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Only 20 hours of battery with noise-cancelling
Noise-cancelling is good, not great
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It all sounds compelling, but it’s pointless without great sound quality. So, how do these LG earbuds perform and is it worth buying a pair? I’ve been trying the LG Tone Free T90S out for a number of weeks – here’s how I got on with these feature-packed earbuds.
LG Tone Free T90S review: price & availability
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Launched in May 2024, you can buy the LG Tone Free T90S nowdirectly from the LG online store. At the time of writing, they cost £229.99 in the UK and $179.99 in the US.
LG Tone Free T90S review: what’s new?
LG Tone Free T90S review: design & features
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As soon as I started using them, I was a fan of the LG Tone Free T90S. They’re tiny, the case fits into small pockets, and the round earbuds are super lightweight (5.7g each) with no stem, so you can barely feel them in your ear.
Each bud has a tiny plastic wing which helps to keep them in place, and three sizes of gel eartips to help you find the right fit. They felt secure whether I was navigating the London Underground or running through the park. At no point did they feel like one might fall out.
Thanks toIPX4 water resistance, the LG Tone Free T90S can be used in any weather condition, rain or shine. Both earbuds and the included case feel well made – as the opening mechanism on the case is firm, and the plastic doesn’t feel flimsy.
Touch controls allow you to pause the music, skip songs, switch active noise-cancelling (ANC) modes and call your smartphone’s voice assistant, all without needing to reach your handset. I found them to be very responsive and easy to get used to.
Bluetooth connectivity is reliable here, as the connection was stable even when I wandered away from my handset. There’s also multipoint connectivity to hook them up to multiple devices at once and quickly switch the audio between them.
On the case, there’s a little switch to enable Plug & Wireless+ – which allows you to connect the earbuds to gadgets which don’t have Bluetooth using the USB-C port on the black. That will be particularly handy on flights.
UVnano+ is built into the charging case, which LG claims kills 99.9% of bacteria on speaker mesh and ear gels when you aren’t using them. Truthfully, bacteria on my earbuds has never really bothered me. But if you’re likely to share them with other people or are particularly conscious of germ buildup on your earphones then it’s a great feature to have.
From a single charge, you’ll be able to listen to music for up to nine hours, and the charging case will give you a total of 36 hours of music. But when you switch ANC on, that drops to 5 hours per charge and 20 hours in total. While that’s plenty of time for most,the best earbudsout there last a lot longer with ANC activated.
When the battery does eventually run out, the case takes about 2.5 hours to recharge from empty to 100%, and the earbuds take about an hour.
LG Tone Free T90S review: sound & performance
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As mentioned above, the app gives you lots of control over the sound. You can either choose from several preset sound modes including Immersive, Natural, Bass Boost, 3D Sound Stage, or you can create your own custom sound across an advanced eight-band equaliser.
The LG Tone Free T90S’s ANC does a solid job of cutting out distracting sounds from your environment. It certainly dulled a noisy train and the builders knocking about in my house, but didn’t cut out those sounds entirely like some of the most effective ANC I’ve tried.
There’s also an Ambient Sound mode which allows you to hear what’s happening around you, so if you need to chat to someone at the supermarket checkout or hear an announcement on the train, I don’t need to take the earbuds out.
LG Tone Free T90S review: verdict
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Overall these are a very capable pair of ANC in-ears. I like how small the case is, how comfortable the gel ear tips are, how detailed and balanced the sound is, and the general effectiveness of the ANC. If you’ve not considered LG as your earbuds-maker of choice then those extra features are good enough to make them stand out in a crowded market.
Also consider
Another similarly priced pair of ANC earbuds to consider is theBose QuietComfort Earbuds. Both the earbuds and the case are a lot bigger than the LG, but they have a similar round and stemless design. The audio quality is a huge win for the QCE, they sound fantastic, and the ANC is very effective – although there’s no spatial audio like you get here.
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