Space A40

MUCH BETTER THAN THEY HAVE RIGHT TO BE! £45, that's what I paid for them 7 November 2025. Next to them, I have a pair of Bowers & Wilkins Pi8 earphones that cost £349. They sound the same, which is absolutely great. But consider their price - £45!! The noise cancellation got a great workout tonight on the train with crying babies, train noise etc - absolutely great. The sound quality is great. But here is where it gets interesting; The Soundcore Space A40 just WORK. Dual device connection, and if I'm watching on the TV, it is also connected to my phone. If I send messages on my phone, the earphones just prioritise the TV. Whereas my expensive B&W drop the TV sound for a brief moment to try play the send message tune. The Soundcore has a very advanced EQ range of settings. You can turn off touch control buttons to name a few. The ear bud tips come in a variety of sizes, making for a comfortable fit - even while you're sleeping on your side on them! To be clear; I bought a set of earbuds for 7x the price of these Soundcore Space A40 and the Soundcore is absolutely better value for money. It has a great deal more functionality than the others and the design looks and feels premium. This is my 5th set of Soundcore ear/head phones (others I lost or stepped on). I doubt I'll buy anything other than Soundcore from now on

These earbuds for the price are amazing value. They offer an excellent audio experience with sound quality, active noise cancellation that dulls out ambient noise and handy gesture controls. When combined with the app you can adjust the anc to low medium strong level or leave on adaptive which uses ambient noise to judge the level you need. From my experience this isn’t the best so I chose a preset to my preference. You have a customisable EQ for your audio tastes, hear ID is a test range for your hearing that tailors music to your ears or default. So quite a bit for your money already. There is also white noise and brainwave options in the app for background sounds and a limited customisation option. Standard 10m distance for connectivity with Bluetooth but can connect with at least devices (I have tested). You turn music on your phone and play on your laptop and bit of delay but no need to turn off one and connect to the other. App also has translation features which I haven’t tested yet. They are very comfy for me which is personal preference but comes with adjustable ear pieces. Comes in white dark navy and black. The case is small and holds decent charge got like four charges on one charge and I use them for five hours. The handiest feature is custom gesture controls. So if your one earbud person you can set the gestures you want for each. Mirror left and right or give separate options. Each earbud has 3 gestures you can assign. Tap double tap and hold for 2second. Everything from play, skip, volume, change anc. Dropped a few times and still works only downside is the case opens to easily and earbuds bounce out. A better catch could work well but a trade off for price I’m happy with. Really recommend these and I’ll be getting another set.

So they are decent. They block out low level noise or like noise from outside when your inside. They block out the sounds of the car but not my parents loud as radio that they insist on having on full volume so I still have to listen to their bad radio 4 comedy or their loud talking but I can't hear the roof box whistling or the car rumbling. Sort of do half of what I wanted them to do on that front. The touch controls are relatively easy once you get used to them. You do need the app really to get full use of them. They are comfortable for a long time but can be annoying if you use them when you sleep and you sleep on your side. They also seem relatively durable had them for 3 months and use them almost every day and they're still like new. The battery life is very good. They last all night and only need 15 mins in the case to be back to a good enough level to use. I've used them on lots of long journeys and have not needed to charge them. Probably charge them once a week if I'm using them a lot but less if not. There's a cable in the box but no plug Easy to connect to a computer or phone it's just a usual Bluetooth connection. There's a range of ear tips in the box in all sorts of sizes so they will fit you whatever.

Excellent ear buds. They do a great job cutting out background noise letting you listen to your music and not being distracted by the television. I have used Soundcore headphones and earbuds for several years and I have never been disappointed! These earbuds are lightweight and fit perfectly in the ear. Charges quickly and provides a great length of time to listen to your music. Good value for money. Highly recommended.

