The case can be charged through USB-C or wireless charging and can carry an additional 12 hours of battery life for the Tone Free buds. Placing the buds in the case is a bit hit and miss too with magnets lining up the POGO pins for charging, but you’ll need to push the buds in firmly to get a good placement. The lid can be a bit finnicky to open, but the buds are front and centre though getting them out can be a bit fiddly. There’s a charge indicator light at the front, and a pairing button on the left. The Tone Free charging case is made of a nice soft-touch plastic with a matte type feel. It takes a minute or two to adjust to hearing your voice through the mics back to your ears, but you get there pretty easily. It lets in sound without the need to quickly remove an earbud while talking to someone, possibly dropping it in the process. I’m usually listening to something all the time, so the Ambient Sound Mode is actually pretty handy. I adjusted settings but found the Meridian tuned settings doing the best job for me. You can customise your own EQ settings in the app – with two programmable slots available. Listening to a fairly expanded playlist including stereo focused songs like Pink Floyd – Money, the buds managed to play the spatial effects as well as producing a good, clear sound. My personal preference was the Immersive mode which the app will tell you offers ‘an expanded sense of space’. The Meridian Audio tuning – settings found in the LG Tone Free app – is offers for presets including Bass and Treble Boost modes as well as Immersive and Natural offerings. Bass is ok for such a small earbud, though some may want a bit more grunt. There’s a rich mix of mids and highs with sound reproduction clear. The sound quality that LG and Meridian Audio are pulling out of the custom-built 6mm drivers in the Tone Free is pretty good. Even working up a sweat during a workout the buds still felt secure. The buds feel good in the ear and don’t feel even remotely like they’re about to come out. This snug fit ensures the passive noise cancellation and it works pretty well. There’s no real tactile target to ensure you’re hitting a touch panel, so it’s hard to gauge if you just missed the panel, or it didn’t respond.įor fit I played around with the included ear gels settling on the medium gels already attached, which both plugged my ears while not being too tight. I found myself repeatedly grabbing my phone to pause music after several attempts to pause or play audio. Instead LG uses a touch panel for answering calls, controlling music, podcasts, audiobooks and the ambient sound mode. The buds are fairly simple with pogo pins in the base of the stalk for charging, but no buttons mar the lines of the bud. I’m not such a huge fan of the stalk type style of TWS bud, but it does allow for more battery, so there’s that. The bud sits slightly out from the ear, though not overly so, with the head-centred design coming into play and the buds resting comfortably in the ear. The plastic is a nice soft-touch which rests nicely against the ear without any rubbing or chafing. Design and Fitĭesign wise the LG TONE Free are stalk type Truly Wireless Stereo (TWS) buds available in black only – although there’s a white model available in other markets. The Tone Free app – available for Android and iOS – can also step you through the setup process, as well as offering more custom options.Īfter a week using the LG Tone Free wireless earbuds here’s my thoughts. The buds are super quick to pair to a phone, with the option to pair popping up on Android without prompting after opening the case. The buds themselves have swappable silicone ear gels which come in three sizes – small, medium and large – to ensure a comfortable fit, and a head-centred design to keep even the minimal weight of the buds distributed so as to keep them in your ear.
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