JBL Live Beam 4 vs Technics EAH-AZ100

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Live Beam 4 compared with EAH-AZ100

	JBLLive Beam 4	TechnicsEAH-AZ100
Overview
Released
Released	May 2026	January 2025
Sound
Type
Type	In-ear	In-ear
Noise cancelling
Noise cancelling	Yes	Yes
Transparency mode
Transparency mode	Yes	Yes
Spatial audio with head tracking
Spatial audio with head tracking	–	Yes
Driver size
Driver size	10 mm	10 mm
Impedance
Impedance	16 ohms	–
Bluetooth codecs
Bluetooth codecs	LDAC	SBC, AAC, LDAC and LC3
Drivers
Drivers	10 mm dynamic; 20 Hz–40 kHz frequency response and 98 dB SPL sensitivity at 1 kHz	10 mm magnetic-fluid dynamic drivers with aluminium diaphragms
Noise cancelling detail
Noise cancelling detail	True Adaptive Noise Cancelling 2.0, Smart Ambient, TalkThru and Smart Talk speech detection	Adaptive hybrid ANC; Ambient and Attention modes; one-touch conversation mode
Audio features
Audio features	Spatial Sound, Personi-Fi 3.0 and app EQ; LDAC confirmed by TechRadar and Les Numériques; LE Audio and Auracast maker-confirmed	Dolby Atmos optimisation and Dolby Head Tracking; LDAC unavailable with three-device multipoint
Hearing health
Hearing health	Personalised hearing profile through Personi-Fi 3.0	–
Battery
Listening time (maker's claim)
Listening time (maker's claim)	Up to 10 hours	Up to 10 hours
With the case
With the case	Up to 48 hours	Up to 28 hours
Wireless charging
Wireless charging	Yes	Yes
Battery life detail
Battery life detail	Up to 12 hours with ANC off, ten with standard ANC or eight with True Adaptive ANC; advertised 48 hours including the case is with ANC off. Each bud has a 65 mAh, 3.85 V battery; two-hour charging; calls up to 6.5 hours without ANC or six with it	AAC, ANC on 10 hours / 28 with case, off 12 / 29; LDAC, ANC on 7 / 18, off 8 / 19
Charging case
Charging case	Touchscreen Smart Charging Case; 680 mAh, 3.8 V battery; USB-C and Qi charging; up to 36 additional hours with ANC off	USB-C or Qi; earbuds charge in approximately 2 hours, case in 2.5 hours over USB or 3.5 over Qi
Fast charging
Fast charging	Ten minutes supplies up to four hours; current UK hours label denotes listening rather than charging duration	15 minutes gives approximately 90 minutes of playback
Design
Weight (each earbud)
Weight (each earbud)	4.85 g (better)	5.9 g
Water and sweat resistance
Water and sweat resistance	IP55	IPX4
Bluetooth
Bluetooth	6.0	5.3
Two devices at once
Two devices at once	Yes	Yes
Controls
Controls	Customisable touch controls and touchscreen case controls for volume, tracks, sound modes and EQ	Customisable touch controls; wear detection pauses and resumes playback
Microphones
Microphones	Six beamforming microphones across the pair; Perfect Calls 2.0 and call-effect settings	Three per earbud; Voice Focus AI processes outgoing and incoming call audio
Fit and ear tips
Fit and ear tips	Sealed stemmed in-ear fit with four sizes of eartips	Five silicone tip sizes, XS, S, M, ML and L
Case weight
Case weight	73 g	Approximately 42 g
Water resistance detail
Water resistance detail	IP55 earbuds; Les Numériques finds no published case IP rating	IPX4 applies to earbuds only
Works with
Works with	Two Bluetooth devices, Google Finder and Audio Switch; LE Audio unicast and Auracast via the JBL Headphones app	Technics Audio Connect for iOS and Android; Google Fast Pair, LE Audio and Auracast
Colours
Colours	Black, Blue, Green, Silver, Orange, Purple and Sand	Black, Silver, Champagne Gold, Midnight Blue and Moonlight Lilac
In the box
In the box	Earbuds, charging case, four tip sizes, warranty and quick-start guide; no charging cable. Maker May 2026 rollout corroborated by Les Numériques' actual May availability. Current UK RRP £149.99 differs from the £179.99 launch price	Earbuds, charging case, five sizes of ear tip and 0.2 m USB-C charging cable