Amazona Echo Buds Active Noise Reduction Black

The Echo Buds themselves are short, rounded cylinders with nozzles extending at an angle for the eartips., they’re 21% smaller than the previous model, with shorter nozzles to improve ear comfort. The casings of the earpieces are covered in matte black or white plastic, with large touch-sensitive surfaces across the back panels.

The touch surfaces provide basic controls, with one tap controlling play/pause, two taps skipping forward a track and answering/ending calls, three taps going back a track, and tapping and holding to switch between active noise cancellation and pass-through audio (which lets you hear your surroundings without remove the earpieces). You can change what the tap-and-hold gesture does through the app (available for Android and iOS), with different commands for either ear. This is the only way to enable any volume control on the Echo Buds, and if you want to have both volume up and volume down gestures enabled, you lose the ability to physically switch between ANC and pass-through audio modes. You can’t customize the tap gestures, but you can toggle them on and off.The charging case is a pill-shaped flip-top box covered with the same matte black or white plastic as the Echo Buds. The recesses for the earpieces magnetically pull them in and align them with the charging contacts, and are large enough to hold them even with the largest eartips and earfins in place. A small status light sits on the front of the case, just under the seam of the lid. A USB-C port for charging (a cable is included) and a pairing button sit on the back of the case