OnePlus Buds 3 review: Who says good ANC isn’t cheap?

The new OnePlus 12 is an AI-packed smartphone with a rich camera suite that showed major improvements from its predecessor. Similarly, the OnePlus Buds 3 builds on its predecessor’s already superb performance. Earning a perfect 5-star rating when we tested them last year, the OnePlus Buds Pro 2 delivered effective noise-cancelling and clear sound via their capable dual drivers, but they had two notable drawbacks: A lag between music stopping when removing the bud, and the spatial audio didn’t add much.