stylish and high performance wireless earphones.
They offer dual hybrid noise cancelling which creates a totally immersive music experience
Features
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- Price: These are available for Rs. 18,270 on Tanotis.
- Noise-cancellation: Yes, these offer true noise cancellation and an immersive experience.
- Battery life: The battery performance is also top notch with 19.5 hours of playback time and a quick charge feature which allows you to play up to 70 minutes on a 15 minute charge.
- Wireless charging: These do not support wireless charging.
- Weight: These weigh at around 45 grams.
- Color options: These are available in black and white options.
- Waterproof: With an IPX4 water resistance, you can forget about sweat or water issues with these ones.
- Product reviews/rating: Users have given the product 4 out of 5 stars.
7. Apple AirPods Pro:
Now we don’t want the Apple worshippers to get offended by the seventh place given to the AirPods.
We are only here to shower some love on these babies.
It can considered as one of the best airpods in India.
Features
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- Price: Available on Reliance Digital for Rs. 20,900.
- Noise-cancellation: With these wireless earphones you get active noise cancellation, customisable ear fit and an inward-facing microphone that eliminates unwanted sound from within your ear.
- Battery life: The battery supports 4.5 hours of playback time with extra 24 hours with the case. Additionally, the charging is super convenient and a mere five minutes of charge will last you for an hour.
- Wireless charging: The charging case does support Qi-based wireless charging.
- Weight: These weigh around 45.6 grams.
- Color options: White.
- Waterproof: Everything from sweaty to rainy situations are taken care of with its water resistant design.
- Product reviews/rating: These enjoy a consumer rating of 4.6 out of 5.
8. Google Pixel Buds A-Series
These are the wireless earphones that take care of all your major earphone-ing needs.
Yes, I made up a word but we need the word.
These feature custom designed speaker drivers that give these a powerful bass and crisp higher notes.
Features
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- Price: These are available for Rs. 5,999 on TataCLiQ. Noise-cancellation: The adaptive sound technology adjusts the sound depending on your surrounding sound levels and types to give you an immersive experience.
- Noise-cancellation: These also offer cVc noise cancellation to help you escape all the conversations you don’t want to be a part of.
- Battery life: A full charge lasts for 4.5 hours.
- Wireless charging: No, these do not support wireless charging.
- Weight: These weigh at around 6.2 grams.
- Color options: These are available in white and dark olive colours.
- Waterproof: Yes, these are both water and sweat resistant.
- Product reviews/rating: Users have given these 4.0 stars out of 5.
9. JBL Reflect Flow:
This is one performance-packed machine that JBL Reflect Flow has created.
It features 5.8 mm drivers that feature the JBL Signature Sound for that added power rush for your playlists.
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- Price: These are available for Rs. 3,499 on Reliance Digital.
- Noise-cancellation: These offer excellent noise cancellation.
- Battery life: The battery is a total winner with JBL’s Reflect Flow. All you need to do is charge your phone for 10 minutes and you are good to go for another one hour.
When your battery is fully charged, you can last for 10 hours and an additional 20 hours with the charging case. - Wireless charging: They do not support wireless charging.
- Weight: Weighing at 85 grams, these are definitely on the heavier side.
- Color options: Black and Blue.
- Waterproof: There is no match to this pair when it comes to durability.
Its IP67 waterproof and dustproof ratings make it last in the toughest of weather conditions and the most strenuous workout schedules. - Product reviews/rating: These have consumer ratings of 4.0 stars out of 5.
10. Shure Aonic Free:
Shure markets these wireless earphones as being ‘born in the studio’ and we are not the ones to argue with this claim.
Their innovative Sound Isolating technology makes them stand out from the crowd of other wireless earphones.
They sit snugly in your ear and deliver everything from the deepest bass to the highest notes with equal clarity and beauty.
Features
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- Price: Available for Rs 15,999 on Headphone Zone
- Noise-cancellation: With these earphones, you can easily switch back and forth between the environment mode and isolation mode.
As the name suggests, the environment mode lets you keep an ear out for what’s happening outside of your earphone world or you can opt for total immersion with the isolation mode. - Battery life: You can enjoy 7 hours of battery life per charge and if you have your earphones case fully charged, you can extend that to upto 21 hours as well!
- Wireless charging: It does not support this feature.
- Weight: These weigh around 13.4 grams which is impressive.
- Color options: Graphite Grey and Crimson Red
- Waterproof: These are not waterproof.
- Product reviews/rating: Consumers have given these a rating of 3.9 out of 5 stars.
11. OPPO Enco X:
Oppo has created this masterful design in collaboration with the leading Danish HiFi brand, Dynaudio.
Dynaudio lent their expertise and top of the line laboratory in order to conduct hundreds of rounds of testing across different materials and designs to land on what we have today as the Enco X.
In a way, these headphones have been 15 years in the making and you will experience that as soon as you plug these in.
Features
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- Price: These are aboalen on the Oppo Store for Rs. 9,990.
- Noise-cancellation: These offer top-of-the-line noise cancellation.
- Battery life: It has a battery life of 3.5-4 hours.
- Wireless charging: Yes, the case does support Qi wireless charging.
- Weight: These weigh at around 4.8 grams.
- Color options: Black, White and Blue.
- Waterproof: These offer water and dust resistance.
- Product reviews/rating: Consumers have given it 4.6 stars out of 5.
12. Fire-Boltt Echo 1000 Neckband In-Ear Wireless Bluetooth Earphones:
These pack a powerful punch especially when you look at the price point.
With these wireless earphones, you get everything from the support your ears need, thanks to the neck band which holds onto the ear pods when not in use.
Features
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- Price: Available for Rs 899 on Amazon.
- Noise-cancellation: These wireless earphones offer noise cancellation.
