LG's latest Tone Free earbuds tweak their hardware with one key upgrade - Android Police

LG introduced new Tone Free earbuds earlier this year, and saying we didn't like them would be an understatement.

Now the company is back with another set of earbuds in the Tone Free lineup that add a key feature — but is it enough to stand out against the crowded competition?

The HBS-FN7 (catchy, right?) are basically an updated version of LG's HBS-FN6 earbuds, meaning they offer comfy in-ear fit, sound tuned by Meridian, and even a fancy charging case that uses ultraviolet light to eliminate 99.9% of certain bacteria from the earbuds' inner mesh.

They launch today in South Korea, and should also be available in parts of of North America, Europe and Asia starting later this year — although if they sound as uninspiring as the Tone Free buds we reviewed earlier this year, we'd probably recommend skipping this track?