Soundcore Sleep A30 by Anker Sleep Earbuds, Smart Active Noise Cancelling Sleep Headphones, Adaptive Snore-Masking System, Ultra-Comfort for Side Sleepers, 45H Playtime

Full disclosure - I have smaller ears and canals, and I am a side sleeper and I have been using these for the last 7 days. I am moving to a new town and decided to rent an apartment for a year to help me decide where to buy a house. Well, the apartment walls and floors are not well insulated. I hear footsteps, creaking floors, snoring through the wall, and sometimes can hear the tv shows they watch. Needless to say, I was having serious trouble sleeping. I could fall asleep pretty well (go to bed early), but I would be awakened at some point, or several points, in the night by all these noises, banging, walking, creaking, and snoring and was not able to get back to sleep. I needed something to help. I tried Mack's foam ear plugs. They work pretty good for noise reduction, but my ears would hurt and throb making my sleep difficult in that way. I even had the small ears size. They were comfortable to side sleep with. I bought some fake Loop alternatives as just ear plugs. They were comfortable, did not throb like the Mack's in my ears, but did not block out enough sound. When I tried a bigger ear plug piece, I found the throbbing ear syndrome again. These were comfortable to side sleep with though. I then bought a cheap knock off brand of "sleep buds". They were the most comfortable thus far. They would bluetooth to my phone so I could play either music or some white noise from my phone. They claimed to have ANC. They were helpful to block out some sound because of the ear fit, and because they could bluetooth to my phone for music or white noise. However, with the ANC on or off, I did not detect any difference in sound reduction. These were kidney bean shaped sleep buds and did not stick out much from my ear. The ear plug piece was comfortable, but the harder plastic part would start to be annoying after a few hours when on my side. They were ok. Sound quality was decent. Maybe a C+ for an overall grade for these. However, they didn't stop all the sounds and I still woke up occasionally. I hesitantly tried the A30's. This is no small investment! With the rubbery ear plug piece and ear fin, these buds were comfortable. While on my side, they have been the most comfortable thus far. I can sleep well with them in actually. I still have a little bit of pressure while on my side, but some nifty pillow management helped relieve the pressure. I am using the attachments they came with out of the box. I really like the white noise sounds. I have Still Lake as my favorite. It is a sutble sound that helps my brain drift off. With the fit of the A30 alone, I can block out most of the noise for the night with these standard size pieces without using ANC. Last night, I had both my wife snoring and banging on the ceiling above. (To be honest, my wife's snoring is not super loud but enough to wake me up). Then I realized I didn't have the ANC on. Well, i turned the ANC on and WOW what a difference. It was almost like I had over the ear headphones with ANC on. All that noise disappeared. I was very impressed, at least I recall being impressed. I was asleep!! The sound quality is perfect for night time sleeping. In reading other reviews, I agree that these are not your everyday all day ear buds, they are really designed for sleeping only. The ANC works really well and I noted quite a difference between on and off. Last night I set them to use ANC until I was alseep and then go to local mode. After 8 hours, I still had 30% of the battery left in each ear bud. So far, the battery life has been great. I have yet to spend a whole night with bluetooth and ANC on, however. I haven't needed to. I know at $200 it seems like a lot to spend for ear buds that you only use for sleep and that aren't designed for super high quality audio sounds. However, this week has been the best sleep week I've had in two months since those neighbors upstairs moved in. You do need several nights to get used to the fit and feel. Not because they are uncomfortable, but because when something new is in your ear and you aren't used to it, it can feel funny and weird which may keep you awake instead of helping you sleep. But, give it a few nights, and if you are like me, they get more comfortable the more you wear them. I can sleep on my side with these but I need a soft pillow. A really firm pillow would hurt my ears after a few hours, as it would everyone else with anything in their ear. Everyone is a different size and shape, but I have found these A30's to be comfortable, and of high quality. The app is full of options to help customize the experience, and they do what they claim they will do. After this week, my wife (who is very thrifty) is asking if she can try these out and maybe get a pair because she notices such a difference in my morning wakefulness. Hope this helps those of you out there like me needed something to help get your sleep back. I would definitely buy again and am grateful for this product.

These are non-functional for their intended purpose unless you require very little sleep. First, the volume level of these speakers seems very low by default. Compared to my other earbuds (an older set of Space A40s and a set of Bose QuietComfort 2024 earbuds that I tried), these required a much higher volume level across all types of listening scenarios. The volume issue is relevant because it affects the earbuds' noise masking/cancelling capabilities as well as how much battery life you can expect from one full charge. I wanted earbuds that I could use with ANC on for at least 6+ hours to block my partner's snoring. I also wanted to be able to stream ambient sounds/music/white noise over bluetooth the whole night as a sleep aid. (I tried the built-in noise masking options, including the option to customize your masking sound, and disliked how low-quality and harsh they all sounded.) These earbuds only last 6.5 hours max when brand new in my preferred mode of use. I need more sleep than 6.5 hours most nights, and because lithium ion batteries degrade, these buds would only be even partially functional as a sleep aid for me for a few months, if that. These buds thus seem like a poor value for the money for how I want to use them. The A30s also seem overpriced, even by Anker's standards, because they just announced an upgraded version of these buds (advertised to have a longer battery life than these regular A30s) that will be sold for $20 less than the launch price and advertised MSRP of the original A30s. I also strongly dislike the shoehorning of AI bloat in the updated soundcore app. The "brainwave audio" tracks are all quite annoying/distracting, imo, and it looks like Anker generated a bunch of non-cohesive AI slop images to accompany the sleep tips portion of the app. Sucks that Anker would rather generate cheap visual soup than hire designers or artists who could create cohesive and relevant art. The transition from bluetooth audio to the noise masking sound in local audio mode, which can be triggered when sleep is detected to preserve battery life, was abrupt enough (due to how much louder the the noise-masking sound with no ANC seemed compared to the volume of bluetooth audio + ANC) that it woke me from sleep several times, which was also pretty annoying. I don't care about or even really trust the accuracy of the sleep tracking features in the soundcore app/these earbuds, so I didn't test or even set up that part of the app. As far as positives go, the buds really are small and lightweight. I struggled to find a good combination of ear tips and wings that would lead to a secure, noise-blocking fit in each ear, but that's not unusual for me. The silicone material seemed nice enough, and I liked the sliding case lid. Overall, I cannot recommend the Sleep A30s as a sleep aid. The set I tried is being returned due to the short battery life when brand new and the lack of good app features or built-in noise masking sounds.

I did not like these at first. I knew would take time to get the right fit, but had quite a few nights waking from ear pain. That was with the silicone buds, the memory foam that they list as "not as comfortable" is far more comfortable for me. Once I got the fit right, these have been life changing. And I do mean that, and will explain - I work on a ship, which is running 24/7, and full of inconsiderate @sssholes. Working night shift and sleeping during the day? People will slam door, yell in hallways, etc. Add in loud PA announcements on top of that. According to my Oura ring, I was getting woken an average of 10 times a night/day. 5.5-6 hours broken sleep a night. I was miserable, always tired, in a job where being tired and unaware is horribly dangerous. Try as I might, the inconsideration of others never got better. For awhile I managed with silicon earplugs and a manta sound mask, along with white noise. Still would get woken up. Brought these A30s out, figuring even some ear pain was worth it. After a few nights I got the fit right and getting 8 hours sleep a night. I don't wake with ear pain, sometimes a tiny bit of soreness. The battery life is good enough, be nice to be better. I find that once I get to my room I want to put these on, as I am then in my own world, with calming rain sounds. If I get 8 hours sleep, these have 10% battery left when I wake up. Id prefer longer so I could have a chill, quiet morning before the sounds of chaos wreck my mood. The ANC is actually really good. Those that complain did not give it time. Obviously if you do not have a good fit, you wont get as much noise cancelation, but the ANC starts minimal and increases over next few minutes. I think its learning the noises and slowly adjusting. I keep a fan running at night, and when I just put the buds in I can hear it, but after a few minutes, its cancelled out. Sound quality? I don't have the sound very high but sounds good to me. Very clear. These are meant for sleeping, not raging out to some metal while lifting weights. These do track your sleep, I don't know how accurately it does thought. I would compare with Oura Ring, but my sleep was so bad I got rid of my ring cause I only saw disappointment. The issue with the sleep tracking is you need to connect to the earbuds to open that part of the app. App isn't all that great in my opinion. I have not tried any of the sounds in the app, it uses Calm though. I can't speak for how it gets rid of snoring, or much of the options. There is an option to have the music turn off once you fall asleep, that one irritated me, as it got turned on somehow and I woke up 30 minutes after falling asleep and couldnt get music playing through the earbuds. Played out phone speakers instead. Trying to sort that out while half asleep not so fun. I learned to check the settings before sleep. I just use it to play continuously, then put on a 2 hour playlist of sleep sounds, and it keeps the ANC going after music stops. One other minor complaint is the foam buds they say are consumable, yet they only sell full set. Would be nice to sell a set of one size so you dont have to buy a set of all sizes just to get the size you want. Also, not sure how long the foam will last but been a month and still look new. I am a side sleeper, which probably helps some of you out. If you arent a side sleeper, these would be insanely comfortable. As a side sleeper expect to play around with sizes, and know that what seems comfortable testing may not be comfortable sleeping. Im stubborn and know I have big ear holes, but shockingly after plenty of sizing I found smaller ones worked better. I would give 4 stars, due to the app and some small annoyances, but these have been so life altering, I cannot give less than 5 stars. These have helped me so much, I'm tempted to get a second pair as a backup as I couldn't go a night onboard without these now.

After three shipping attempts (these appear to be a high-theft item in transit), I got these (A30 "Special") and have been using them for a while. # Fit and Comfort These are comfortable, for the most part. There are a number of sizes for both the in-ear part (in plastic and in foam) and the outer-ear part (the part that presses against your ear folds to keep these in place). Honestly I couldn't see much of a difference in how the outer-ear part fit, but a bit of experimentation was able to get a good fit on the critical in-ear piece. I don't generally have any trouble keeping these in all night long. To insert these, you push the in-ear part in with the outer-ear part pointing "up", then rotate the top towards the back of your head so those outer-ear parts push against the ear folds. I did find if I "over-twist" then I wake up in the middle of the night with sore ear canals, because doing so causes the inner ear part to push against the side of the ear canal, and more of a twist isn't necessary to keep these in all night in the first place. # Noise Suppression and Cancellation Putting these in (I use the foam inner ear pieces, which it says offer better passive noise reduction) the noise suppression is noticeable and significant. I can't hold a conversation with them in, although I definitely can tell if the other person is sleeping. So noise suppression is strong, across the spectrum. Noise *cancellation*, however, is a different beast entirely. I have a hard time even seeing the difference between noise cancellation on and off. It just doesn't seem useful, especially coming from using my AirPods Pro during the daytime. Really makes me wish Apple made a version of AirPods for sleeping in. Being able to switch between "transparency" mode and a better-working "noise cancellation" mode would be very welcome here! # Battery life I find that if I run these on bluetooth all night long, they *might* make it through the night. If I have it switch to "local audio" (up to three "soundscape elements" like rain falling, thunder, waves lapping on a shore, etc) when it detects I am sleeping, they easily last through the night. I haven't had any issues with the switch to local mode; it has always accurately determined when I am asleep to make the change, so I fall asleep with a "brain wave" soundscape, and wake up with my chosen local audio running. # The App The SoundCore app is IMHO a bit of a mess. I went looking at a couple of well-reviewed alternatives (Calm and Better Sleep) and found that those apps are even *more* of a mess, and relatively expensive ($70-80/year after a 1 week free trial) to boot. Also, those other apps only work in "bluetooth" mode, so the ear buds would be prone to dying before the morning. So, I went back to using the SoundCore app. Unlike the expensive apps, you are very limited in how you construct soundscapes, only able to choose *three* components. And these soundscapes can get repetitive because of that. Another note on the app: you can't do anything in the app without the earbuds connected, and they will only connect when out of the case or in the case with the lid open. Many times it is very slow to register that the earbuds are connected (that is, I have the earbuds connected to my phone over bluetooth, even playing music on them, but the app says I need to connect them). Eventually, tapping on the "connect" button will pop up a warning saying that continuing will disconnect the current earbuds, and if you continue or cancel at that point it "sees" the earbuds. # Controls These operate on a "multi-tap" control scheme. I find this to be rather uncomfortable because each tap pushes in on my ear drum with pressure, and have also had it inadvertently register taps when I'm just adjusting in bed. You have double-tap and triple-tap settings, so between the two earbuds you can control four things. By default those are "bluetooth <-> local audio", "noise cancellation", "volume up", and "volume down". No play/pause. No next/previous track (which makes less sense in a sleep earbud anyway). I really miss the better-thought-out control schemes of Apple headphones here. # Technical Glitches While the earbuds snap confidently into place (magnets, how do they work?) in the holder, annoyingly often they either don't make good enough contact or just don't detect that they are in the holder. I have found that in the morning I need to put the buds in place then wait a few seconds to verify the light "slow pulse" on *both* earbuds. I didn't do this once, and when I went to use them the next night one of the earbuds' battery was dead so I needed to re-seat it and wait before putting them back in.

I've had these sleep earbuds for about 4 months, and originally bought them for the ANC and snore masking. They're a decent pair of earbuds that do a good enough job blocking out most noises comfortably. However there are some things that you should know before considering buying. The ANC function works as intended but consumes the battery life to the point of it dying in the middle of the night. The app even acknowledges this and recommends that you only keep the ANC function on until you've fallen asleep. Sometimes the earbuds don't connect to the charging case and won't charge even when it seems like they will. There has been quite a few times when I open the case at bedtime, and one earbud is 10% charged as to the other one which is fully charged. This has led me to staying up later and waiting for the earbud to charge enough to use. The charging case itself charges fairly quickly, and will be at full charge usually within a few hours. The feel of the earbud itself is very comfortable. It may take some getting used to for a week or two, but by then every time I wore these earbuds it barely felt like anything was there even when I slept on my side. The Soundcore app offered a decent variety of white noise, meditation music, and even some guided meditation tracks that you can download and load on Local mode, or the mode that isn't connected through Bluetooth. You can have up to three individual tracks playing at once and can edit the volume in which they are played at. Overall, these sleep earbuds are decent. When it comes to the ANC and snore-masking claims, it's very flawed, and I would not recommend getting these earbuds if you're looking for active noise cancellation that lasts the entire night. However, as someone who is a light sleeper, these earbuds did help block out a majority of noises that would otherwise wake me from my sleep when they worked as intended.

I really, really, wanted to love these sleepbuds. I had the previous generation A20's, which had their issues, but worked for what I needed. When the A30's came out, I immediately bought them figuring Soundcore (Anker) would have fixed the bugs in the A20's. And they have in most cases. But they haven't fixed all of them. When these sleepbuds work as they are supposed to, they are terrific. When working, they are amongst the best products for daily use that I've owned. I don't try to do anything fancy with them- I use them at night to block out sound, provide some white noise background, and set alarms. Simple. The buds are capable of SO much more. They are Bluetooth headphones for listening to music. The connected app with track your sleep, provides dozens of sounds, has a link to the Calm ecosystem, and even provides noise cancellation. It's pretty amazing all the options available in the app that links to the sleepbuds. They also come with a nice rechargeable case, great styling, and extra silicon ear pieces. It's a great package. As I said, my use is simple. I put them in at night, set them to local mode, play some white noise, and go to sleep. It blocks out most noise in the room (including my snoring dogs). The buds fit great, never fall out and the battery lasts through the night (if you don't' use noise cancelling) with capacity to spare. I love them. When they work. They come with (many) downsides that keeps me from fully recommending them. I bought my first pair the moment it came out in August 2025. They lasted until February when the right bud stopped putting out sound. It still charged, connected by bluetooth, but no sound at all would come out. Soundcore replaced them but the process took a few weeks and a lot of emails. The replacements lasted a month before the left earbud stopped working. I gave up on the regular A30's at this point and just bought the newer A30 Specials thinking newer models had to be better. The SPecials are basically the same as the A30's except the batteries have a little more capacities. They look the same, operate the same, and unfortunately have the same faults. The noise cancellation is meh and rips through the batteries. It won't last the night with noise cancellation on. The buds 'snap' back into the case for charging, but you can't trust the 'snap'. About 30% of the time, they snap back into the case, the fins light up as expected, but they don't seat to charge. I've come back the next night to find out one or both of the buds didn't charge. The key here is when putting them in, don't look for just the light, but for the bright light. If it's bright and pulsing, it's charging. If it's a dull light, it's not charging. You have to take it out. put it back in a few times, clean the contacts, and keep trying until it finally charges. It's unbelievably frustrating. The killer, for me anyway, is the alarm. On the app, you can set an alarm. It transfers to the buds so it works in all modes. When it works, it's great. I get up early. My wife does not. I can set an alarm, the buds play the wake tones, and nothing wakes my wife up. Great. Except it randomly fails to work about 10% of the time. Everything is set properly. The buds connect and work all night. And the alarm time comes and goes without going off. It worked the night before. It'll work the night after with no adjustments. It just randomly doesn't alarm for no reason I can fine. The result is being late for work enough times that I now have to set a second alarm in the room to wake me if (when) these fail to go off again. No idea why it does this, but combine all these faults and the A30 is not something I could recommend without caution.

