OpenFreebuds
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:
- Switching noise-cancelling;
- Setting the reaction of the device to a double/long tap;
- Enable/disable auto-pause when removing the earpiece from the ear;
- Management through the menu, keyboard shortcuts and/or web server;
- Change device language.
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.
Links: - Source code - Translate to other language
Troubleshooting
Gnome Shell: no indicator in system tray
This desktop environment didn't support tray indicators and applets out-of-box. So, to use OpenFreebuds, you must install extension AppIndicator and KStatusNotifierItem Support.
How to configure hotkeys in GNOME Wayland
The built-in keyboard shortcut feature will not work under Wayland, and there is currently no way to solve this problem. The reason for this the protocol itself.
Therefore, you can assign keyboard shortcuts through the system settings.
To do this, open Settings -> Keyboard -> Keyboard Shortcuts ->
Additional keyboard shortcuts. Add a new keyboard shortcut,
with an arbitrary name. In the "Command" field, enter
openfreebuds action
Where action can be
next_mode- next ANC modemode_0- disable ANCmode_1- enable ANCmode_2- enable awareness ANC modeconnect- connect devicedisconnect- disconnect device
For example, this is how my Ctrl-Alt-Q keyboard shortcut setting looks like
to switch noise reduction modes:
