Reviews of Fairbuds

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List of user reviews and ratings for Fairbuds

Total ratings

2.70 (Rating count: 3)

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Recent rating average: 2.25

All time rating average: 2.70

5 star

38% (3)

Date	Author	Comment
2026-02-12	cl*****	I love my these earbuds. They are sleek, well designed, and I can’t tell a difference between the sound qualities of these and my apple earbuds. Yay! I’m so grateful to have found a solid set of good, repairable earbuds.
I love my these earbuds. They are sleek, well designed, and I can’t tell a difference between the sound qualities of these and my apple earbuds. Yay! I’m so grateful to have found a solid set of good, repairable earbuds.
2026-02-04	De*****	The headphones are nice but I need to update firmware and the firmware update option in the app settings just has release notes, no option to update.
The headphones are nice but I need to update firmware and the firmware update option in the app settings just has release notes, no option to update.
2026-01-23	Sa*****	I recently purchased some Fairbuds and was excited to have a new set of earbuds with a replaceable battery. I saw the reviews about the sound quality, but I figured I could EQ it to an acceptable level. To start, the sound quality is so much worse than I thought it would be. Maybe I’m spoiled, but I can’t remember the last time I heard an off the shelf product that was this bad. I’m trying to not be disrespectful because engineering is hard, and getting this kind of thing right is challenging, but oh dear, I genuinely am surprised the Fairbuds were shipped with such a poor level of quality. On to the EQ. It doesn’t apply. No matter how many times I uninstall and reinstall the app, factory reset the headset, apply firmware updates, the eq simply does not function, so I cannot eq away the sound issues. Also, the eq in v3 of the app has 2 fewer bands than screenshots show, so even if the eq did work, I wouldn’t be able to fix it with the same amount of precision that I had been led to believe. I’m extremely upset and disappointed because I believe in fairphone’s mission and the work they’re putting in, but delivering such a poor quality product in both hardware and software, only serves to reinforce the idea that repairable electronics are of inherently lower quality, which does far more harm to their mission, than releasing the product in the first place. I genuinely believe that not releasing the Fairbuds in this state would have been overall better for Fairphone’s mission.
I recently purchased some Fairbuds and was excited to have a new set of earbuds with a replaceable battery. I saw the reviews about the sound quality, but I figured I could EQ it to an acceptable level. To start, the sound quality is so much worse than I thought it would be. Maybe I’m spoiled, but I can’t remember the last time I heard an off the shelf product that was this bad. I’m trying to not be disrespectful because engineering is hard, and getting this kind of thing right is challenging, but oh dear, I genuinely am surprised the Fairbuds were shipped with such a poor level of quality. On to the EQ. It doesn’t apply. No matter how many times I uninstall and reinstall the app, factory reset the headset, apply firmware updates, the eq simply does not function, so I cannot eq away the sound issues. Also, the eq in v3 of the app has 2 fewer bands than screenshots show, so even if the eq did work, I wouldn’t be able to fix it with the same amount of precision that I had been led to believe. I’m extremely upset and disappointed because I believe in fairphone’s mission and the work they’re putting in, but delivering such a poor quality product in both hardware and software, only serves to reinforce the idea that repairable electronics are of inherently lower quality, which does far more harm to their mission, than releasing the product in the first place. I genuinely believe that not releasing the Fairbuds in this state would have been overall better for Fairphone’s mission.
2025-03-28	to*****	i just bought the fairbuds XL and they’re great but i try and update the firmware, and the little red dot is there asking me to update it, but tapping on the button does nothing
i just bought the fairbuds XL and they’re great but i try and update the firmware, and the little red dot is there asking me to update it, but tapping on the button does nothing
2024-09-19	sp*****	App had issues connecting to my Fairbuds. Would occasionally connect after multiple forced app closures. Tried to complete firmware update but process never got past 33% before freezing. Went into settings and noticed that there were two Fairbuds listed as connected. App was able to connect consistently after I disconnected one of them. However, still can’t update firmware. The Update Now button in the app settings does nothing when pressed. Love the hardware, crossing fingers that the software catches up. Update: was able to update the Fairbuds firmware to the latest version. Seems that the buds need to be in the charging case with the door open to update. Main issue now since the firmware update is call quality issues. I can hear others fine but people complain that they are having difficulty hearing me. The problem comes and goes throughout the same call and happens with noise ANC on and off. Pretty bummed since using these for work was my primary reason for purchase. Unusable for calls as is. Really hoping for a software fix.
App had issues connecting to my Fairbuds. Would occasionally connect after multiple forced app closures. Tried to complete firmware update but process never got past 33% before freezing. Went into settings and noticed that there were two Fairbuds listed as connected. App was able to connect consistently after I disconnected one of them. However, still can’t update firmware. The Update Now button in the app settings does nothing when pressed. Love the hardware, crossing fingers that the software catches up. Update: was able to update the Fairbuds firmware to the latest version. Seems that the buds need to be in the charging case with the door open to update. Main issue now since the firmware update is call quality issues. I can hear others fine but people complain that they are having difficulty hearing me. The problem comes and goes throughout the same call and happens with noise ANC on and off. Pretty bummed since using these for work was my primary reason for purchase. Unusable for calls as is. Really hoping for a software fix.
2024-09-07	Za*****	App looks fine and works for eq but the firmware update button doesn't work. App crashes quite a lot too.
App looks fine and works for eq but the firmware update button doesn't work. App crashes quite a lot too.
2024-05-27	gr*****	Useful to set equalizer settings and (with some reservations) battery (my iphone shows fully charged as 70%, my fairphone android shows it as 100%, but both correctly shows depletion). Shows there's a firmware update to my headphones, but hitting update doesn't seem to do anything (I can update using my android). Has problems connecting to the headphones if they're not on when the app is opened, it usually needs to be killed and reopened then. Other than that, very fine, good interface and a good accessory to an amazing headphone.
Useful to set equalizer settings and (with some reservations) battery (my iphone shows fully charged as 70%, my fairphone android shows it as 100%, but both correctly shows depletion). Shows there's a firmware update to my headphones, but hitting update doesn't seem to do anything (I can update using my android). Has problems connecting to the headphones if they're not on when the app is opened, it usually needs to be killed and reopened then. Other than that, very fine, good interface and a good accessory to an amazing headphone.
2023-11-19	ar*****	App uses to work fine when I purchased my Fairbuds XL around July 2023. Four months later, I cannot launch the app. I’ve tried re-installing to no avail. No complaints about the headphones themselves.
App uses to work fine when I purchased my Fairbuds XL around July 2023. Four months later, I cannot launch the app. I’ve tried re-installing to no avail. No complaints about the headphones themselves.