soundcore Sleep A30 by Anker, Ultra‑Comfortable Earbuds for Side Sleepers, Dedicated App, Sleep Monitoring, Soothing Sound Masking Technology for All‑Night Rest (White)

I waited for the price to drop before buying these but now that I know they work I would have gladly paid the full price. If you can't get a good nights sleep, the health cost outweighs the monetary cost . If you share a wall or ceiling with a neighbour, and that is most people, this is a lifesaver. After downloading the app, the first update went through. Testing it for the first time, I tapped the earbuds but the tap function wasn't working. I wasn't too concerned, then a few moments later a second update appeared, and this fixed the issue. Make sure to let the app update to the latest version to fix any issues. This is actually the first time I've used Active Noise Cancellation earbuds. I've had to wait patiently for the tech to appear in a earbud designed for sleep as it knew would offer the perfect solution to those living in a noisy enviroment. I've not used the A20's which doesn't have ANC , so I was excited to discover that this is the first time ANC has ever been used in a sleep earbud. The ANC is a game changer. While it doesn't elimate noise it does once heck of job of reducing it. Suddenly the slamming, banging, shouting and stomping of the neighbour has faded enough to no longer disturb my sleep. The charging case also has a microphone built in which detects noise levels such as snoring and will alter the strength of the ANC to counteract the noise. I find by placing the case right next to my pillow this makes the ANC more effective in cancelling out noise. Anker is a well known battery company, they sell battery packs on Amazon. ANC is battery intensive. When solid state battery becomes mainstream this should put to bed the shortcomings of current lithium-ion battery technology. However, setting the listening mode to "Local mode" with ANC on, and with sounds to stop once sleep is detected with ANC left on, I easily got through the night. But as charging in the case is superfast a five to ten minute charge is all you need when going for a pee in the middle of the night to get through a longer sleep. (After 3 weeks of use, I've found that I don't need any white noise at all and have turned this off, leaving only the ANC on. In my case, the white noise was acutally preventing me from going to sleep. In local mode, I just stopped the playback and set the ANC on. This gave me 7 hours of perfect sleep, according to the app's sleep report - and I felt it too, with exactly 30 percent battery left in both earbuds. I've noticed that when I had the white noise on, the battery consumption is heavier, and also greater in one of the earbuds. ) The earbuds themselves are super comfortable. I use the silicone ear tips. The material is ultra soft and I felt no discomfort when wearing them. Unlike earplugs, I don't think these are supposed to be fully inserted into the ear. At first, the medium sized earbuds preloaded seemed to big, but I think that they are meant to partially inserted to work best. My right ear canal is slighly smaller than my right so I have small earbuds in that ear with medium size in my left ear. As per instructions I bought some alcohol wipes/swabs to clean the metal charging contacts. It dries quickly so avoidng the possible damage if using water to wipe it clean. There is a 18 month warranty nevertheless. Also can order offical replacement eartips and wings from Anker's website, I wouldnt trust copies from third party sellers. I've suffered from sleep problems due to noise for years and after trying many passive earplugs without success I even considered spending lots on soundproofing my walls, these came along just in time to save me the money. This is a superb and highly effective device to enable good quality sleep. Future iterations of this product will no doubt be even better, but for now this is the best sleep device I've ever used.

I bought these help me sleep next to a snorer. I struggle to get to sleep and stay asleep. The actual buds are small and just fit in my ear. I am still experimenting with the various sizes but overall a good fit. The buds do everything normal buds do. They can be used for hands free calls. You can answer calls by tapping the right bud. You can listen to music etc. Bluetooth connection is good. App has a lot of data. They block out sound quite well. Roughly the same as foam ear plugs. The ANC blocks sounds even snoring very well. On my TV speakers a level of 6 without ANC changes to 8 with ANC. The buds holder has to be open to pick up snoring and then it blocks it out. Buds battery last about 8 hours with Bluetooth and ANC. The holder charges them and loses about 10% per charge. There are a lot of relaxation tunes but I am not sure they help me get to sleep. I bought with a £30 voucher as the price is quite expensive. Overall, happy so far. Recommended.

