Smart wear detection of HUAWEI earbuds

Once the earbuds are connected to your phone/tablet, the phone/tablet will be able to detect the wearing status of the earbuds and automatically pause and resume audio playback, or switch between audio channels during calls. You can enable Smart wear detection by finding the target earbuds card in the AI Life app and going to Settings > Wear detection. To enable this feature for a pair of WATCH Buds earbuds, open the Huawei Health app and go to Devices > WATCH Buds > Earbuds > Settings > Smart wear detection.

The earbud and phone/tablet requirements for this feature are as follows:

• FreeBuds Pro 4/FreeBuds 6i/FreeClip/FreeBuds Pro 3/FreeBuds 5/WATCH Buds/FreeBuds Pro 2/FreeBuds 5i/FreeBuds Lipstick/FreeBuds Pro/FreeBuds 4/FreeBuds Studio/FreeBuds 4i: Compatible with all phones/tablets (regardless of the device brand and system).
• FreeBuds SE/FreeBuds 3/FreeBuds 3i/FlyPods 3: Compatible with phones/tablets running EMUI 10.0/HarmonyOS 2.0 or later.
• : Compatible with phones/tablets running EMUI 10.0.1/HarmonyOS 2.0 or later.

Table 1. Audio output rules when the earbuds are connected to a HUAWEI phone/tablet with Smart wear detection enabled

Scenario	Not worn	Taken off
Music playback	The audio is played by the phone/tablet.	Removing either/both earbuds will pause audio playback, and putting the earbuds back on within 3 minutes will resume audio playback. The audio channel will not switch, regardless of whether the audio player is running in the foreground or background.
Video playback/Live streaming	The audio is played by the phone/tablet.	Removing the earbuds will switch the audio channel to your phone/tablet, and wearing either or both earbuds will switch the audio channel back to the earbuds when the video is resumed. For TWS earbuds, removing either earbud will not switch the audio channel. However, for certain video/live streaming apps, video playback/live streaming may not pause and the audio channel will switch to the phone/tablet. Feel free to report this issue to the video app's vendor.
Calling	The audio is played by the phone/tablet.	Removing the earbuds will switch the audio channel to your phone/tablet, and putting one/both earbuds back on will switch the audio channel to the earbuds. For TWS earbuds, removing either earbud will not switch the audio channel.

 

• The Smart wear detection settings are only valid on the currently connected phone/tablet if the HUAWEI phone/tablet is running EMUI 10.0 or later, and you will need to configure the settings for different phones/tablets on a separate basis. For other system versions or non-HUAWEI phones/tablets, the Wear detection settings will remain valid regardless of the connected device, and you will not need to configure the settings for each device.
• Audio output rules when the earbuds are connected to a non-HUAWEI phone/tablet with Smart wear detection enabled:
  • When you are not wearing the earbuds: Whether the audio is played from the earbuds or phone/tablet speaker during audio playback/video playback/phone calls will depend on the phone/tablet model.
  • When you take the earbuds off: The rules stated above for HUAWEI phones/tablets will apply.

To learn more:

Shortcuts and some advanced earbud settings are not available on my phone/tablet

Music playback does not pause when the earbuds are removed, nor resume when the earbuds are worn again