Android Advisor - UK (2021-08)

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94 ANDROID ADVISOR • ISSUE 88

BUYING GUIDE


Wyze’s headphones come in a carrying bag with a USB-C charging cable and a 3.5mm male-to-
male cable for wired use.

everythingelseseemsdated.That’snota
knockonWyze,justa pleaforallvendors
toadopta superiordesign.
Theleftcupis hometothe3.5mm
inputjack,andtherightcuphouses
theUSB-C charging port. The outside
of the right cup is also used as a touch
surface to control your voice assistant.
Wyze includes both audio and charging
cables, as well as a simple carry bag.
There’s no 1/4-inch adapter or airline
adapter included.
I’d like to compliment Wyze on its
quick-start guide, which is succinct,
but thorough and far easier to read
than some of the tiny booklets other
vendors provide. Kudos as well for
all-paper/cardboard packaging and no
shrink wrapping. You can easily recycle
everything but the phones themselves.

(Although that’s also possible in most
locales, if you take the trouble.)
There is of course an app that allows
EQ’ing the unit and choosing the level of
ambient noise reduction.

Performance (noise
abatement and sound)
There’s no arguing the efficacy of the
Wyze ambient nose reduction. As these
are over-ear headphones, they block
a lot of noise without an electronic
assist. With active noise cancellation
(adding a phase-opposite signal to the
audio) enabled, they become very, very
quiet.If I wereonanairplane,they’re
definitelyone of the sets I’d consider
bringing along.
On the other hand, activating noise
cancellation slightly alters frequency
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