TLDR Summary at the bottom of this overly long review! See the video for the charging issue. I got extremely lucky and these started to charge the third time I put them in the case, but even when they show the charging light slowly blinking to indicate a charge, I would still find at least one of the buds completely dead when I went to use it that night. REVIEW: Overall I'm pretty disappointed with the A30 Sleepbuds. I have the A20s and I use them pretty much every night. I was intially put off by the cost of the A30s as they are double what I paid for the A20s (which have had a 20% prike hike since release as well), but I thought that if they truly helped me have a better night sleep than with the A20s then I could probably just about justify the cost. To save you reading through this whole essay I'll just tell you - they're not worth the cost. Even less so if you already own the A20s. If I didn't own either and tested both, I'd probably still chose the A20s. Let's talk about the good stuff first, because there's less good than there is bad. Comfort - They are comfortable. Size wise they're slightly bigger than the A20s, but they are actually a bit more comfortable. Using the A20s, when I sleep on my side the bud on the side that my head touching the pillow presses into my ear and blocks the sound from reaching my eardrum. This doesn't occur on the A30s. The range of tips and earwing things keep them in the ear better than the A20s, although this could be solely down to the Memory Foam tips. There's a light on the case to tell you when they're charging, which is useful to know when the buds are charging, but they don't charge properly, so I can't really talk about that in the good section of this review. For more info on that, see below. Ok, on to the bad stuff/what I dislike about these or I'm unhappy with. The biggest disappointment for me is the ANC. or lack of it. I wanted the A30s because the ANC is an important feature for me as there is a low frequency noise in my neighbourhood that becomes disturbingly loud at night when the city quietens down. I don't think the mic in the earbuds/case is good enough to pick up on the noise, as I can still hear the hum that sounds like a big heavy engine running in the distance. Even with the headphones in and ANC turned on. In fact, the ANC is so mild it's honestly hard to tell if it's functioning. A test I conduct with all of my earplugs/sleepbuds/headphones etc is to have the buds in my ears, hold my fingers close to my ear, and then rub my thumb and first finger together like the hand gesture for money. If I have a good seal/decent ANC I cannot hear my fingers rubbing together at all. Unfortunately I can still hear my fingers with the ANC on and using the memory foam earbuds, so the seal could be better, but I cannot really tell much difference with ANC on or off. I tried the A20s again as that has no ANC, and the hum is not any better or worse and that doesn't have ANC at all, making me think that the ANC is not very good or strong. The battery life is especially poor. I've recorded my useage over the first 3 nights. Here is how much I slept each night according to the sleep tracker (which ties up to the time I went to bed and woke up) and even with these low numbers, at least one of the buds has been completely dead and turned off when I woke up: - Night 1: 5 hours 35 minutes. ANC on, Bluetooth. - Night 2: 6 hours and 33 minutes. ANC on, Bluetooth but turning to local after sleep detected. -Night 3: 6 hours 44 minutes. ANC on, Local Audio only. When I woke up during the night and checked the battery life I would regularly see the left earbud between 10 and 30% lower battery than the right earbud. Since then I've not manually recorded the useage, but pretty much every single morning when I've woken up at least one of the earbuds have been dead, usually the left one. This isn't great as I rarely sleep more than 6 or 7 hours and they don't even last for that. There's something wrong with the fact that the left bud always seems to have much less battery but it's not specific to my pair, as I've seen other reviews here commenting on the same issue. The only time the A30s have managed to last all night with ANC on has been when I've had them on local mode (so not using bluetooth) and the volume turned down so low I can't hear the sounds. Not that there is a great deal of point to the ANC anyway, as it seems to make no difference at all to sounds I can hear, from what my comparisons with the A20s is anything to go by. There is a light in the case, which is useful for removing/inserting your earbuds to and from the case. The light is good because it allows you to easily remove or insert them in the dark, and this is essential as the buds frequently don't make a decent connection to the case and charge them, so in the short period of time I've had them I've already had three nights where I couldn't use them at all because one of the buds was dead. They fit in magnetically but even with this, and the it sounding like the contacts connect, but it still doesn't connect that reliably. The third night I was very annoyed by this because after 2 nights in a row, I had spent the time to ensure that the buds were 100% charging. Typically though the charging light displayed for a very short period of time and then went out. Now I have to watch them for several seconds to make sure the light wasn't actually lying about charging the buds and I have to be very careful not to nudge the case or move it too much as that seems to disconnect a bud frequently too. This may be to do with the ear wing rubber that fits around the bud and is cut out around the battery contacts. I occasionally had this with my A20s and would have to remove the wing and put the affected bud in the case naked after removing the wing and eartip (which you have to remove to get the wing off). This definitely seems worse with the A30s based upon how many nights I've been unable to use these even after I thought I was being careful and had confirmed they were charging. TLDR Good: Comfortable, even for side sleepers, memory foam earbuds are nice (but don't seem to improve the noise isolation), light on the inside of the case and to tell if the buds are charging is useful (particularly due to the charging issues) and lying on your side no longer presses the earbud against the inside of your ear, which stops you hearing the audio (the A20s do this). Bad: As far as I can tell the ANC does absolutely nothing, the price is excessively high, 80% of the time I have to mess around with the earbuds in order to have them actually charge and not be dead. Also hard to trust these, since my A20s have stopped working less than a year after I bought them and I basically had to throw them away. 90% of the time I couldn't get the right earbud to charge at all, and when it did it would only charges to 40%. Considering I'm already getting charging issues with the A30s and they are brand new, it does not bode well for the future. The A30s already have a significantly lower battery than the A20s, so they really can afford to not charge fully, if you're even able to get them to actually charge. CONCLUSION: I have returned these. I would have given them 2, maybe 3 stars had they been the price of the model they're replacing. Sure they have ANC but it doesn't work even remotely well enough to justify the increase price in my opinion. You're basically paying £200 for a slightly more comfortable fit and memory foam ear tips. If they can't even fix the charging issues with the A20s and they barely last a year, then Edit: You can see from the video that I have to remove and reinsert the headphones into the charging case more than once before it starts charging. I actually got lucky on this one as often I'm trying over and over to get both of the headphones to display the slow blink of the charging indicator light. EDIT AGAIN: Even after this video showing that the charging light came on, when I went to use them that night, the left earbud was dead. I am returning these. They have been out of charge more often than they've had charge even when I'm very careful to make sure the charging light blinks to indicate charging.

