OpenFreebuds
HUAWEI Freebuds client for PC.
What is that?
OpenFreebuds is a management software for HUAWEI FreeBuds/Honor EarBuds series devices for computer. Allows you to change noise-canceling modes and various Bluetooth headphone settings without using your smartphone.
Available for Windows and Linux. Features:
- Dynamic system tray icon that shows current active noise cancellation mode and battery level;
- Tray menu with battery levels and active noise cancellation settings;
- Ability to change voice language for some models (4i, 5i);
- Device settings dialog, eg. change equalizer preset, gesture actions, etc;
- Built-in HTTP-server for remote control & scripting;
- Built-in global hotkeys support (for Windows and Xorg-Linux)
In fact, the program almost completely replaces AI Life.
The program does not have any main window, only displays an indicator in the notification area, from where you can access the main settings and the device setup menu.
Device compatability
Table bellow shows which devices and features currently are supported in OpenFreebuds. If your device isn't listed here, you could try to use it with profile for other model.
Notes:
- HONOR Earbuds 2 Lite is same as HUAWEI FreeBuds 4i;
Columns mean device model, rows mean feature name.
| Feature name | SE | Lace Pro | 4i | Pro | Pro 2 | 5i | Pro 3 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fetch device info | 🟡 | 🟢 | 🟢 | 🟢 | 🟢 | 🟢 | 🟡 |
| Fetch battery level | 🟡 | 🟢 | 🟢 | 🟢 | 🟢 | 🟢 | 🟡 |
| Set double-tap action | 🟡 | 🟢 | 🟢 | 🔴 | 🟢 | 🔴 | |
| Control noise cancellation | 🟢 | 🟢 | 🟢 | 🟢 | 🟢 | 🟡 | |
| Set long-tap action | 🟢 | 🟢 | 🟢 | 🟢 | 🟢 | 🔴 | |
| Set preferred ANC modes for gestures | 🟢 | 🟢 | 🟢 | 🟢 | 🟢 | 🔴 | |
| Change voice language | 🟢 | 🟢 | 🟢 | 🔴 | 🟢 | 🔴 | |
| Fetch in-ear status | 🟢 | 🟢 | 🟢 | 🟢 | 🔴 | ||
| Pause when plug-off setup | 🟢 | 🟢 | 🟢 | 🟢 | 🟡 | ||
| Toggle multi-device support | 🟡 | 🟢 | 🟢 | 🟡 | |||
| List and switch between devices | 🟡 | 🟢 | 🟢 | 🔴 | |||
| Set priority device | 🟡 | 🟢 | 🟢 | 🔴 | |||
| Swipe action setting | 🟢 | 🟢 | 🔴 | ||||
| Sound quality preference | 🟢 | 🟢 | 🟡 | ||||
| Built-in equalizer presets | 🟢 | 🟢 | 🟡 | ||||
| Low-latency mode (Idk how it works) | 🔴 | 🔴 | |||||
| Custom equalizer presets | 🔴 |
| Implementation level | Marker |
|---|---|
| Fully implemented | 🟢 |
| Partially implemented or not tested on real device | 🟡 |
| Not implemented, maybe not enough information | 🔴 |
| Not supported by device |
If you want to get full support of your headphones, you can create a Bluetooth-traffic dump from Ai Life, which will contain all requests and responses that is used by official app to manage your headset. Then send collected file to me, I'll analyze them and try to implement their features in OpenFreebuds.
More information can be found in repository on GitHub.
