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Hands-on: Honor Earbuds Open sound way better than you would think


Honor's newest earbuds keep your ears free to hear the sounds around you, and I got to go hands-on with them at Mobile World Congress 2025.

Combined with some neat features like live translation and AI that’s part of the company’s renewed Alpha Plan for its future, Audio leakage has also been impressive; I cranked the volume to max on my Pixel 9 Pro Fold and my boss could barely hear what I was playing. He’s been reporting on the latest consumer technology since 2015, with his work featured on CNN Underscored, ZDNET, How-To Geek, XDA, TheStreet, and more.

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