In a packed bus or gym? No need to jack up the volume - just use active noise-cancellation and you'll hear your podcast loud and clear. And you can go ahead and work up a sweat - these are IPX4 water-resistant, they can handle it. If you need to chat, wear detection pauses when you remove the bud and starts playing again when you put it back in.Good to know- Popping into the shops? Stick on transparency mode to hear how much you owe- Bluetooth Multipoint lets you stay connected to 2 devices and intelligently identifies the active stream- The 11 mm drivers and LDAC will give you seriously rich sound and the buds are ready for hi-res audio- Keep yourself company all day long - with the charging case, these last up to 50 hours- The buds give you up to 10 hours of audio and quick charge squeezes out 4 more hours in just 10 minutes- If you've got a wireless charger, you can juice the case without fiddling with cables- Get your tunes sounding just right by fiddling with EQs in the Soundcore