So, this is the Mi Air 2 Pro, Xiaomi’s first active noise cancelling earbuds. I’ve been using
it for several days and here is my honest review. Actually, I did a first impression video of the
earbuds two weeks ago, you can check it out if you are interested. You know, link is here.
In this video, I will try to be as objective as possible and cover every detail that you might need to know about the Mi Air 2 Pro
instead of you just going and getting it. You know what, just go and get it? It’s our double
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your support is important to us. Now move to the Mi Air 2 Pro.
The box comes with one charging case, 4 extra pair of ear tips, that’s a lot. One type-c cable and a
Chinese manual. The case is really well polished and has a good hand feel. It’s bigger than the
Airpods Pro and the Tronsmart Apollo Bold but still quite portable. There is an indicator on
the front, a physical key on the right side. Press once, if the indicator lights up for 5 seconds
that means it has sufficient remaining battery. If it’s flashing then means you have to charge
the case. You can either use a Type-C cable or a wireless charger to charge the case, which takes
about 1 hour for the former and 4.5 hours for the latter to fully charge. Now to the earbuds.
It is the longest and heaviest among all three earbuds I’ve compared in this video. And also it’s
the easiest one to slip off my ears even tough I’ve tried the best ear tips that fit my ear,
which is a little bit annoying for me. But most of the time if I just use it normally seems just
fine. Now let’s take a closer look of other features on the Air 2 Pro. There is a smooth
ceramic touch panel on the side, we’ll come to the gesture control a bit later. There are two mics
on the earbuds, one main mic lies under the stem, while the second mic is near the touch panel. On
top, there is an infrared optical sensor to detect if you wear the earbuds, and the mesh grilles,
I guess it’s for pressure equalization. I do feel comfortable to wear and don’t have that
kind of buildup of pressure. Since I already put on, let’s talk about my user experience.
The first time you connect, if you own a Xiaomi phone, then you will likely to get a popup. Click
Connect and wait for a few seconds it will be connected. On the popup it shows battery life
for the earbuds and the case. You can enter the Settings to see more,
however, even though I changed my phone to English, it still shows Chinese here. I went
to use another Xiaomi phone with international ROM, then the popup, the customized settings that
a Xiaomi phone supposed to have are all gone, I do hope Xiaomi can fix this issue very soon. Anyway,
here in the settings you can choose which earbud to activate Xiaoai Voice Assistant, play/paue,
switch to previous tune and next tune when you double tap on it. There is also a Keywords feature
here which allows you to activate voice assistant or switch songs without touching the earbuds,
that’s convenient, but again, it doesn’t support other languages except Chinese. So guys learn a
bit Chinese :D In case you want to know other gestures, double tap on either of the earbuds
to answer or end a phone call, long press either of the earbuds to switch between the ANC
on/off and transparent mode. That’s basically all the gestures, very strange Xiaomi still doesn’t
offer a gesture for volume adjusting, I just don’t get it. Just check out the Tronsmart Apollo Bold,
it has everything, including an easy to use APP! And you know it’s English!
Enough about all those, now about the most important part, the audio test.
Based on all the tests I did, the Mi Air 2 Pro really did a good job. It has unnoticeable latency
when playing games or viewing videos. I really like the clear, good overall audio quality, which
in my opinion, is better than an Airpods Pro, and maybe the same as the Tronsmart Apollo Bold. It
also has good active noise canceling ability, enough to handle the daily routine. It has good
battery life, I tested it for two hours straight with ANC on, it had 70% battery left. However,
despite all of those advantages, I still find it hard to recommend the Air 2 Pro if
you are non-Chinese outside of China. This is because of its lack of proper language support
and the price, since it’s always out of stock here in China so it’s pricey for users (coupon is in the description).
From my personal view I find it’s less comfortable to wear too but some of my colleagues find they are OK,
so I just wouldn’t say that’s a deal breaker. In this case,
you can either wait for an international version of the Mi Air 2 Pro or as far as I’m concerned,
I would definitely suggest you get the Tronsmart Apollo Bold as they are way more user friendly
for international users if you are looking for a budget friendly Airpods Pro alternative.
So that’s the video I hope you enjoyed watching it, if you have any questions about it just let me know in
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I’m Sami, see you in the next one.