True Wireless
Realme Buds Air8 Pro
84Outstanding
$74
Full review dataRealme Buds Air8 Pro vs Umidigi AirBuds Pro: which should you buy?
Specs, scores and condensed review verdicts for the Realme Buds Air8 Pro vs Umidigi AirBuds Pro, side by side. Where a product has no HearWiki score yet, not enough reviews have been aggregated to rate it.
True Wireless
Umidigi AirBuds Pro
Not yet scored
$40
Full review dataScore breakdown
Each axis is a 0–10 blend of what reviewers scored, not a lab measurement.
Realme Buds Air8 Pro leads on 6 of 7 measures.
- Realme Buds Air8 Pro
- Umidigi AirBuds Pro
HearWiki score
84
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Sound
8.4
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Noise cancelling
8.4
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Battery
7.2
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Calls
8.5
-
Value
9.2
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Price (USD)
$74
$40
Generation & platform
The scores rank quality. This is the other question: is the newer one actually newer technology, or the same platform in a new shell?
Half a step newer
Realme Buds Air8 Pro (2026) against Umidigi AirBuds Pro (2020). The Realme Buds Air8 Pro edges ahead on platform, but only just: Bluetooth 6.1 against 5.1.
- Buds Air8 Pro20266 yr newer
- AirBuds Pro2020
What differsBuds Air8 ProAirBuds Pro
- Bluetooth
- 6.1
- 5.1
Platform
Specifications
Buds Air8 ProAirBuds Pro
- Type
- True Wireless
- True Wireless
- Price (USD)
- $74
- $40
- HearWiki score
- 84
- Not scored
- Released
- 2026
- 2020
- Availability
- Sold new
- Discontinued
- Driver
- 2-driver hybrid
- 10 mm dynamic
- Driver type
- hybrid
- dynamic
- Driver size
- 11 mm
- 10 mm
- Drivers per side
- 2
- -
- Frequency response
- 20 Hz - 20 kHz
- -
- Bluetooth
- 6.1
- 5.1
- Codecs
- SBC, AAC, LHDC
- -
- Multipoint pairing
- Yes
- -
- Latency
- 45 ms
- -
- Battery life
- 12 h
- 25 h
- Battery incl. case
- 50 h
- -
- Full charge time
- 120 min
- -
- Quick charge
- 10 min → 11 h
- -
- Wireless charging
- No
- -
- Active noise cancelling
- Yes
- Yes
- ANC type
- adaptive
- -
- Companion app
- Yes
- -
- Custom EQ
- Yes
- -
- Wear detection
- Yes
- -
- Controls
- touch
- -
- Weight
- 4.8 g
- 5 g
- Case weight
- 53 g
- -
- Water resistance
- IP55
- -
- USB-C
- Yes
- -
- Microphones
- 6
- -
- Call noise reduction
- Yes
- -
- Call NR technology
- AI ENC
- -
What reviewers said
Realme Buds Air8 Pro
The Realme Buds Air8 Pro are feature-rich wireless earbuds that deliver strong adaptive noise cancellation, clear call quality, and a versatile hybrid driver setup for under $100. They offer a long 12-hour battery per charge, Bluetooth 6.1 with triple-device multipoint, and IP55 water resistance, making them a solid everyday choice. Sound tuning requires some adjustment to get the best performance, but the overall package is impressive for the price.
- Pro:Strong adaptive ANC and usable transparency mode
- Pro:Long 12-hour battery life with 50 hours total via case
- Pro:Triple-device multipoint connectivity
- Con:Sound tuning needs effort to optimize
- Con:No wireless charging support
- Con:Battery life per charge may vary depending on usage
Umidigi AirBuds Pro
The Umidigi AirBuds Pro are affordable true wireless earbuds that combine hybrid active noise cancellation with a transparency mode for versatile listening. They feature a 10mm dynamic driver for sound, triple-mic call noise reduction, and offer a total of 25 hours of playback with the charging case. Rated IPX5, they're also built to handle splashes and sweat during workouts or commutes.
- Pro:Effective hybrid ANC for the price
- Pro:Long 25-hour total battery with case
- Pro:IPX5 water resistance for active use
- Con:Battery life per charge is not specified
- Con:No mention of wireless charging
- Con:Average build quality at this budget
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