Beats Solo 4 Review | Insane Battery Life, But One Big Flaw...

Reviewing Apple's Beats Solo 4 wireless headphones, boasting some of the best battery life in 2024 - although the lack of ANC is shocking for commuters. At this $199 price, noise cancelling is a big miss - while the Beats Solo 4 also lack customisation. I've been testing these headphones for a week with Android phones and here's my verdict.
I really like the compact and light design of these headphones. They're comfortable to wear for extended periods despite that on-ear design thanks to the memory foam cups (also found on the Beats Pro). And the Beats Solo 4 wireless also offer touch controls, plus 3.5mm wired connectivity.
That Android app sadly is bare bones, to say the least. You can check your headphones' battery life and ever so slightly tweak the controls, but the Beats Solo 4 audio can't be adjusted. Likewise there's next to no customisation.
But despite the lack of audio tuning, and the basic AAC codec support, these wireless headphones still boast respectable sound reproduction. It's a crowd pleasing output with punchy lows and strong stereo play.
That said, if you head outside a lot, the Beats Solo 4 ANC - or lack of - is a real bummer. You'll want to look to rivals from Sony and Sennheiser if you want more personalisation and proper noise cancelling.
Beats Solo 4 Review Chapters:
0:00 - Get on with it!
0:23 - Design
2:03 - Beats app
2:37 - Controls
4:00 - Audio
5:12 - ANC (nope!)
6:04 - Mic test
6:30 - Battery life

[@cheweh842]

I appreciate you saying which codecs work. With BT 5.3 I'm really hopeful LC3 (LE Audio) will 1. be good and 2. be actually supported. Manufacturers aren't always saying whether or not their earbuds support LC3, or if they do they say it's with their included dongle (which is fine, but what about without the dongle?) or like with the Audeze Maxwell wireless headphones, they claim LC3 support but turns out it's only coming sometime in the future. I just want to be done totally done with the noticeably high latency of SBC and AAC.

[@justjuniorjaw]

Compared to their older offerings, this seems like they actually offer a decent audio. Though they are still not so great in the price department, as usual. Not a company I'll support but good to see that they at least tried to improve. They're selling a brand, so the bare minimum they should do is not make the customer disappointed even if they could've gotten better stuff for 1/3 of the price.

[@marcomunoz1146]

For $200, I’d rather get the Sony ult wear. They offer way more features, sound better, and more comfortable to wear

[@HSNG10]

Sony Ult Wear with V1 chip for ANC and transparency modes that are close to the 1000XM5 at the same price is a better deal indeed

[@idkkst]

love that blue color

[@TheCultOfShepard]

I recommend Solo 3 over 4 whilst they are still available. The 4 outright drops the prominent bass signature leaving a hollow shell of a performance, the highs are left clearer with the missing bass but sibilant and harsh, it's the sound of a very cheap pair of headphones with drivers too weak to do bass. I've liked the Solo 2-3 headphones for their ability to do loud explosion-level bass without distorting, only the long gone M-Audio Q40 I knew to be at this level.

[@dracogan]

Hi uncle spurt. I'm still using the beats solo 3 from like 6 years++ before 😂

[@kirstymcgregor8305]

Are they still super tight on the head? Had the Solo Pro and they are excellent, but so so tight and made me lose some hair from the friction!

[@boltywolty123]

😂

[@cutebloom]

Unc getting old

[@michaelboys2602]

Butterfly’s bollock. BLOODY BRILLIANT 😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@newfnshow031]

guaranteed most people crapping on beats haven't ever heard them. They sound good and apple makes very high quality products

[@boltywolty123]

Getting these for my 15 pro max

[@rebelliouswildwolf]

Solo 3 was uncomfortable Plastic that squeezed my head like the great Khali! So happy with sony XM3 over ear. 2 years and still my number 1 choice until it breaks down to rubble.

[@KunalDuttKDUTT]

Design and built quality is same like Anker Soundcore Q10i...They are robbing us again....

[@TheBigdaz1972]

Shenanigans?

[@dyairtalal6688]

Nice head phone I know this out of topic so there's a phone that I'd like to see review about but i couldn't find any the phone name is muzi 21

[@julians7268]

A butterfly's bollock... is that like a frogs hair, or a fairy fart?

[@dominichill4300]

200 bucks with no anc is nasty work

[@fudganuld]

You're paying for the name....Much better and cheaper options out there...Ha!

[@JagadguruSvamiVegananda]

They definitely look cooler than the headphones I got today (HiFiMan HE1000se), but I doubt they SOUND better.

[@JagadguruSvamiVegananda]

1:25 In other words, they are SUPRA-AURAL, as opposed to CIRCUM-AURAL

[@prinzexisalowqualityytber]

tf is up witht he porn bots

[@disastermaster1413]

Report them

[@Peterstarzynskitech]

So basically apple decided to follow up the solo 3 8 years later.

[@Ike32]

No anc?! Wtfudge

[@Ionikr]

Not much of an upgrade over the solo 3's.

[@SinemTonyali-ui3ic]

Nice headphones

[@Elnegro8527]

Got this for my girl tonight those things sound like crap didn't expect much from Apple everything from the box to the actual headphones feal cheap cheap... highly suggest Samsung Buds 2 pro instead don't waste your money

[@roguegorilla8981]

Those things literally look like they are maybe worth $30. You're just paying for the shit name.

[@HShango]

Beats by dre are so meh (i used to own one 10 years ago).

[@charlietreamer5988]

10 years ago.... Stuff changes. You know that right

[@HShango]

​​@@charlietreamer5988what has changed 😂😂😂, drone. Get out of apple ass

[@presterjohn71]

I'm no Beats fan but they are leagues better than they were back then.

[@SheenaBaby1980]

Bro make anime wallpaper app

[@Notinuse664]

Why 😂does beats still exist airpods max better

[@beatsbydre]

🔊🩵

[@davidnewton5879]

No ANC … outrageous! 😂 Not for me then. Cheers

[@WindyMcshovel]

'One big flaw.....' they don't sound as good as Sonys...

[@BadAcidd]

So $200, for what exactly ? Some headphones they don't even have on-ear detection? No. ANC? Wow! . I hate Apple. They have turn this company into another cash grab with no features

[@markschwacofer1802]

So overpriced Apple shenanigans crap with many better options out there, except for those desperate to have a BEATS label on their head.

[@korblox6603]

Overpriced trash.

[@TruRacer]

I will literally never buy a beats product again cuz I don't trust Apple but they are restrictive and controlling no thank you

[@jaseettridge4802]

Calm down. Just relax under that tin foil hat of yours.

[@TruRacer]

@jaseettridge4802 I speak facts only try fully customizing everything on a iphone like u can on android oh wait u can't try playing ps2 games or like almost all old games on iPhone oh wait u can't yes delta app now is on iPhone so u get access to nes snes sega genesis game boy game color gb advanced n64 etc but that's it nothing newer or more powerful than n64 or gba but on Samsung for example I can flawlessly play up to ps2 games and stream wireless to my TV use a Bluetooth controller so it's basically like a console I love that for retro gaming so no I'll never ever use iPhone I could list many more reasons but what's the point have a good day

[@faisalahmed05tm66]

Someone woke up on the wrong side of the bed 😂

[@TruRacer]

@faisalahmed05tm66 so glad I'm not a apple sheep but yall do whatever u want I just stated on what I do how and why with logic but I'd never expect a sheep to understand logic

[@thedeeprot]