"Last bought 5 Feb 2023" but they only just stopped working properly and it was the left ear, so they've lasted pretty long, so I'm writting this review as I'm looking to buy new earphones and bumped into these again. For the price these are absolutely amazing. ANC isn't perfect because it muffles more than anything (Plus the pressure won't be everyone's cup of tea) but still really good. I found the normal mode lacking in sound when listening to music (I do audio work so I might be being picky lol). Transparency mode is really great and even with my headphones not working properly now, this feature is still flawless. Frankly, the fact that these even have ANC in the first place is great, not even my Sennheiser earbuds who were more expensive do and these also have a better sound quality and Sennheiser is an audio brand with a pretty solid reputation Always wearing a beanie I never had any problem with the touch controls except maybe the accidental ocassional touch, unlike with other earbuds (I actually had to disable touch control in my Sennheiser ones because of it lmao). The touch controls are pretty intuitive and holding on either ear allows you to change ANC modes without using the app or even touching your phone. You can use one earbud only too and have the other charging in the case without the sound stopping. Range is relatively short but I never had connectivity issues with it, always carry my phone with me or leave it close so it's never been a problem. The only issue I've ever had with connectivity is that sometimes I have to clean the charging connectors and even then ocassionally disable and re-enable Bluetooth so they don't stay connected to my phone and drain battery, because they sometimes do stay connected when putting them in the case. Never had them die this way, they do have very good battery time and charge pretty fast, even as of now. Speaking of battery time, ironically I spent an entire day traveling the day before yesterday and was listening to music all day almost nonstop and they still had battery in them even after over a couple of years of owning them. I never noticed the battery being short nor degraded to a level in which it's noticeable personally After 2 and a half years precisely, the thing to wear out the fastest in my end were the microphone god knows how long ago (Never use it, but if I pick up a call, they can never hear me if I use the earphones) and the left ear, primarily volume (Speaker still works but is very dim) and the left ear noise cancelling feature, which was causing annoying but not deafening feedback whenever there was any significant outdoor noise, so I couldn't use it in ANC mode in the car or when it was wondy per example and had to switch to normal or transparency A lot of harsh comments but it is important to know any flaws too, despite the fact I consider these amazing and I rated them 5 stars. And damn they are amazing. I also had a pair prior to these that lasted me around 3 years I believe so I re-bought them. In that same case, I believe one of the earbuds started to fail but that time I was in an accident I needed to even go to A&E for and they fell to the floor very harshly. Only reason I'm not buying these a third time is simply because I'm looking at the higher range soundcore earbuds because I wanna splurge a tad bit more to have better features and sound quality. Sound quality is pretty important to me (Which makes it ironic I'm using Bluetooth earphones lol), I love to be able to hear everything as clearly as possible Honestly I can't recommend the Anker Soundcore stuff enough. Incredibly good for the price and durable, I also own a refurbished Soundcore Bluetooth speaker I've had since before Covid and it still works!

Great earbuds which deliver a quality sound, the active noise cancelling is a game changer especially when you're in a noisy environment. Set up is easy via the app which will also allow you to adjust settings to make it personal to enhance your listening. With a 40 - 50 hour battery life is also another reason no to overlook these earbuds. One of my earbuds became defective due to a sound imbalance so I contacted the company to see if they could resolve the issue and I had an immediate response from a member of their team advising on what I could do to remedy the issue. Sadly this didn't resolve the problem so they replaced the earbuds with no quibble. I would call that a first class customer service.

Ok, so first things first, these sound excellent, especially given the price. Crisp, clear highs and a decent low end. The app also seemed pretty good. I say "seemed" as I have returned these. I bought them as a new pair of earbuds to go alongside my old Galaxy Buds 2. I know these are really cheap, but the noise cancelling is really, really bad. It's not a patch on the Buds 2. It barely makes a difference and seemed particularly poor minimising any high frequency sounds. Useless. I also found they didn't stick in my ears very well, despite trying multiple tip sizes, but that might just be me. So, in short, if you're not bothered about noise cancellation, give these a go, they sound good. If you want any noise cancelling at all, give them a miss.