- Battery life: The battery is also excellent with 12 hours of playtime so that you do not have to stop often to get the battery charged.
- Wireless charging: These do not support wireless charging.
- Weight: These weigh around 80 grams.
- Color options: Black, Black-Red, Black-Blue.
- Waterproof: When it comes to weather and sweat resistance, the nano-coating makes them stand their ground no matter how intense the workout is, and also with light rain.
- Product reviews/rating: These enjoy a rating of 3.9 out of 5 stars by the consumers.
HOW TO PICK ‘YOUR’ WIRELESS EARPHONES
When it comes to selecting the right earphones for yourself, we understand the stress. It is an intimate relationship after all and you will be spending a good chunk of your day with your earphones.
Here are a few quick tips that will help you choose the right wireless pair.
E(a)rgonomy:
- The right fit: The right fit is important. You must go with the earphones that feel most comfortable in your ears.
Since you will be wearing them for long periods of time, even the slightest level of discomfort can become a big nuisance very quickly. - Loose can turn to loss: Loose earphones can easily drop out of your ear and get damaged or lost as you exercise in the gym, run after a bus or go to a silent disco.
- Increase the support: Depending on personal choice and comfort, you can also opt for clip-on earrings or ones that wrap around the back of your neck for utmost comfort.
Sound:
- Sound clarity: This goes without saying that your wireless earphones must perform when it comes to sound depth and clarity.
Your ideal set of wireless earphones must offer you crisp sound, as mellow or as loud as you wish. - Multifunctional: Your wireless earphones should offer you excellent call quality and music quality.
- Easy sound check: The best and easiest way to gauge whether a particular set of wireless earphones are good or not is by comparing their sound quality to their wired counterparts.
Reach:
- Range: Now we do not expect our earphones to give us excellent sound from across the lake, well not yet, but a decent range is definitely expected.
By a decent range we mean upto 25 or even 30 feet without any reduction in quality. - Physical obstacles: A good pair of wireless earphones should allow you to walk around your living space or go to the kitchen to fetch water without considerable interruption or drop in quality.
- Bluetooth matters: The most sure shot or technical way to find out about the range of a pair of wireless earphones is by checking their Bluetooth codec.
Battery:
- Battery performance: You must always check for the battery performance when looking for your wireless earphones. The average battery performance is anywhere between 8 to 10 hours on a full battery.
- Battery depletion: How quickly the battery depletes also changes according to the device environment and must also be paid special attention to when getting yourself earphones.
- Charging speed: Another great test of the battery and your charger comes in the form of the charging speed.
The best kinds of earphones are the ones that take a few minutes to charge and give you hours of battery life.
Design:
- Longevity: What we mean by the design is not just how sparkling white or dusk gray, what matters in the long term is how good your earphones look after six months of use.
- Durability: Do they still shine? Has the weather gotten to them? Have they started coming apart? A smart design will be able to assuage all these questions and offer more.
- Practicality: Are they easy to clean (*cough* earwax *cough*)? Are they sturdy? Is the case still opening and shutting easily?
Has the sound quality dropped? Do they connect as easily as they did when you got them? - Look around: Wireless earphones market is better than it has ever been and promises many good things in the future. Therefore, it is important that you weigh all your options before you make a decision.
The takeaway
All of the wireless earphones that we have looked at today, are the best specimen of contemporary technology.
We might feel jaded by all that we see and experience around us on an everyday basis but the technology around is truly astonishing.
You can be walking on the street, listening to your favourite music and all you need to do is speak and the music will automatically pause for you to finish the conversation.
Or, you could be exercising in the gym and instead of the music that is blasting around you, you could be listening to Bach without the faintest hint of any other disruption.
No matter whether you go for Sony or JBL or Apple, these are all wireless earphones that will surely make you happy.
Well, now if you want us to choose, then we would say Sony is the best overall, PTron is the one if you are looking for budget options and if it is all about style, then it is hard to match Apple.
frequently asked question
1. How many channels does a Bluetooth headset use?
A Bluetooth headset device hops between 79 different frequencies. This is done at the intervals of 1 MHz and the technique is known as AFH or Adaptive Frequency Hopping.
Some of the wireless earphones discussed above use more contemporary and arguably much better techniques for better overall experience. Having said that, AFH is in itself highly successful in providing immunity against foreign interference.
Another great benefit of using AFH is that it does not interfere with WiFi or LAN connections, giving you a clean and crisp sound even when you are around other WiFi devices.
2. Are different brands of Bluetooth products compatible with each other?
The best part about using a Bluetooth carrying device is that they have to be compatible with other devices or devices from other vendors if they want to carry the Bluetooth logo.
When companies fail to do that, they are not allowed to feature the Bluetooth logo anywhere on the product. This is covered under the Bluetooth Logo Certification Program.
Therefore, you can rest assured that all your devices are going to be compatible with your wireless bluetooth earphones.
3. Can you use voice dialing with Bluetooth headsets?
The short answer, yes. However, it is important to understand that the wireless earphones themselves do not support voice calling but can support the feature in conjunction with the actual headset.
As long as your wireless earphones have been selected as the primary voice carrier, and not your mobile phone, you can use voice dialing through your earphones.
Apart from that, many wireless earphones support smart features through which you can perform multiple functions like navigation, translation, etc. through voice commands.
4. What are noise cancelling earphones ?
Noise cancelling earphones are ones which are designed specifically to drown out ambient noise and to give you a completely immersive experience.
This feature comes in handy when you are trying to do some mental labour in a crowded environment.
Whether you are in an office setting or want to drown out the sounds of the rush hour while on the train, you can do that with noise cancelling earphones.
Through noise cancelling, you do get to enjoy each individual note of the music you are tuned into.
Here are my best picks:
