Jabra Elite 4 wireless earbuds review

Earbuds are great for all kinds of situations; they’re super portable, discrete and let you focus on music, podcasts or videos. Jabra has been making earbuds and headphones for a long time and every time they release a new iteration, it often comes with improvements, extra features, or a little bit of both. In this post we’ll take a look at the newer Jabra Elite 4 earbuds, which Jabra calls ‘essential ear buds for work and life’ (there’s also a sport pair option called Jabra Elite 4 Active which is slightly more water/sweatproof) to see what’s new, how they sound, what key features they have, including noise cancelling, plus we’ll delve into battery life and I’ll let you know if I can recommend these to you or not.
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Jabra Elite 3 vs Jabra Elite 4
When I had my time with the Jabra Elite 3, I thought Jabra balanced the price nicely with the features it offered. Did Jabra rock the boat too much with this price increase? To get answers, I went fishing for the improvements and it didn’t take me long to find them.
Active Noise Cancelation & Hear Through
Good news for folks who just don’t find noise isolation enough; the Jabra Elite 4 finally delivers the Active Noise Cancelation (ANC) goods (Elite 3 was missing this feature). The technology works by digitally blocking out most ambient noise allowing you to focus and avoid distractions. Having ANC in a midrange product is very welcoming. The HearThrough mode is kind of the opposite of ANC, and it allows you to let some ambient noise bleed in through the earbuds; important when you need to hear the doorbell, dog or kids. While these features are great, you don’t get to customize the level of sound bleed or ANC, as you do with pricier Jabra earbuds. If you want more fine tuning, you can easily increase your budget and upgrade to a pair with adjustable ANC and Hear Through. (As an aside I have seen places, including on Jabra’s website where it says these buds do have adjustable hear through, but on my app it was not possible.
The Jabra Elite 4 also maintains its IP55 water and sweat resistance rating.
Bluetooth & pairing Improvements
Jabra also threw a bone to the folks like me who like pairing their earbuds to multiple devices, like the phone and the laptop, or phone and tablet.
Despite having the same Bluetooth 5.2 specification, the Jabra Elite 4 supports Bluetooth Multipoint so you can pair a second device and switch between them. Worth noting is that you can be connected to both devices but it will only play to one at a time and you have to manually make the switch in Bluetooth.
Pairing the Jabra Elite 4 with your Windows and Android devices is a lot easier too as the earbuds support both Microsoft Swift Pair and Google Fast Pair. These proprietary pairing technologies may sound trivial but once you experience just how faster the pairing process is, it will feel harder to go back to earbuds that lack the support.
What’s in the Box?
Those hoping for some visual improvements over the Jabra Elite 3 will be a bit disappointed. When it comes to looks, everything about the Jabra Elite 4 looks exactly the same as its predecessor.
Other things you get in the box include a charging case, a trio of ear tips in 3 different sizes and a USB-A to USB-C cable.
Battery Life
The Jabra Elite 4 earbuds promise up to 5.5 hours of battery life in the buds, which is a drop over the Elite 3’s 7 hours. There’s a further 16.5 hours of juice in the case and up to 28 hours if you don’t use the ANC. I’m not sure why they shrunk the battery, but I guess something had to give with the addition of ANC. Even so the addition of fast charging helps, as you can get an hour worth of listen time just by fast charging for 10 minutes. I found the battery life and charging time was consistent with Jabra’s promises.
Single Bud use
Another handy feature Jabra has enabled here is single bud listening. You can use either bud to tune into your audio while the other charges up, which can also help stretch the battery life.
Jabra Elite 4 sell for about $135CAD/$119US and you can get them from Jabra or Amazon.
If these earbuds aren’t wowing you, how about a pair of pricey Bowers and Wilkins… or see

[@NickTsiotinos]

The updated software for the elite4 allows to customise the anc levels and for each bud.

[@newman79]

Thank you for making such a professional and amusing review. You covered exactly the points I came here for.

[@ErinLawrenceTV]

Glad it was helpful!

[@platinum2t6]

It probably uses the same battery as the Elite 3 which didn't have ANC, and with ANC turned off then the E4's has the same 7hours battery life as the Elite 3. Its basically a Jabra Elite 3+

[@ronm6585]

Thanks Erin. I just recently picked up a pair of the Jabra Elite 7 Pro's. So far they are very good.

[@ErinLawrenceTV]

Glad you like them!

[@johnsheehan3671]

Thanks to you I found out I was not placing them correctly in my ears!

[@camwoo7143]

Great review! I also like the accent lights on your backdrop!

[@ErinLawrenceTV]

Thanks! I’m making some upgrades to the home studio. Thanks for noticing.

[@miropaananen5135]

I bought the previus model elite active 75t wireless charging edition on a black friday sale two years ago for 80€. They have been so good! I use them for phone calls all the time. The only minus is that the ANC is not really good i hardly notice any difference on ANC and ANC off -mode. I feel like the headphones have a really good seal that blocks the outside noises witch makes for great passive noice canselation. I was wondering have they improved the ANC on the newer model or is it the same that theres hardly any change whether the ANC mode is off or on?

[@ErinLawrenceTV]

Jabra is very consistent. I didn’t notice a whole lot of difference in the quality of ANC.

[@ASHISHPATEL-kl6bf]

What is the difference between elite 4 and elite 4 active?

[@hanafiraizo]

I use the jabra elite 4 and works for me for daily use ...

[@NotAlwaysBilly]

I had the Elite 3s for awhile so I decided to upgrade to elite 4 but it seems I downgraded.

[@Mr.Bondestracht-cs1ko]

You need to calm down.

[@kavorka8855]

Did you forget to mention sound quality with iPhone? I hear it's less great compared to Android because of lack of codec ACC support.

[@gtechgyan6466]

Bhai is it good option to buy 441 Pro in 1380 ? Or 161 in 1000rs I ordered both but one need to cancel please suggest Konsa shi rhega

[@NoName-ii1hi]

Which is better bass sound quality Elite 4 or Elite 3?

[@NATHANSCHLODDER]

Do they have EQ Settings to tweak sound at all?

[@user-yq5nf5cb4i]

קניתי את הדגם הזה ואחרי כמה חודשים האוזניה השמאלית הפסיקה להוציא צלילים (האוזניה מתחברת לפלאפון והכפתור עובד) למישהו יש פתרון?

[@MrET114]

Hi, do those earbuds really do all those features?

[@baylor3894]

Loving your hair it looks good I might check these earbuds out

[@ErinLawrenceTV]

You should!

[@lawrencetan9519]

How long will it takes to fully charge the Jabra elite 4 charging case

[@Kayla-pe8bb]

How do you hang up cools

[@d.julian8337]

Good info. Awesum!

[@ErinLawrenceTV]

Thanks for watching!

[@marnoster]

Frustratingly, I wouldn't recommend these for work if you use MS Teams for Calling - the mic's not compatible. Sadly, had to return these. Also, you can customize the ANC and soundbleed. Its just hidden away in the settings

[@josephj6521]

Great review! 👍

[@ErinLawrenceTV]

Thanks! 👍

[@whya2ndaccount]

Ah the "male ear model" is back!

[@ErinLawrenceTV]

😂😂🤣

[@kotieboatz6042]

They are really uncomfortable ,👎$100 ill never see again

[@ErinLawrenceTV]

That's too bad :(

[@kotieboatz6042]

@@ErinLawrenceTV i pre judged buyers remorse but they are quite good only problem they keep turning the volume up