May 2015. Had them for 5months and now the full charge lasts less than 4hrs. Absolute rubbish. Just keeps getting worse… now the double tap doesn’t work, another star taken off. These earphones are rubbish. Month Update: Ok, I’ve been wearing these for a month now and feel now I’d the time to give my final update on these earphones and tbh I’m liking them less and less than when I first had them. The issues I’ve found are they are just not as comfortable to have in your ears for extended periods of time Day after day after day. You are constantly readjusting them to stay in your ears because they only have the ear canal tip and not a rubber fin on top of them to mould inside your ear, they move all of the time and want to come out. The ear pieces are obviously weighty because of the batteries and electronics in them and this weight slowly pulls them out of position. Next issue is the touch button, every time you touch them to readjust them to go back in your ear it alters the volume and that’s just playing annoying. It’s also hard to locate the precise place to double tap them when you actually want to as apose to a physical push button and lastly as I mentioned in the original update the ANC is pretty useless. I have actually been using my older Life A1 ones inbetween charging these and the fit compared to these is absolutely loads better. Not sure if I’d pay for these ones again because of those three main issues for finding like me who wears them literally every waking second of each day. So I’ve dropped stars again for these issues based on a month of every day wearing. Little Update: After wearing these continuously for about a week, I have noticed that compared to the SC Life A1 the Bluetooth range isn’t as long when connected to my iPod touch and also noticed that the ANC isn’t really that affective tbh, so it looses a star for those issues. Out of the 2 settings, “Transparency Mode” I’ve no idea why anyone would want to use this setting to actually hear more, which it does enable you to, It’s like it focusses in on distant noises like the kitchen extractor fan or the dehumidifier fan going. Whilst on the flip side, the actual “Noise Cancelling” option does dull the sound say of the TV heard over the film you’re watching on your device through your earphones, but doesn’t eliminate it, it’s still audible, so just be aware of that if you’re purchasing those soley based on their ANC capabilities, they’re not that good in that respect. Also the IPX waterproof rating on the Life A1 is ipx 7 compared to these A40 which is only ipx 4 rated by Soundcore. One more thing is that the touch buttons are no where near as responsive as an actual push buttons as in the older model LIfe A1’s. So it looses another star for that too. *************** Original Review: I’m going to compare these with the Soundcore Life Wireless A1 earphones because I’ve owned about 6 pairs of them over the past couple of years and they were the best earphones I’d found so far out of the reasonably priced Soundcore bunch. They had amazing bass, the three button tap to change from bass to two other settings was really good, they were comfy to wear the entire day, waterproof even in the shower and the battery life was good. You knew when they were low on charge because a red light came on and when they were in the charging container, you could see the lights on when. It was charging and knew when you had to re-charge the box as the lights went down and started to flash. The main problems with the Life A1 is that the circular rubber cover that is over the ear press button comes away from the unit causing the components to be exposed and then moisture gets in and thats the end of that. They also have a silicone earpiece which constantly comes out of position from where it should go, causing you to re-adjust constantly throughout the day. This also caused the earphones to be a pain going back into the charging container because sometimes the silicone had moved preventing the connections to align and for it to charge properly. Soundcore recently decided to change the Life A1 with a newer model which allowed it to be operated via an app, they did away with the three button press to get the equaliser deeper bass setting and the sound was not as good as the earlier Life A1 model. If you buy them now, they will all be the newer model just called A1 and compared to the old, they’re not worth it. So well done Soundcore, you spoiled them. Now compared to the Soundcore Space A40 which I’ve recently purchased because I was sick of the newer A1 models sound and lack of functions, Ive got to say that so far i’m pleasantly surprised. First thing you notice is that there are no inner ear silicone fins to perfectly fit your upper ear, they just have the different sized plugs so it sits looser in your ear. But because of this, they go straight back into their charging box and connect straight via the magnet to the correct position to charge. It relies soly on the app which you are allowed to customise the touch button press, but sometimes is hard to just press it and it doesn’t always register the press, which is annoying, but saying that, there doesn’t appear to be that circle of rubber