On the one hand I like them and they work, on the other hand I am disappointed with some aspects. Firstly they are a very good fit and stay in the ears through the night with no discomfort. I like the sounds you can download and play "locally" without the need to have your phone on. I have found the "noises" eg water running down a stream or rain in a lane very good and helpful for a good nights sleep. I select the snoring mask settings. With respect to the ANC I found this very disappointing and hardly noticed any difference and on that basis makes the buds quite expensive. Hence one star deducted for the ANC and one deducted for the cost. I like the feature whereby the calming noise switches off when sleep is detected, however it doesn't switch back on if i wake up during the night. I like the gentle wake up tone in the morning (user set). I have had trouble with the App despite having several other pairs of Soundcore Buds. They look great and the case is very good. Update - The sleep anlysis is quite good and interesting, although not totaly accurate eg on occasion shows it shows i got up once when in fact i got out of bed twice. The right ear bud battery goes flat long before the left one. Also very disappointed that now £60 cheaper than a few weeks ago.

They're good if you just want to use them as headphones, but definitely not for the price. I've tried customising the fit and no matter the size I use with them, they're uncomfortable and I wake up with sore ears. The noise cancelling works so well I can hear my partner breathing beside me with it on. Sometimes they think I'm asleep when I'm not and turn off and sometimes they think I'm awake when I'm not and turn on, which then wakes me up. Good concept, but just not very good product. I would recommend trying something else. They were a waste of money and now just sit there as ornaments since I've just gone back to using earplugs.

Update: I have 2 pairs now, wouldn't be without them, they are the best out there for what they are trying to provide, my sleep is much better. My expectations were far too high for such a tiny comfortable product. I get quality sleep now because of Sleep A30 buds, might only be 4 or 5 hours but that's a lot more than before. Changed rating to 5 stars. I’ve noticed that many of the reviews (about 5,000) are actually for the A20, but they’ve been combined with those for the A30. This inflates the overall rating and can be misleading. It’s disappointing to see the brand resort to this tactic. A30 – My Experience The A30 works well for my needs and is comfortable to wear, especially as a side sleeper. Since I started using it, my sleep quality has noticeably improved. The built‑in alarm is a nice touch, and I’d gladly purchase it again at a substantial discount. Active Noise Cancellation (ANC) Unfortunately, the ANC isn’t up to the standard I expected for the price. Compared with the Soundcore Liberty Pro 4, the A30’s ANC falls short. If I wanted stronger noise cancellation, I would probably choose the A20 and pair it with a separate white‑noise source instead. Workaround I’ve been streaming Bluetooth white‑noise alongside the A30, which helps compensate for the weaker ANC. This setup has made my sleep much better than before. Final Thoughts Overall, the A30 is a solid product but not at this hefty price tag, and the ANC could use improvement—perhaps a future software update will address this. Be aware that the product descriptions may be misleading, especially regarding the A20’s specifications. If ANC is a top priority for you, consider other options or wait for an update. My expectations for this product were far too high in regards to the ANC based on other Soundcore products I use constantly on a daily basis. I do appreciate how complex it must be to squeeze the tech required for ANC in such a small form factor. Soundcore remains my favourite brand.

These are one of the first wireless earbuds designed for sleeping and on the whole they work pretty well. The fit pretty flat in my ears which means I can indeed side sleep comfortably with them in. They come with a decent selection of earbuds and wings to fit most ears but I would guess they would not fit someone with a smaller ear. With ANC switched off they make it through the night pretty easily, but with it switched on, it's touch and go. I've had them go flat by morning on occasion, however they are designed to mostly not need ANC on. There are a couple of design problems, which I think are mostly software and so hopefully fixable. You can start the earbuds in bluetooth mode and then when they detect you've fallen asleep they switch to local mode where they play a chosen white noise effect. Local mode then raises and lowers the volume of the noise to mask background noises like snoring. It also recommends the noise config to choose based on the frequency distribution of the background noise. The first problem is that if whatever you're listening to on bluetooth as you go to sleep, runs out before it detects you've fallen asleep then it doesn't turn on the noise in local mode. The sleep detection is looking for now movement for 70 minutes. This means that if your content (say a podcast) isn't longer than 70 mins then the noise won't automatically kick in. Most of what I listen to is less than 15 mins which means no automatic switch. If I wake up, I double tap on the left bud twice and it comes on. IMO it should always switch on the noise when the bluetooth track finishes or it detects you're asleep. The second problem is with the sleep onset detection feature of the app - ie to tell you how quickly it thinks you went to sleep. This doesn't work with bluetooth mode at all crazy as that sounds. Again, you should just tell it you're going to sleep and it should work independent of mode. Otherwise the headphones work as you'd expect, they do not have top of range audio, ANC or battery life but then they have to be very small and slim so not surprising. I have found them very effective for the main reason I bought them, for use while sleeping to help with background noise etc.

After a stroke in November 2025, I bought these in March 2026 in mist green, and have used them every night since, lots of choices from a massive menu of sounds and meditations with an app which can be downloaded, I have changed the way now by having music from elsewhere as I love it by bluetooth you can do local or bluetooth! best sleep for years and no faffing getting to sleep ever - the pods are quite small but you get used to them and the case for charging is a non-slip base and buds fit in perfectly with little lights to help during the night, also the £119.00 price is good as they really work. quality of the sleep buds are excellent, many different tips and wings, including memory foam, sounds never encroach on my sleep now which was always a problem. Charging them in the morning for a full 9 hours playing during the night. So overall recommended 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟 and never been happier with the quality of sleep I get now, Thank you for developing these miracle sleep pods.

I’ve been using it for a month now, and it’s the best purchase I’ve ever made! I’ve been sleeping so much better, the noise cancellation is absolutely amazing, it’s comfortable to sleep with, the app is super easy and super cool. I also use as normal earbuds to listen to music and specially for audiobooks, when I don’t want to be distracted by the outside noise. Absolutely amazing product!

The active noise cancelling is amazing

Tolle Kopfhörer für seitenschläfer! Ich bin begeistert. Sie passen sehr gut. Da ich kleine Ohren habe passen mir viele Kopfhörer nicht. Die Sleep A30 sind aber perfekt. Mit den vielen extra Aufsätzen kann man sie passgenau an die eigenen Ohren personalisieren. An muss darauf achten dass die gut abdichten und ich habe sie bisher noch nicht einmal verloren beim Schlafen. Sie halten wirklich gut. Außerdem sind sie auch beim seitlichen schlafen auf einem relativ "harten" Nackenkissen kaum zu spüren. Nach 2-3 Nächten hatte ich mich dran gewöhnt und sie stören überhaupt nicht. Zur Funktion: Man kann die Kopfhörer im Bluetooth Modus betreiben und dabei eigene Musik z.b. über Amazon music abspielen oder aber auch Schlafgeschichten über die soundcore App, sowie auch Gehirnwellen Audios oder Meditation. Alle diese Audios können mit ANC gespielt werden, das ANC der sleep A30 unterdrückt dabei tiefe Geräusche wie Schnarchen. Ein Fernseher mit höheren Geräuschen wird dabei aber noch gedämpft durchgelassen. Das ANC der Sleep A30 ist speziell auf das Schnarchen abgestimmt. Da funktioniert es wirklich total gut! Ich bin begeistert. Weiter kann man bei den Kopfhörern ein lokales Audio auf die Buds runter laden. Dieses Audio kann ein Weißes rauschen sein (welches man auch selbst konfigurieren kann) oder aber auch ein "schnarchmaskierendes" audio. Dieses maskierende audio kann in Verbindung mit der "dynamischen schnarchmaskierung" verwendet werden. Soll heißen: die Kopfhörer können das Schnarchen mit dem audio so übertönen dass das Schnarchen nicht mehr wahrgenommen wird. Und es funktioniert wirklich! Ich bin begeistert! Wichtig ist: bei der Schnarchmaskierung müssen die Kopfhörer im lokalen Modus sein und das ANC muss ausgestellt sein. Dann säuselt das Lokale Audio vor sich hin und wieder lauter und leiser sobald das Case der Kopfhörer ein Schnarchen wahrnimmt. Mich hat anfangs das einstellen dieser Funktionen etwas überfordert. Nach Recherche im Internet und Kontakt Aufnahme zum Support von Soundcore kann ich folgende Tipps abgeben: Wenn man die Kopfhörer im Bluetooth Modus mit einer Schlafgeschichte zum einschlafen betreibt, sollte man die Einstellungen " automatisch wechseln nach dem Einschlafen - lokalen Modus an, ANC aus" wählen, dann ist die schnarchmaskierung aktiv beim Schlafen. Die Kopfhörer erkennen das Einschlafen sehr genau. Man kann ebenfalls einen Wecker stellen der zuverlässig weckt. Bin begeistert. Der schlafbericht wird ebenfalls erstellt, egal ab man die Funktion "Schlaf beginnen" nützt oder nicht. Die Kopfhörer machen vieles automatisch. Was bei mir nun leider nicht so gut funktioniert hat, war der Wechsel in den lokalen Modus ohne ANC über die "Schlaf beginnen" Funktion. Da habe ich es leider beobachtet, dass ich das ANC selbst ausschalten musste und der lokale Modus war zwar laut App aktiv aber es spielete kein audio. Der Support konnte mir dabei nicht wirklich helfen. Ebenfalls hat der schlafbericht (ob über "Schlaf beginnen " oder automatisch) keine Daten zum schnarchen aufgezeichnet. Die schnarchmaskierung hat funktioniert aber es wurde nicht getrackt . Der Support meinte dazu dass die Kopfhörer einen defekt hätten und haben sie ausgetauscht, jedoch haben die Ersatz Kopfhörer ebenfalls keine Schnarchdaten erfasst. Ich denke dass da ein Problemchen mit der App oder der Firmware besteht, welches hoffentlich behoben werden kann. Na ja Da ich die Kopfhörer noch nicht all zu lange habe bin ich immer noch am ausprobieren. Übrigens, zum Akku Verbrauch: ich kann die Kopfhörer 3 Nächte ohne Probleme nutzen. Am Abend mit 100% ins Ohr, am Morgen haben sie noch zwischen 40% und 10%. Das Case ladet die Bus dann wieder auf 100%. Das Case hält bei mir bis zu 3 Tage bevor ich auch dieses dann laden muss. Somit also bei mir kein Akku Problem. Aber ein positives erster Fazit zeigt sich schon jetzt: ich kann neben einem lauten Schnarcher jetzt deutlich besser schlafen. Der Kauf hat sich also schon jetzt total gelohnt!

Bra ljud och ANC. Bekväma att använda. Bra programvara med rikligt med alternativ att välja på. Toppenprodukt helt enkelts.

Absolute game changer for me. I am someone who struggles sleeping due to noise disturbances in my neighbourhood, so always wear earplugs or headphones to sleep. These have changed my life - the comfort level is faultless — I am a side sleeper too. They block plenty of noise even without noise cancelling; with noise cancelling on you are in your own silent universe, or nature, if you’d prefer the nature sounds. Don’t waste your time comparing these to regular headphones: it’s like comparing apples on oranges. These are designed for sleep, not audio quality or phone calls, and they deliver on their promise as incredible sleep headphones. The sound quality is totally passable for music, nature sounds and podcasts, but of course they’re not audiophile grade. I am a music professional so will always keep other headphones for if I just want to listen to music, but I will never use another pair in bed again other than my soundcores. Hardware, design and comfort are all exceptional. Touch controls require a firm tap, which can be improved imo but are fine; the app is passable but could be better. I love the setting where, when my audio selection (eg a podcast) ends the Soundcores automatically switch to ‘local mode’ and plays my nature sound selection. This ensures a magical sleep, but also conserves battery. Love these and highly recommend for anyone hard of sleeping due to noise sensitivity like me. Btw, I’ve tried the regular pair too - the noise cancelling is totally worth the extra money. Can’t wait to try these on a plane today