Soundcore VR P10 Gaming Earbuds-Low Latency, Meta Formally Co-branded, Twin Connection, 2.4GHz Wi-fi, USB-C Dongle Included-Suitable with Meta Quest 2, Steam Deck, PS4, PS5, PC, Swap

Not just for gamers. These headphones pack a killer feature that can be used by anyone
These are not your average true wireless earbuds. In a saturated market of wireless earbuds, these bring a unique feature that opens up many new possibilities of uses that most people might not even know. If you’ve ever used bluetooth earbuds and noticed that what you were watching or playing wasn’t matching up with the sound, then you’ve experienced audio latency. Bluetooth in its current state is the guilty party that can cause that effect where the lips don’t match the voice. Some might not be bothered by this, but once you see it, you can’t stop thinking about it. Some hardcore gamers get around this by using 2.4ghz instead of the Bluetooth protocol. 2.4ghz headphones have virtually no latency whatsoever, but require you use a dongle to plug into your device.These Soundcore VR P10 headphones are hybrids with both functions. The dongle allows imperceptibly low latency. But because they are also capable of using the bluetooth protocol, you are able to connect these to both your gaming device and your phone. While gaming or watching videos, if you get a call on your phone, it will automatically lower the volume on your game or video, while prioritizing your call volume. It’s a seamless experience.2.4ghz headphones existed for a while, but until recently, they were mostly over-the-ear style. Personally, I can’t stand anything on my head for long periods of time due to the pressure and overheating. There are only a handful of in-ear earbuds with 2.4ghz dongles at the time of this review. This one is the ONLY one that has a passthrough charging feature on the dongle itself. If you use a dongle on a device with only one USB-C port, then you’ll have to choose between charging or listening. These dongles allow you to do both. With the battery life of devices like the Quest 2, you’ll definitely need to do both at the same time.Non-gamers:If you have a phone, tablet, or laptop that you use to watch movies or shows, take zoom calls, or listen to music, as long as it has a USB-C port you can instantly connect these headphones to your device without fumbling around in the bluetooth settings trying to get it to pair. This is immensely helpful if you constantly switch between using a laptop, a tablet, and a phone. Imagine you are watching a movie on a tablet and you get a zoom call on your laptop. Instead of unpairing and repairing, you just slap the dongle in. Additionally, Anker has stated that more dongles will be available for purchase soon, meaning that you can have multiple dongles, each plugged into a device you use often, and just switch via the app. All the while having low latency.PS5:I’ve tested it with the PS5. It works flawlessly. Instant connection and no noticeable latency. The sound is very immersive and I can easily tell the direction of footsteps in-game. Additionally, these earbuds finally allow you to use wireless headphones with your PS5. Previously, you had to either use over-the-ear style 2.4ghz headphones, or use a wired headphone plugged into your controller. Otherwise the latency would be preposterous. If you use your PS5 as a media player (Netflix, Amazon Prime, Hulu, etc.) you’ll be able to enjoy private listening with wireless earbuds and have no latency. Pair this with a PS5 remote and now you have one of the best and most powerful “Smart-TVs” with a private listening function. If you live in an apartment and watch movies, you’re probably constantly turning down the volume when an explosion or shot rocks you to your core, and then turning it back up because you can barely hear the whisper dialogue in the next scene. With these headphones, you can peacefully watch your movie as intended, while not worrying about cables, latency, or your neighbors getting mad.Steamdeck:Works exactly as you might expect. I have not run into any issues. Passthrough charging works great. If the sound suddenly doesn’t work and you see “echo-sink-cancel”, then its a bug with the Steamdeck, not the headphones. Restart to fix. Be aware that if you buy the official Steamdeck dock, that there is no USB-C out port on that dock. You may have to buy a USB-C to USB-A adapter for the dongle.Quest 2:These headphones were made for the Meta Quest 2. In VR, if you have any sort of latency, it could make things very disorientating and nausea inducing. These are perfect for having an immersive experience and reducing VR sickness. One cool feature is that if you are using it with the Quest, you can turn down the 2.4ghz signal to prevent interference with your wifi. Since the earbuds are so close to the dongle when you use it with the quest, you don’t need the signal to be strong. Also, the quest dies very quickly. These are the only true wireless earbuds with a dongle that lets you charge and listen at the same time. They sound much better than the stock speakers on the Quest 2 and allow you to pinpoint the direction that sounds are coming from. The point of VR is immersion. Audio immersion is just as important as visual immersion.Switch:The passthrough function does not work with a Switch. I believe it’s a limitation with the Switch’s software. It doesn’t seem to allow the one USB-C port to have multiple functions at the same time. The headphones still work beautifully via the dongle, but you won’t be able to charge at the same time. Not the fault of the soundcore earbuds though. Maybe it can be patched by a switch software update in the future. If you play in docked mode, maybe try plugging the dongle into a USB-C to USB-A adapter and then into the dock. I have not tried this, but it might work.PC:Not every PC has USB-C ports. Not to worry, I have tested these with a USB-C to USB-A adapter and it works great. If your PC does not have a USB-C port, you will need to buy an adapter separately. Otherwise, all features (volume adjust, low latency) function well.Mac:Works really well. You can even adjust volume with a tap on the earbuds (gesture can be adjusted in the mobile app). Since these are both bluetooth and 2.4ghz, you can have them connected to your phone and MacBook at the same time for the ultimate productivity experience. The sound will come through both depending on which device you are using. Example, Zoom on MacBook to phone call on iPhone automatically.iPad:Also works well. Passthrough charging is quite important since the iPad only has one USB-C port. If you game on your iPad, you’ll appreciate it.ChromeOS/Chromebook:Works fine but currently there is a weird bug in ChromeOS with USB-C headphones. The volume will adjust normally up to around 50% volume where the loudness suddenly blasts your ears at 51% volume. Be careful with Chromebooks until they patch this. Keep it under 50% or test it past 50% with them out of your ears.**Cons**With certain devices (Switch, Some Tablets), these headphones are a bit limited. The passthrough charging feature won’t work unless your device allows that USB-C port to multitask. So be aware of your devices functionality if you’re buying this to use with a specific device.With certain devices (Switch, PS5), adjusting the volume via tapping the earbuds don’t work. This is again a limitation of the software of those devices, not the earbuds. On the PS5, it is a painful multi-step process to adjust the volume in their menus. Hopefully a software patch will fix this as USB-C headphones become more popular. On mobile devices like Android and iOS tablets and phones, PCs, and MacBooks, it works just fine.The dongle is kept in the top part of the case via a magnet. It’s very easy to put it in, but kind of a pain to remove the dongle since it’s recessed so far in. If you have bigger hands, this might irritate you. I suggest taking the earbuds out first before trying to take the dongle out.With the exception of some devices, the headphones work amazingly and sound great. They solve a very niche but very annoying problem. Get them, you won’t regret it.

