Sleep plays a vital role in maintaining your overall health and well-being. Having restful sleep supports memory, focus, mood, and immune strength, while poor sleep can increase the risk of serious health conditions like heart disease, diabetes, and depression. However, getting a good night’s sleep isn’t always easy, as sleep can be disturbed by outside noises such as a snoring partner, noisy neighbors, or even a garbage truck in the middle of the night. With a simple solution like the Soundcore Sleep A30 Sleep Earbuds, you can ensure a peaceful night of sleep each and every night.
The Soundcore Sleep A30 are 3rd-generation smart sleep earbuds that have a 3D ergonomic design, which promotes a comfortable, pressure-free wearing experience even for side sleepers. They feature Smart ANC with Ear Canal Adaptation technology, which effectively blocks up to 30dB of external noise, and a 3-Stage Snore Masking System powered by Adaptive Snore Masking technology, which blocks out snoring from your partner. They also feature automatic sleep monitoring with sleep position tracking, for which you’re provided with precise sleep quality analytics and a sleep score through the Soundcore app.
The earbuds boast touch controls, Bluetooth 5.4 connectivity, can also be used to listen to music, and offer up to 9 hours battery on a single charge or 45 hours with their charging case. Via the Soundcore app, you’re offered AI Brainwave Audio with binaural beats that help promote relaxation and restful sleep, and you can also set wake alarms and play an audible alert to find the earbuds in case they fall out of your ears during sleep.
Designed with deep sleep in mind, these smart sleep earbuds can effectively help you fall asleep peacefully and stay asleep throughout the night, even in noisy environments.
Below is our comprehensive review of the Soundcore Sleep A30, where we explain how these sleep earbuds are designed to work and go over all their standout features.
DESIGN & SPECS
Starting with the earbuds’ dimensions, the Soundcore Sleep A30 have a compact form factor and a lightweight, slim profile (7 percent slimmer than the previous model, the Sleep A20), which makes them very comfortable to wear.
These sleep earbuds also have a unique 3-dimensional ergonomic design, which ensures they can fit most users comfortably. The earbuds’ 3D ergonomic design features air-filled ear wings with an ergonomic curved shape that helps them conform to a user’s ears and helps reduce pressure while a user’s head is laying on the pillow, making them ideal for side-sleepers, along with short nozzles, which promote optimal ear canal alignment.
Their slimmer profile and unique ergonomic design ultimately ensures that the earbuds do not protrude from a user’s ears, meaning they won’t cause discomfort like more traditional earbud models normally do.
Furthermore, these sleep earbuds also feature a high-quality, comfort-focused construction, and are also rated to have an IPX4 Water-Resistance Rating, meaning they can withstand sweat without getting damaged.
The earbuds also come with three interchangeable pairs of ear wings of different sizes (S, M, L), four pairs of silicone ear tips in four sizes (XS, S, M, and L), which are focused on promoting comfort while blocking out some noise, and three pairs of memory foam ear tips in three sizes (S, M, L), which provide a more secure fit and block out even more noise. Users can choose the ear wing and ear tip size that best fits their ears to achieve the most comfortable fit possible.
Keep in mind that each ear is different, so your right ear might need a different combination of ear wing and ear tip than your left ear.
Lastly, these sleep earbuds also come with a dedicated wireless charging case, which is compact and also features a sleek design that matches the earbuds minimalist aesthetic.
NOTABLE FEATURES
Smart Active Noise Cancellation
For blocking out noise, the Soundcore Sleep A30 Earbuds utilize Soundcore’s Smart ANC with Ear Canal Adaptation technology, which dynamically adjusts to your ears, making the earbuds capable of effectively blocking out up to 30dB of external noises, including snoring, pet sounds, appliance hum and even outside traffic noise.
This functionality is what essentially ensures a restful night’s sleep while wearing the earbuds.
3-Stage Snore Noise Masking System
In addition, the Soundcore Sleep A30 also feature a 3-Stage Snore Noise Masking System powered by Adaptive Snore Masking technology, which helps to block out snoring from a partner on the other side of the bed.
More specifically, the earbuds’ charging case monitors and detects snoring throughout the night, while the earbuds generate noise-masking audio in the form of soothing white noise that’s tuned to help mask and block out snoring from a partner by analyzing the volume and frequency of their snoring.
Automatic Sleep Monitoring
Just like the previous model (the Sleep A20), the Soundcore Sleep A30 also feature automatic sleep monitoring powered by a MEMS sensor and a real-time clock, which allows the earbuds to accurately track your movements during sleep, sleep positions, and duration of your sleep.
After each night of sleep, you’re provided with precise sleep quality analytics and a sleep score via the Soundcore app, allowing you to make informed adjustments to ensure you can have an optimal rest every night.
INTERFACE & BUILT-IN TOUCH CONTROLS
For controlling the earbuds’ functionalities, the Soundcore Sleep A30 feature built-in touch controls.
Performing a double tap on either earbud allows you to swap from Bluetooth Mode to Sleep Mode and automatically play the pre-loaded sleep sounds. Double tapping once again swaps back to Bluetooth Mode.
Controls in Bluetooth Mode include double tapping to Play/Pause music and triple tapping to Increase or Decrease the volume level.
The earbuds touch controls can also be customized to your personal preferences via their mobile app.
CONNECTIVITY
For pairing with your smartphone, the earbuds utilize Bluetooth 5.4 connectivity. As such, you can also use the earbuds to listen to music from connected apps like Spotify or Youtube Music.
BATTERY & BATTERY LIFE
When it comes to their battery life, each earbud can offer you up to 9 hours of battery on a single charge when used in Sleep Mode (at 50% volume and with ANC turned on), or 6.5 hours of battery for music playback.
Their wireless charging case extends the earbuds’ battery with an additional 36 hours, giving you up to 45 hours battery in Sleep Mode (or 35 hours when used in Bluetooth Mode).
To recharge the earbuds and their charging case, you just need to place the earbuds inside their case’s charging slots and connect the included USB-C charging cable to their case’s USB-C port.
It takes around 3.28 hours (197 minutes) for the earbuds and their charging case to fully charge.
THE SMARTPHONE APP – The Soundcore App
Users are required to install the Soundcore App on their smartphone (available for iOS and Android) to configure the earbuds’ white noise settings, their touch control settings, and access the earbuds’ sleep analytics.
Via the Soundcore app, you’re offered AI Brainwave Audio for personalizing your bedtime audio, for which you can choose from different binaural beats (i.e. white noises) that deliver different frequencies to each ear, which help sync your brainwaves with calming patterns to promote relaxation and restful sleep. This essentially helps users fall asleep quicker and stay asleep longer for an undisturbed night of sleep.
You can also set wake alarms with a custom sound that plays through the earbuds without disturbing your partner or other family members in an adjacent room. The app’s built-in alarms now have a snooze function as well.
As mentioned before, you can also check the earbuds’ collected sleep data through the app after each sleep session.
Lastly, the app also has a Find My Earbud feature, which lets you play an audible alert to find the earbuds in case they happen to fall out of your ears while you’re sleeping.
WHAT’S IN THE BOX?
Inside their package, users will find: the Soundcore Sleep A30 Earbuds, their wireless charging case, along with three pairs of ear wings, four pairs of silicone ear tips, three pairs of memory foam ear tips, a USB-C charging cable, and a user manual.
PRICING & AVAILABILITY
The Soundcore Sleep A30 are currently available in two stylish color options: Moonlit White and Mist Green.
If you’d like to purchase these sleep earbuds, know each pair is priced at $229.99. You can order them online, either directly from Soundcore’s official shopping page, or you can buy them on Amazon.
