₹3,999, mivi.in
The Mivi AI buds tout AI features to stand out, but they fall short of expectations. Marketed as an Android-only audio solution, they aim for great sound, noise cancellation, and comfort but don’t fully deliver.
The build quality feels cheap, with fingerprint-prone plastic stems that are bulky enough to double as paperweights. The buds are comfortable for about an hour, but the stem design becomes bothersome after that.
On the brighter side, audio quality and ANC are solid, at 60% volume with ANC on, isolation is effective. Transparency mode is passable but not impressive.
The AI assistant, the buds’ main selling point, shines when it understands prompts, handling English, Tamil, Hindi, and Kannada well, outperforming Siri. However, manually switching languages is a hassle, and the assistant can be…
