Customer reviews from jbl.com
JBL - Live Buds 3 True Wireless Noise Cancelling Earbuds - 2024 - Purple
Average customer rating
4.5
(30 Reviews)
Rating breakdown 30 reviews
5 Stars
21
4 Stars
6
3 Stars
1
2 Stars
0
1 Star
2
100%of customers recommend this product.
(
22 out of
22)
Customer Reviews for JBL - Live Buds 3 True Wireless Noise Cancelling Earbuds - 2024 - Purple
Customer Rating
5
It's better to hear you my dear...
on June 20, 2024
Posted by: SdfR
from Milwaukee, WI
[This review was collected as part of a promotion.] Top notch ear buds. The first thing you notice is the quality packaging. It comes with extra ear cushions. These buds fit comfortably and snug in the ear. I feel safe they wont fall out. Getting to the case, the cover looks like a tiny tv screen, something different. Slide it for different screens with choices like volume, ambient sound, spatial, equalizer. It has a timer, brightness, wallpaper lock, voice aware, auto play and pause choice message preview, find my buds (mine are in my ears) and a flashlight!
I would recommend this to a friend!
Written by a customer while visiting jbl.com
Customer Rating
5
Solid set of feature packed great sounding earbuds
on July 6, 2024
Posted by: Librow
from Johnson City TN. USA
[This review was collected as part of a promotion.] These buds have a lot of usable features. They fit great in my ear. When I take one out the audio will pause until I hit play again or put the bud back in. This works well for me as I often take one earbud out to listen to someone talking to me. This way I don’t miss anything and have to go back on my music/podcast. The noise canceling is great for coffee shops or flight. It is some of the best I’ve used yet. The ambient aware is always helpful for when working out and running. I found the case to be a very helpful interface to make any adjustments to the buds instead of using an app. It works seamlessly. Plus, I just don’t feel like opening up another app if I don’t have to. There are the standard tap of the buds that are good for pausing or changing some minor settings. The wireless charging of the case works great with any pad type charger I have used. One of the most important features (to me anyways) is call quality. The call quality is great for car, around the house, or meetings. This is important when I can’t set up my mic for a meeting and want something to connect quick. This is my go-to set in general and certainly for calls. All of these feature would be meaningless unless the sounds is there. I found the sound to be great especially being able to change from vocal to bass to studio depending on what I am listening to. I enjoy good sound.
I would recommend this to a friend!
Written by a customer while visiting jbl.com
Customer Rating
5
Amazing buds with convenient case features!
on June 24, 2024
Posted by: Eddie32
from Cypress, CA
[This review was collected as part of a promotion.] These are the best sounding buds I've ever owned! The noise cancelling is amazing, and the equalizer makes quick music adjustments a breeze. The fit and comfort is perfect for my ears, easily wear them hours. An annoying downside is the sensitivity of quick touch function which I inadvertently triggered if I adjusted or removed the buds. The fisplay controls on the charge case are amazingly convenient and easy to use. I do wish that some of the settings were hidden, such as choosing a lock screen function, but since all the case functions are visible, its easy to utilize and customize. Overall, as I've stated, best buds I've ever owned.
I would recommend this to a friend!
Written by a customer while visiting jbl.com
Customer Rating
5
Great earbuds for quality, nifty screen feature.
on June 24, 2024
Posted by: J123j
from Albany, NY
[This review was collected as part of a promotion.] These are great noise cancelling earbuds. They fit me fine out of the box and I didn't feel a need to change the rubber tips to match my ears. I may go to a bigger size now that I've been wearing them for about a week and they occasionally feel loose. The first thing I noticed when trying them out is that sound quality is excellent and the noise cancelling works really well. With the hot summer we've been having I have the air conditioning and fans running all the time. The NC feature significantly reduced the background noise and helped me hear the podcasts I was playing quite well. I had to cycle through the equalizer settings a bit to figure out how to get the voices in the podcasts to sound great, but once I found that setting I stuck with it and it worked great.
The most unique feature of these earbuds is the screen on the case. At first I thought it would be gimmicky, but I actually love it. There are screens for volume, play/pause/skip, noise cancelling/ambient sound/talk thru, spatial sound, equalizer, timer, screen brightness, wallpaper, and a handful of others. The ones I find the most handy are NC/ambient sound so I can switch between them easy and volume. I really struggle to talk to my family when NC is on, so going to ambient aware or talk thru is critical when they talk to me. It's very easy to do that from the screen. The wallpaper is cool too because I can put a photo of my kids on there.
