Description

Design and Features

The Oppo Enco Air 3 live upto its name as it is a lightweight true wireless headset. The Air 3 earphones have an outer-ear fit that feels very comfortable even for long listening sessions. It is available in one variant ‘glaze white’ color option, the Oppo Enco Air 3 earpieces have an amazingly translucent finish for the stems, which nicely fuses with the see-through lid of the charging case. The upper parts of the stems have touch sensors for controls, which can be modified through the companion app. The Oppo Enco Air 3 earpieces are IP54 rated for dust and water resistance, and there are no markings or branding on the earpieces themselves.

The Oppo Enco Air 3 charging case is quite fascinating its transparent lid lets you see the entirety of the earpieces, which don’t really ‘slot’ into place; instead, they magnetically hold in place in a ‘display’ of sorts. There is an indicator light just under the lid and you can see it even with the lid closed because of the design, and the Oppo logo is visible at the front. At the bottom of the case, you get the USB Type-C port for charging. There are no extra features such as wireless charging or active noise cancellation on the Oppo Enco Air 3, but the headset does have some app-based features which add some customisability, including multi-point connectivity for up to two devices simultaneously.

Specifications

The Oppo Enco Air 3 is an affordable true wireless headset but it doesn’t have many features, and the app is expectedly set for just the basic features of the headset. You get battery levels for the earpieces and charging case, three equalizers presets, Oppo Alive Audio for spatial sound, the game mode for low-latency audio, a dual connection toggle, and detailed customization of the touch controls.

Touch controls are quite detailed, through touch control you can control everything including playback, volume, invoking the default voice assistant, and turning on the game mode, all directly from the headset. The Oppo Enco Air 3 is powered by 13.4mm dynamic drivers, with a frequency response range of 20-20,000Hz, and a driver sensitivity rating of 125db. For connectivity, the headset comes with Bluetooth 5.3, with support for the SBC and AAC Bluetooth codecs. The sales package includes absolutely nothing apart from the earphones and charging case.

Performance

The most attractive point for Oppo Enco Air 3 is multi-point connectivity it can simultaneously pair with android and iPhone and there is no drop in audio quality, with the headset using the AAC Bluetooth codec for music playback on both devices. As with most earphones with this design, the sound changes a bit depending on how your earphones are angled even the slightest change in angle can make a difference to the way it sounds but the difference wasn’t as extreme as most of the other headsets have with this design, it only changes the intensity of the bass changing a bit if I angled the earpieces inwards.

The sub-bass frequencies were quite good for a pair of earphones with this kind of fit, and there was a reasonable amount of detail in the rhythmic and progressive beat but the mid-bass frequencies sounded a bit flat and lacking in aggression, the sound was reasonably exciting and well put together on the whole. The sound quality is reasonably balanced, offering a fair mix of loud and smooth — largely on par with what you’d expect from a headset in this price segment. The Oppo Enco Air 3 truly stands out because it offers the comfort of the outer-ear fit and the option to have natural ambient awareness, along with sound quality and sonic levels that you’d typically only find on in-canal earphones. The big drivers are precisely well-tuned, and the overall listening experience is a comfortable and hassle-free one across volume levels. Call quality works decently indoors and outdoors, with the environmental noise cancellation working well enough to prioritize voice in different environments. Game mode offered a slight improvement in latency with mobile games at the expense of some loss of quality in the sound.

Battery Life

Battery life on the Oppo Enco Air 3 is decent enough that it can work for five hours on a single charge, with the charging case adding three full charges, for a total run time of around 20 hours per charge cycle.