It's only been a few nights with these but I'm very happy so far. Before this I would wear wired earbuds with my iPhone playing my preferred type of white noise, or bose QC35 ii for really challenging sleep environments. I also occasionally would try airpod pros but only got 4 hours of battery on those before it would wake me up with the world's most annoying low power chime. All of these options were very unpleasant to wear but I felt I had no choice as I am an extremely light sleeper and find any variation in sounds to be extremely challenging for sleep. My first few nights with these have been quite pleasant. They block a lot of sound right out of the gate as they function as a sort of ear plug, but far more comfortable than normal ear plugs which I never wanted to wear for sleep. The noise cancelling seems to be pretty effective, and I couldn't hear one of our dogs whining to come into our bed last night (he's a good boy though). Given their low profile they are quite comfortable to wear while side sleeping. I also love just being able to get up to go to the bathroom and keep them in and not think about it. To me, the biggest question will be battery life and degradation over time. So far, zero issues with these things lasting through the night on a mix of bluetooth and local modes with the default ANC off after it detects sleep (no clue how it does that but I didn't notice it turning off and it didn't impact my sleep when it did). It's not all roses. Last night only one earbud would turn on so I had to put them both back into the case and try again, then it worked fine (reminded me of the airpod pros, so I'm used to that). The default sounds in the app I find very puzzling. I am the kind of person that cannot sleep with inconsistent sounds like rain, forest sounds, waves, etc. yet those are all the defaults in the app which makes no sense to me. I need consistent brown noise or airplane engine noise. Hearing the gentle sounds of a bird calling in the distance or random thunder is guaranteed to keep me from falling asleep. The White Noise app I've used for years on the iPhone has an Airplane cabin sound that I find to be my preferred sound. Unfortunately, the airplane sound in the Soundcore app has way too much bass, which also makes no sense to me. Bass is one of the WORST offenders for sleep quality in my experience. Thankfully, I was able to design my own white noise in the app using the brown noise setting so I've been using that, but it really should have been a default! I am going to update this review over the coming year as I use these but, so far, I've been very happy with them and I am absolutely the target customer for these as I was already using far less comfortable and frustrating options before.

I typically do not leave product reviews but I am compelled to do so as these headphones changed my life. I am a very light sleeper and my partner is a very heavy and aggressive snorer. So much so if I change rooms I still need to wear headphones to block out the snoring. I also have very tiny ear canals and am a side sleeper. All things considered, I have tried just about every headphone, earbud, headband you can think of. I came across a recommendation for these and was skeptical based on the reviews. But I was desperate and decided to try them out. I have waited a few weeks to review so I didn’t jump to any conclusions, but for two weeks straight I have not heard a second of snoring. I genuinely didn’t get any sleep the first night I wore them because I kept thinking something was wrong because I DIDN’T hear anything. They are also extremely comfortable, as much as they can be with sitting in your ear all night. A few things I will note. The app is terrible. The functionality is clunky, you can’t connect without having the earbuds activated, and really it doesn’t do much in terms of what a sleep app could. That being said, the noise canceling soundscapes work really well for my sleep style so that’s great for me. I run them on “local mode” and not thru my Bluetooth and I also run them continuously thru the night for about 7 hours and have yet to lose a charge. There is also a stark difference between regular mode and noise canceling mode. I’ve accidentally turned off the noise canceling mid-sleep and it honestly does less than those over the ear headbands. So keeping that on is important. I also appreciate the way that the noise canceling sound works so I don’t need to have the volume turned on high to mask the sound. I’ve always worried about in-in white noise and hearing loss but these I’m about to keep reasonable and still get the desired effect. I also wish they would come with XS memory foam ear tips. The small is too big with the firmness but the silicone ones are fine. But there are 4 sizes of silicone and 3 of memory foam to choose from so they are very adjustable. In terms of the value - my sleep is priceless. Yes these are expensive but for me, they were worth every penny. If it’s between getting mediocre sleep with cheaper headphones or getting uninterrupted sleep with expensive ones, I’ll spend the money any time. I think the one thing I wish would be better, especially for the name brand and price, is that app. It leaves much to be desired. Then again, I guess they put all their energy into the earbud itself so I can’t get that too bent out of shape. As far as I’m concerned these are the best sleeping earbuds on the market to cancel out snoring without damaging my hearing in the process.

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

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

I really love these. I have used them the last 4 nights and have already slept so much better. It hasn't quite picked up my partners snoring yet (not sure how 😅) but I still have things to try. The microphone is on the back next to the usb-c port so I had it facing the wrong way. Even without that feature properly working yet, they have allowed me to listen to podcasts on my side while drifting off to sleep 😊

Only had these for three days, but sofar my sleep quality has improved. Great if sleep next to a snorer