Reverse charging your earbuds case with compatible smartphones (mainly flagships) is nothing surprising. However, your earbuds case doubling as a wireless power bank for charging the phone is unheard of. That’s why the HMD Amped earbuds are so special. Revealed at the Mobile World Congress 2025, these pair of wireless earbuds bring unprecedented functionality to the world of wireless gadgets.
The Finnish smartphone maker claims them to be the world’s first wireless earbuds with a charging case that wirelessly charges up any compatible phone. On that note, we totally agree, as we have not seen any such gadget so far, not in the concept world too. Any smartphone that supports Qi2 wireless charging can be charged with the Amped earbuds case as it houses a 1,600mAh battery in its slim design. A magnetic wireless compatible phone will hold the earbuds case in place just like a power bank which is useful functionality when you need the most.
Designer: HMD Global
To give you a fair idea, any earbud case with a good battery capacity can charge your earbuds several times over to last a day or more. Each of the earbuds can typically have a 40mAh battery that lasts around 8-9 hours (with ANC off) before requiring a recharge. Amped earbuds are at a Boss level in that respect as they can stretch for almost 95 hours with charge cycles inside the case. That means you are good for a few days of music listening, even with the occasional phone reverse-charging during that stint. The case is IPX4 rated for dust and water resistance while the buds come with the typical ANC, transparency, and call wind noise reduction modes. The IP54-rated earbuds are spring-loaded into the case and come with a hinged design to go straight into the housing.
From the design perspective of the buds, we are not too sure how comfortable they are going to be given their flat stems. That said, the oval ear tip shape should make the buds more comfortable minus an occlusion. The case weighs just 80 and is 14mm thick which is impressive given the battery it houses inside. Given the stellar specifications and functionality of the buds with a 10mm driver, 3 microphones on each bud, environmental noise cancellation for call quality, touch control operation, Google Gemini AI assistant support, Find My Device on Android, and Snapdragon Sound tech they should be good for daily use.
HMD has gone with the modern color options for the earbuds to make them appealing to the Gen-Z crowd. Both the case and the buds come in color-matching cyan, black or pink variants. Amped earbuds are priced at €199 (approximately $210) keeping them in close proximity to the flagship earbuds. They’ll be up for purchase in April in the European market with no confirmed time frame for the US market.
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