Apple-made Beats earbuds are less than £100 for a limited time
Apple’s AirPods remain among the most popular true wireless earbuds on the market, but Apple also owns another brand that makes competing headphones that could be a better fit and better price for you.
Beats, which is Apple-owned, makes several fitness-first products including the Beats Fit Pro, a set of wireless earbuds with many of the same perks as AirPods but a much more secure wingtip design. If that sounds like a good thing, the best news is the Beats Fit Pro are currently on sale for just £99, which is less than half price.
The buds’ RRP is £219.99, making this £99 offer a great deal. A glance at the Amazon price tracker site Camelcamelcamel shows the Fit Pro were on sale for this same £99 for Black Friday, going back up to £199.99 just before this current sale. Amazon says this is a “limited time deal”, so it’s not clear how long the discount will last.
The Beats Fit Pro have recently been superseded by the newer Beats Powerbeats Fit, with the main difference being the Powerbeats Fit have an updated design and smaller charging case.
If you like the sound of in-ear Apple-made earbuds for less than £100 though, the Beats Fit Pro is an excellent choice.
I’ve tested the Beats Fit Pro and found a pair of buds ideal for running. The flexible wingtip on each bud means you can tuck them securely in your ears and exercise without far of them falling out. Seriously, they are going nowhere.
The in-ear design is paired with active noise cancellation (ANC) and transparency modes like you’ll find on AirPods Pro models, as well as the same Apple H1 chip that allows automatic switching between Apple devices (iPhone, iPad, Mac and Apple TV) as well as Audio Sharing (with other Beats headphones or AirPods), and Siri voice activation.
But the great thing about Beats is, unlike Apple, they also offer quick pairing with Android phones, and you can tweak some settings via the official Beats app.
The Beats Fit Pro has a solid, bass-first sound that I really like. It suits most music genres such as hip hop, rock and pop, though classical music fans might want to go for a more neutral earbud.
Beats says you’ll get six hours of sound from a fully charge set of buds, while the charging case offers up to 24 hours overall when it is fully juiced up. One annoyance is that the case is quite large, and does not support wireless charging – you need to plug in a USB-C cable to charge.
Amazon has the Beats Fit Pro in white or grey for £99, and you don’t need an Amazon Prime subscription to get that price.