Works great on PC, but could be a little uncomfortable for longer sessions.
Pros:- Super easy plug-and-play dongle, Windows automatically sets it up, good to go in under a minute.- Works as advertised! Lighting fast, there’s NO detectable lag in gaming, whether VR or 2D.- Great design, the buds and case look much more expensive than $70.- Good amount of options on the Soundcore app.- Good sound quality out of the box, but you can tune it with the app to be even better.- Awesome purple LEDs on the buds. (Can be changed to a few other color options in the app.)- Great battery life. They last longer than my longest VR gaming session ever would.Cons- You’ll need to buy a USB-A male to USB-C female adapter if your PC doesn’t already have a USB-C port.- Not the most comfortable earbuds I’ve owned, but not the worst either.- Sound levels on PC could be higher.I have 2 other sets of wireless earbuds from Soundcore, the Liberty 3 Pro and the Life P3, both of which are great, but the Life P3 are very comfortable for longer periods, while I could never get the Liberty 3 Pro to fit comfortably no matter what I did. These VR P10 buds fall somewhere just behind the Life P3, where they feel comfortable at first, but after about an hour of play, they start to hurt my ears a bit. If I move them around a little, it will alleviate some of the discomfort, but you know how some earbuds are so comfortable that you might forget you have them on? Yeah, these never quite reach that point. On the plus side, they stay put and never feel like they’re going to work their way out of my ear while playing VR games either, which is important. The discomfort could be from the shape of my ear, so they might be more comfortable (or less?) for other people.Out of the box the sound quality is pretty good for music and gaming, although some might find it to be a little too flat, so I definitely recommend connecting them to your mobile device with the Soundcore app and tweaking the EQ to your taste, mostly when it comes to games. (Bump those low freq’s up for gunfire and explosions.) You don’t need to leave the Bluetooth connected between your phone and the VR P10’s, they will remember the EQ settings even after you disconnect and switch to PC audio output. (For music, I always listen with a flat or no EQ, but I have better earbuds for music listening sessions. I got these specifically for VR gaming only.) My HMD is a Samsung Odyssey+, if you’re wondering.I really like the case design and the way the buds snap magnetically into the holding positions, and the white shell of the buds with silver accents make them look more expensive than they are. The LED’s are freakin’ dope too. (They can be disabled in the app if you’re worried about battery life, but from what I’ve seen so far, they have little effect on battery drain.) The buds are a little slippery though, so make sure you got a grip on them whenever you are putting them away or taking them out of the case.I got a couple of inexpensive USB-A to USB-C adapters, and when I plugged the VR P10 dongle in the adapter and then into my PC, Windows recognized the dongle within seconds, and soon after I was able to select it as an audio output from the sound popup in the taskbar. Easy peasy. No fiddling needed. The only downside is that the buds are a bit on the quiet side, and even though I don’t have any hearing problems, I have to push the volume up past 80 to really hear everything while gaming, but to be fair, although 100 (full volume) is easily bearable, that’s more than I would ever actually need, so it works out alright.

