| Proximity pairing of my HUAWEI earbuds |
You can pair your earbuds with supported HUAWEI phones/tablets/PCs via the proximity pairing prompt or check the earbuds' battery level, when the device screen is unlocked. If no proximity pairing prompt displays, please refer to The proximity pairing prompt is not displayed for the earbuds. Once Audio Accessory Manager is updated to version 14.0.6.333 or later, while you are playing music, making calls, or playing videos on the phone/tablet, only the connection capsule will pop up at the top of the screen when you open the earbuds' charging case, while the earbuds' pairing prompt will not pop up. This is normal and does not indicate an issue with your earbuds.
When pairing your HUAWEI WATCH Buds earbuds with a phone/tablet, the proximity pairing prompt will display the battery levels of the earbuds. When pairing them with a PC, the proximity pairing prompt will display the battery levels of both the earbuds and the watch.
Models that support proximity pairing prompts
- HUAWEI phones/tablets: Proximity pairing prompts are supported on phones/tablets running EMUI 10.0 or later (EMUI 11.0 or later for WATCH Buds earbuds). The proximity pairing prompt is displayed as an HD animation on the following models, and an image on other models.
Figure 1. HD image
Figure 2. HD animation
FreeBuds Pro 4/FreeBuds 6i/FreeLace Pro 2/FreeClip/FreeBuds Pro 3/FreeBuds 5/WATCH Buds/FreeBuds Pro 2/FreeBuds 4/FreeBuds 4E/FreeBuds Lipstick/FreeBuds 3/FreeBuds Pro/FreeBuds Studio: For devices running EMUI 11.0/HarmonyOS 2.0 or later, HD animations are supported after you update Audio Accessory Manager to the latest version.
Proximity pairing prompts are not supported on the following devices:- HUAWEI mobile phones: HUAWEI P10, HUAWEI P10 Plus, HUAWEI Mate 9, HUAWEI Mate 9 Pro, PORSCHE DESIGN HUAWEI Mate 9, HUAWEI nova 2s, HUAWEI nova 3, HUAWEI nova 3i, and HUAWEI Y9 2019
- HUAWEI tablets: HUAWEI MediaPad M5 10-inch, HUAWEI MediaPad M5 Pro 10-inch, HUAWEI MediaPad M5 8-inch, HUAWEI MediaPad M5 lite 8-inch, HUAWEI MediaPad M5 lite 10-inch, and HUAWEI MediaPad
- HONOR 9, HONOR V9, HONOR Note 10, HONOR Play, and HONOR Pad 5
- HUAWEI PCs (instant connection): Only some earbuds and PCs support this feature. For details, see Using Proximity discovery on my PC to quickly connect to multiple devices.
If you are using FreeBuds SE 3/FreeBuds Pro 4/FreeBuds 6i/FreeLace Pro 2/FreeClip/FreeBuds Pro 3/FreeBuds 4E/FreeBuds Lipstick/WATCH Buds/FreeBuds 5/FreeBuds SE 2/FreeBuds Pro 2/FreeBuds 5i/FreeBuds 4/FreeBuds 4i/FreeBuds Pro/FreeBuds Studio/FreeBuds 3/FreeLace Lite earbuds, and try to connect the earbuds to your HUAWEI PC via the pairing prompt, update PC Manager to the latest version. FreeBuds 3i and FreeLace Pro do not support proximity pairing prompts on PCs.
Steps
- Enable Bluetooth on your phone/tablet/PC.
- Put the earbuds in Pairing mode.
- Place the earbuds close to the phone/tablet/PC, and follow the onscreen instructions to complete the pairing. If the earbuds have already been paired with your device, a battery level prompt will display each time the earbuds reconnect to your device.
- The bubble effect in HUAWEI FreeBuds 5's proximity pairing prompt requires Audio Accessory Manager 13.0.0.140 or later.
- "LOSSLESS" displayed in the pairing prompt of FreeBuds Pro 3 earbuds connected to certain phone models indicates that the earbuds support CD-level lossless audio transmission bit rate.