LG Touts Noise Canceling, Hygiene Feature in Latest Earbuds

LG’s Tone Free FP8 wireless earbuds ($179) are shipping and will be followed this month by the FP9 and FP5, said the company Monday. The FP8s have active noise cancellation, a wireless charging case and Headphone Spatial Processing from Meridian Audio. The 3D Sound Stage feature uses upmixing to broaden the sound stage, said the company. Larger drivers and diaphragms are said to deliver more bass. Three mics in each earbud make the wearer’s voice clearer on calls and lower ambient noise, LG said. A UV LED built into the Tone Free cases was tested to reduce bacteria on the earbuds’ speaker mesh by 99.9% in five minutes while charging, the company said.