When I went looking for some Bluetooth earbuds specifically to replace my broken Oculus headphones, I went through many of these “low latency” gaming buds in my search… I’ll save you the trouble: Don’t bother, they all suck. The lag went from painful to ridiculous. What makes these different? The USB receiver removes the lag, all of it. No Bluetooth required. Plug it into your Quest? Works. PS5? Works. Steam Deck? Works. PC? Works. XBOX? Not so much, but I’m okay with that.The sound quality is decent, but not amazing. An EQ is available, but requires a phone and an app to set up. A Soundcore account is available for cloud storage of your presets, but thankfully not required for app usage. It also displays battery percentage for each bud, something that many of the others didn’t. No drivers are required, everything I connected it to worked without issue.The battery does not last the projected six hours using headphones and mic but charges fast (15 – 40 mins). The case will charge your buds another 2 times without the USB power connected. I’m not keen on this due to possible overcharging and killing your battery sooner. Also, you need the app to see your current battery level. With a set of three lights on each bud, it would have been a no-brainer to utilize them for indication but alas, that’s a missed opportunity.You can buy a separate USB dongle on it’s own to connect to multiple devices without having to plug and unplug, but it’s currently not available in the Canadian Amazon store. A USB-C connection for the dongle makes sense, but not including an C to A converter feels like an omission if you can’t dedicate a port strictly to the Soundcore.Overall the Soundcore beats out buds 2 and 3 times their cost for utility and usage. The sound may not be as impressive, but at least you won’t be waiting 100+ms to hear it.

After trying both the SteelSeries Arctis 7P and Sony Pulse 3D for my PS5, I found neither to be satisfactory. Despite the Arctis 7P’s popularity, I believe they are overrated and don’t live up to the hype. The Pulse 3D performed better in comparison, but neither pair could match the comfort and convenience I’ve grown accustomed to with AirPods.That’s when I decided to try the Soundcore earbuds, and they’ve proven to be almost perfect for my needs. If you prefer in-ear earbuds over over-ear headphones, these are an excellent option for gaming on the PS5. They offer incredibly low latency, and the sound quality is outstanding.However, there is one significant drawback: the battery life. While the case holds a decent charge, the earbuds themselves only last for about two hours of continuous use. If the built-in LED lights are left on, the battery life can drop to just over an hour. Thankfully, there is an option to turn off the lights, which helps extend the usage time.Overall, I think these Soundcore earbuds provide excellent value, especially considering their sound quality and low latency performance. I did notice they were available at AED 199 during a sale, but even at AED 323, they remain a good deal for what they offer.And the style goes with the PS5 aesthetics.

I bought these earbuds for my Oculus/Meta VR Quest 2, and they work well with no audio latency, which is crucial for my rhythm and fitness apps. I also use them as Bluetooth earbuds with my PC and phone, making them very versatile.Pros: Works with multiple devices Good sound quality Customizable LED lightingCons: Smooth case may slip from your hand when opening Battery life could be longer Occasionally, the left earbud won’t connect and requires resettingOverall, I’m happy with the purchase despite these minor issues.