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Soundcore P42i
Soundcore P42i is a true wireless earbuds released in July 2026. Key specs: fit In-ear, active noise cancelling, battery life 12 h, Bluetooth version 6.1.
9.4Score
Sound8.7
Noise control & calls5.8
Battery9.2
Build & features8.8
price range$45–60Reference price converted from JPY
- Released
- July 2026
- Brand
Soundcore- Popularity
- #302 of 2,013
- Series
- Soundcore Pi · 6 generations
In-earFit
YesActive noise cancelling
12 hBattery life
6.1Bluetooth version
IPx5Water resistance (IPx)
YesMultipoint (two devices)
Spec guide
How it ranks among true wireless earbuds of 2026
Compared with true wireless earbuds released in 2026. Bars show the share of models it beats.
compared with other true wireless earbuds
Why is P42i a good choice?
Battery life: 12 hbetter than 87% of true wireless earbuds
Bluetooth version: 6.1better than 98% of true wireless earbuds
Total with charging case: 56 hbetter than 96% of true wireless earbuds
Battery life with ANC: 8.5 hbetter than 81% of true wireless earbuds
Charging time: 1 hbetter than 91% of true wireless earbuds
Water resistance (IPx): IPx5better than 73% of true wireless earbuds
Earbud weight (each): 4.4 gbetter than 77% of true wireless earbuds
Specifications
Full specifications
Sound
- Ear cup design
- Closed-back
- Driver size
- 11 mm
- Lowest frequency
- 20 Hz
- Highest frequency
- 40,000 Hz
- Impedance
- 14 Ω
- Hi-Res Audio
- Yes
- Adjustable equaliser
- Yes
Noise control
- Active noise cancelling
- Yes
- Adaptive ANC
- Yes
- Transparency / ambient mode
- Yes
- Microphones
- 6
- Noise reduction for calls
- Yes
Battery & charging
- Battery life
- 12 h
- Battery life with ANC
- 8.5 h
- Total with charging case
- 56 h
- Charging time
- 1 h
- Quick charge (claimed)
- 10 min → 3.5 h
- Fast charging support
- Yes
- Wireless charging (case)
- Yes
Connectivity
- Wireless
- Yes
- Hi-res codec (LDAC / aptX HD / LHDC)
- Yes
- aptX
- No
- LDAC
- Yes
- Multipoint (two devices)
- Yes
- USB-C
- Yes
Design & build
- Earbud weight (each)
- 4.4 g
- Protection rating
- IP55
- Water resistance (IPx)
- IPx5
- Dust protection (IP)
- 5
- Colours
- Black, Oat White, Navy Blue, Purple
Features
- Touch controls
- Yes
- Hands-free calls
- Yes
Specs are collected from manufacturers and open databases and normalised to one format; check details with the seller before you buy.
In collections
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