The Amazfit PowerBuds Pro come in a rather small but chic box, whose surface feels very special. Inside the box, you will find the headphones themselves, ear pads in a total of four different sizes, a USB-C charging cable, and a user manual.
The Amazfit PowerBuds Pro with stick design are remotely reminiscent of the Apple AirPods Pro. Size and stick length are roughly identical here. Color-wise, the earpieces are white at first glance, but at second glance it’s more of an eggshell color on the outside, so a bit darker. The inside, on the other hand, is even darker and in a kind of champagne shade.
With a weight of 6.7 g per earpiece, they are slightly above average, but this has not negative impact on the wearing comfort. The charging cradle, on the other hand, has a normal weight of 42 grams.
The headphones make a very high-quality impression, as already described in relation to the packaging. The Amazfit PowerBuds Pro are glued cleanly and there are no gaps – very good.
The Amazfit PowerBuds Pro are equipped with a dynamic driver, whose diameter the manufacturer unfortunately keeps to itself.
The in-ear has a quite detailed high frequency, nicely tuned midrange and solid bass for the fact that only one dynamic single driver is installed.
The Amazfit PowerBuds Pro are equipped with a total of six microphones, also thanks to ANC. Which work with an AI-controlled background noise suppression during phone calls.
The Amazfit PowerBuds Pro are equipped with touch sensors. These are not located on the back of the earpiece, but in the bars – like Apple’s AirPods Pro. Thus, the stick has to be pressed together slightly with two fingers to trigger a function.
In total, there are three four to choose from: press once, press twice, press three times, long press.
The “long press” function cannot be customized; it can always be used to switch between ANC, transparent and off mode.
The remaining gestures can be customized in the ZEPP app. Play/Pause, next/previous track and voice assistant are available. The option to adjust the volume via headphones is unfortunately not available, until now.
In addition to the active control options, there are also proximity sensors in the Amazfit PowerBuds Pro. With these, the music is automatically paused or resumed when you take the earpiece out of your ear or put it back in.
With the Amazfit PowerBuds Pro, the manufacturer obviously wants to offer an alternative to the fitness band that records fitness parameters directly via the headphones. Several sensors have been installed for this purpose, making the Amazfit PowerBuds Pro the first headphones (that we tested) that could really have earned the designation “sports headphones”.
