QCY T13 is one of the best price/performance earbuds of QCY. QCY usually makes good quality and low priced products. T13 is not an exception. Here is the detailed QCY T13 review.
QCY T13 TWS Earbuds
Summary
QCY T13 is not the best earbuds on the market, but it is one of the best TWS earbuds in the $30 price range. Its running for about 12 months and it is still robust.
By Metin KARAL – Review Editor
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Pros
- Good battery life
- Good playback quality
- Great price
Cons
- Poor App
Features – QCY T13 Specs
- 4 Microphones with noise canceling
- 8 Hours playback
- 30 Hours charging unit capacity
- 380 mAh Battery case capacity
- Quick charge
- Sleep mode for battery saving
- AAC/SBC support
- 5.1 Bluetooth support
- 10m Operation distance
- IOS and Android App for configuration and firmware update
- Type-C charging interface
Compatibility
QCY T13 earbuds are universal, means that you can use it with Apple IOS, Android or Windows devices, as long as it supports Bluetooth. I’ve tried both with an iPhone and a Windows 10 notebook, and it works great. No driver need.
Design
QCY T13 has a small and elegant design. It fits easily to ears. QCY T13 dimensions are 2.13 x 2.09 x 1.1 inches and It has Black and White models. Charging case is also fairly cute and has an elegant design. Easily fits to bags for carrying. Case has a USB Type-C port for case charging. Notice that, package does *not* has a charger, has only a Type-C cable.
My QCY T13 black looks very cool!
Comfort
QCY T13 has an elegant design and earbuds fits perfectly. Sound quality is great and easily compete with expensive brands. It is extremely difficult to fall off while walking or running. Fairly comfortable while using. Probably you will forget this earbuds after wearing! Very light.
One more great thing with T13: each individual T13 earbud can work alone. This means, you can listen music or make a phone call while one earbud charging. Also you can use this feature while driving or in daily activities without problem. This feature is not available in most of the expensive earbuds! Awesome!
Battery Life and Charging
QCY T13 battery case has a 380 mAh capacity for charging earbuds. This is fairly enough for charging both earbuds for around 3 times! When the QCY earbuds are fully charged, it has around 8 hours playback or 5 hours calling time. This is awesome!
Besides its charging capacity, Bluetooth 5.1 chipset makes the earbuds very efficient for low battery consumption. In addition, QCY T13 latency is fairly good. Bluetooth 5.1 connection has lower transmission latency and wider (10m) range.
T13 has also quick charge feature. 5 minutes charge yields 1 hour of playback! This really great.
QCY earbud case has a USB Type-C charging port which makes quick charging possible. Box has a type-c cable for charging (of course box does not have a charger!)
QCY T13 Touch Control
The QCY T13 has an easy and powerful touch control mechanism over the upper are of headset.
- Double touch Left or Right – Pause/resume playing
- Double touch Left or Right while calling – Answer/end call
- Keep touch Left or Right for 1.5s – Ignore call
- Keep touch Left – Skip track backward
- Keep touch Right – Skip track forward
- Triple touch Left earbud – Activate Voice Assistant
- Triple touch Right earbud – Activate/De-activate low latency game mode
Notice that there is no option to change volume. You must use either QCY App or phone voice control to increase/decrease volume.
Calling and Playback Quality
You can make Crystal-Clear calling QCY T13 even in a noisy environment. T13 has 4 microphones for calling with noise canceling. It uses ENC (Digital noise canceling algorithm) technology to block background noise for a better calling. Actually that QCY earbud makes it great. You can get a really clear voice/video call even in a highly noisy environment.
You can use both earbuds together or individually. In both case you can make a clear calling or playback (Of course using both earbuds as stereo gives you much better experience)
Notice that if you are in a really windy environment, sound quality may decrease a little, but not much. Still very acceptable.
It has great bass. But notice that, if you want great playback, your transmission device (eg. your phone) must support good sound quality. Sound is produced by your phone, not by earbuds.
Here, I must mention about low-latency mode. It is actually called “gaming mode”. When you activate low-latency game mode (just triple touch Right earbud) T13 reduces delays for better sound quality. Actually, T13 earbuds have really low latency. QCY T13 game mode just makes it incredible!
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QCY Earbuds App
You can use QCY App both for IOS and Android. You can make simple sound adjustments for pre-defined equalizer options or download firmware. There are some other simple options but as I said, don’t expect something more.
Surely, you can use your QCY T13 without App.
QCY T13 Box Content
- Earbuds
- Charging Case with Type-C port
- 3 pairs Eartips (Small, Medium, Large)
- USB Type-C charging cable
- User Manual
Compare QCY T13 vs Airpods
Apple AirPods are great earbuds in all aspects, except their prices! Actually there are great earbuds in terms of quality and price. QCY T13 is one of them. T13 has superb features also.
QCY T13 Sound quality is *near* the Apple AirPods with around $129 price range. As a person, who used AirPods (first generation), if you decide to purchase T13 you will get almost similar quality earbuds with 1/4 price of AirPods.
Awesome!
QCY T13 is a remarkable Earbud with great price tag. Calling features, battery life and sound quality makes it great for every day use.
Let the Music Lift You UP!
QCY T13 Review Summary
QCY usually makes high quality/performance ratio gadgets. T13 TWS Earbuds is also one of them. It has decent and updated features of earbuds technology.
QCY T13 has decent features like 8 hours playback, 5.1 Bluetooth support, 10m operation distance, noise cancelling microphones and great sound quality.
On the other hand, QCY T13 has an average IOS and Android App for changing some settings. It is really an average app and don’t expect something complicated.
In short, QCY T13 is not the best earbuds on the market, but it is one of the best earbuds in the $30 price range. Its running for about 12 months and it is still robust. Many cheap earbuds last in first month and become unusable. Currently, it is around this price range and that’s great for such a quality earbuds.
Where to Buy?
Buy From Amazon
Alternatively, Buy From Producer, QCY
Written by Metin Karal
Metin Karal is a Computer Engineer and He is interested in reviewing products that He used or liked. He also likes programming in C#. Currently, He is developing a really challenging memory game, PairMem which is available at Official Microsoft Store for free download.