A downside to the earbuds is that several times over the week I've had them the settings have changed on me randomly when listening. For example, a couple times the NC has changed to ambient aware without me telling it too. I thought it might be because the screen activated in my pocket and took an input, but I'm not sure. It hasn't been happening the last couple of days, so that's a good thing.
Battery life so far has been great. I can listen off and on for a few days between charges without a problem. I haven't measured the time but I don't feel I need to if I can get multiple days out of it. Charging time doesn't take long, so it's very convenient.
Phone calls work well on these. I can hear everything well, and the people on the other end can hear me fine too. That's all that counts!
The touch controls on the ear bud work well and I haven't felt a need to customize the settings even though you can do that in the app pretty easily. I suppose my only complaint is that when switching between ambient aware and noise cancelling the voice that announces it's making the switch talks over my podcasts and I miss stuff. That's a bummer. But so long as I remember to pause first, it works great and is super easy.
Even though I mostly listen to podcasts, I tried these out with several genres of music to see what the sound quality is like. I was very impressed by the sound quality. I tried several styles from classical to hard rock. I'm not an audiophile by any means, but I do enjoy music, and it was good.
I'd definitely recommend these headphones. Get them for the audio features, the comfort, and the sound quality, but enjoy the cool features like the screen as well. I think you'll like them.
I would recommend this to a friend!
Written by a customer while visiting jbl.com
Customer Rating
5
Great sound and easy of use!
on June 19, 2024
Posted by: MNKY
from Montana
[This review was collected as part of a promotion.] The Live Buds 3 are great for everyday use. Works well while sleeping or just going about a normal day. The ear buds are very comfortable for long and short periods of time. The battery life is amazing. Sound quality is perfect. The touch screen on the case is a bit sensitive. All the options on the touch screen are great and useful!
I would recommend this to a friend!
Written by a customer while visiting jbl.com
Customer Rating
1
The case is garbage.
on February 10, 2025
Posted by: moondog009
Charging case is total crap. I can wear the ear buds for an hour slap them back in the case and once charged to 100 percent case now reads it's only 50 percent charged. I don't even use the touch screen cause it just drains the battery even more. I can charge everything to 100 percent and take them with me and go to put them in and the case has drained to 80 percent with not even using them. To say you can get 40 hours out of the case is a lie. Used my buds on and off for about 4 to hours the other day and by the time I went to bed the case was down to 7 percent. I'm assuming this might be a malfunction with the case or are other people experiencing the same thing! I wanna keep them cause they sound amazing, stay in my ear, and love the customized app, but because of the case I will be returning them.
Response from jbl.comBy Customer Support, February 10, 2025
Thank you for your feedback. We appreciate you bringing this issue to our attention. We're glad to hear you enjoy the earbuds and app. It sounds like you may be experiencing a malfunction with the charging case. We recommend performing a factory reset on your JBL Live Buds 3 by tapping twice on either the left or right earbud, then tapping a third time and holding for 5 seconds. If the issue persists afterward, returning the product is certainly an option. For further assistance, please contact us.
Written by a customer while visiting jbl.com
Customer Rating
5
Livebuds3
on June 20, 2024
Posted by: Mattkeller325325
from Boston, MA
[This review was collected as part of a promotion.] I have used the livebuds 3 on my recent vacation and on a run already and can say they absolutely fit in my ears perfectly. I dont have to worry about them falling out. Very easy to connect to your phone and love all the settings that are available on the case itself especially the option to pause or skip a song, change the volume, and find my buds.
I would recommend this to a friend!
Written by a customer while visiting jbl.com
Customer Rating
5
Great but a little bulky for earbuds.
on June 20, 2024
Posted by: eduardop
from Dallas, Texas
[This review was collected as part of a promotion.] I’ve used these earbuds for approximately 3 days so far and I can honestly say I like these more than other earbuds I’ve used, one thing I like the most is how comfortable and how long they lasted compared to others, and how well they stayed in my ear which is surprising because other earbuds usually come out after some moving around so I love that. I used the buds for about 4 hours strait and still had 70 percent battery on the buds which is great. The two things I can say that I don’t like is how big the charging case is compared to others and how the screen on the case drains the battery of the case but that’s something I can get past with how long the battery last. All in all a great pair of earbuds.
I would recommend this to a friend!
Written by a customer while visiting jbl.com