While the market for truly wireless earbuds is really small, it just got a little big with the launch of the Anker Soundcore VR P10. These truly wireless earbuds have almost the same as the general Bluetooth choices you will find on the marketplace.
Still, they bear the budget-friendly pricing of Anker’s other Soundcore products, and they offer the feature of wireless gaming audio: a dedicated wireless transmitter. Here are a few features which make it a good choice to buy.
A unique pair of earbuds
Anker’s Soundcore brand name has a dozen of truly wireless earbuds choices, and they invariably feature truly wireless earbuds that cost more. So, it is not much of a surprise to check the VR P10 truly wireless earbuds at a low price point, let alone ones that offer two different ways to connect.
Though the VR P10 earbuds’ stylings set them apart from some of Anker’s other offerings, the buds themselves have a similar shape to some of the other Soundcore earbuds.
Smart styling and design
The Soundcore VR P10 earbuds come in a compact carrying case like most earbuds. The case looks amusingly like a robot out of the Portal game series, with a little round eye in front that lights up when the case is opened.
That little eye also serves as an indicator for battery levels getting low. The case opens easily but also pops open easily when dropped. USB-C charging is almost a given now, and the case has it, though it doesn’t offer wireless charging as some more premium options do.
The buds offer an advertised 6-hour runtime, while the case carries a supposed extra 18 hours of charge to give a combined 24-hour battery life.
Multi-platform compatibility
The VR P10 can function like your typical true wireless earbuds. You put them in pairing mode using a button on the back of the case and then search for them in your phone’s Bluetooth settings. But the key feature is the buds’ support for their dedicated wireless transmitter.
The transmitter is a compact USB-C dongle with a USB-C port on it.
This extra port is to allow for pass-through charging. While the Soundcore VR P10, as the name hints, is intended for use with the Meta Quest 2, the dongle supports connections to PC, PS5, PS4 (with a USB adapter), Nintendo Switch, and more.
The pass-through charging has limited potential, though.
While it’s enough to keep a Quest 2 headset charged, it only lets enough juice through to my laptop (which uses a 65W charger) to trickle charge it when under a light load, and it actually saw the battery slowly sag while running the display at a higher brightness level and taking a video call.
The connection doesn’t support data transmission either, though VR Link users can simply plug the dongle into their computer, then connect their VR headset to their computer separately.
Conclusion
Soundcore VR P10 is a truly wireless earbud recently launched by Anker.
It is compatible with a variety of gaming devices and focuses on ultra-low latency gaming listening experience.