covering the button which comes apart from the A1 model. There are no lights on the A40 earphones so you don’t know they’re actually on unlike the A1. Also noticed when they are in their charging box, there are no pulsating lights on the box to show they are charging either. Ive got to mention that Soundcore claim that when the earphones have run out of charge, by putting them into the recharging box just for 10 minutes will give them 40% charge. I tried this and timed the 10 minutes and reconnected them for them to show exactly 40% charge, so that was awesome. The sound of the A40 is really good, the bass is I’ve got to say better than the A1 and the active noise cancelling mode is really good. You can change the settings of the ANC in the app, theres a transparency mode which I’ve no idea why you’d want to use this and a full ANC mode which does actively dowse the noise around you, this feature wasn’t on the A1 and tbh I like it, yes it drains the battery faster, they reckon 8hrs instead of 10 before you need to recharge them but we’ll see later on. The earphones themselves are comfy, I’ve had them in all day and gone for walks etc in them and they stay in, the ANC can be turned off and on via the 2 second long touch option which you can disable if you want to. You can also customise the one touch for volume and two touch for play/pause and a few other settings. Again, sometimes it’s hard to lightly touch the earphones twice top change the setting compared to a solid button press as with the earlier model A1. So far they’re good, they are more expensive than the A1, but like I said they’ve ruined them with the upgrade and I’ll never go back to them. The sound quality of the A40 is really good as previously mentioned and when watching a movie, the sound effects are bassy and loud which I love compared to the newer model of the A1. The no charging lights does concern me as i don’t know if they are charging, but so far they have been, but it’s nice to have a visual aid to verify this. You can also add a widget to (I’m using an iPod touch and iPhone) add the earphones to so that by swiping the widget screen on you can control the ANC setting and also see how much charge is left on the earphones, which is useful. One more thing with Soundcore, I did order a set of Life A1 from their website, they advertised them as the older Life A1 model with three button press etc, however they sent the newer model which they falsely advertised and I didn’t want so I took advantage of their “hassle free returns” which turned out to be a total nightmare. Had to email them through their site about 5 times, force them to pay for the return postage because they’d sent out the wrong product and they wanted me to pay for returns, physically called them on the phone once and used their online live chat twice escalating it to a complaint the third time, then back and forth with a team leader a few times in order to resolve the issue. I for one will never buy anything direct from their website again so thank you Amazon, your returns procedure is flawless and you have my business for life, which is why I purchased these new pair of A40 from Amazon and not the Soundcore website direct. One thing about making earphones that relies purely on apps to work and to modify them is not everything has an app. I can connect my earphones through Bluetooth to my tv, this I cant put the Soundcore app on to change it’s settings, the radio is another i can connect to but can’t put an app on to modify and also Amazons Alexa, there is no option to put a Soundcore app on it to modify the earphones on that either. So regarding a 50 hr battery length claim, I fully charged the earphones on delivery via the cable, then wore for 8hrs with ANC on, waited till ran it and turned off, did a timed quick 10 min charge (put in exactly 40% of charge) lasted 4 hrs, another timed 10 min charge (again gave it 40% charge) and on for 3 hrs before putting away for the night. After a full charge wore for 11 hrs then a timed 10 min charge (went to 50%), wore for 1 1/2 hrs then put away for the night. Next day from a full charge lasted 10 hrs, in case (case lights showing 2 lights) for timed 10 mins (50% charge) lights went down to 1, wore for 4 1/2 hrs, back in case overnight. On for 9 1/2 hrs, in charging case for timed 10 mins giving 20% charge then wore for about an hour before finally running out of charge, so all in all about 52 hrs before needing to charge the case again…. Prettttttty good. Got to tell you this too, with all my wireless earphones, I tend to take out an ear when i need to listen to something quick and put it down somewhere and then spend ages trying to find it again. Ive found out with the Soundcore Space 40, if you leave the earplug, go into the app and into its settings and there is an option to locate your earphone ?!?!?!?!, you select which one you are trying to find and then press the play button for it and it sends out an audible tone so you can locate it ?????? I know right, amazing. Used it three times so far as that’s how often I loose them, tone goes and you just walk round listening for it until you find it :-) Definitly recomend these and definitely going to get another pair.