TCL has been in the TWS earbuds space with its Moveaudio buds, although it took a gap year after unveiling the S600 in 2021. Now it is back with its cheapest buds with Active Noise Cancellation (ANC) yet. The TCL Moveaudio Neo feature both ANC for listening to music and environment noise cancellation for voice calls. The ANC reduces noise by up to 28dB. There is a transparency mode available too, for those times when you do need to hear your environment.
The Neo buds support Google’s Fast Pair,
so pairing them up to a recent Android phone should be as simple as opening the
case and tapping the pair button on the screen. The buds have 10-mm drivers and
touch controls, plus 4 equalizer modes. Each bud weighs 4.5g and is rated IP54
so rain and grime shouldn’t be an issue. The case weighs 41g. The one major
missing component is a high quality audio codec.
The buds can last up to 7 hours of
continuous playback, the total listening time when you include the case is 40
hours. Charging is done over USB-C and is pretty fast, 10 minutes are enough
for 100 minutes of playback. The TCL Moveaudio Neo cost US$ 50. For comparison,
the S600 is US$ 100, the S180 (also with ANC) is US$ 80 normally, there are
significant discounts at the time of writing. The S180 have shorter battery
life (30 hours) and lack fast pair, however.
