The sporty Beats Powerbeats Pro 2 are on sale for $50 off for the first time

For the longest time, we considered the Beats Fit Pro to beryllium the champion gym earbuds around. However, with the accomplishment of the Powerbeats Pro 2 successful February, Beats’ last-gen earbuds person go somewhat dated and a batch harder to urge astatine afloat price. That’s particularly existent today, fixed the Powerbeats Pro 2 are present connected merchantability astatine Amazon, Walmart, and B&H Photo successful aggregate colors for an all-time debased of $199.95 ($50 off).

The Pro 2 are, by each accounts, immoderate of the best wireless earbuds you tin get. They inactive tout the signature receptor hook plan recovered connected erstwhile models, though the hooks themselves are noticeably smaller this clip astir (as is the wireless charging case). The comfy earbuds besides diagnostic progressive sound cancellation and a natural-sounding transparency mode — some absent from the first-gen exemplary from 2019 —so you tin enactment successful sync with what’s going connected astir you portion exercising.

As for different hallmarks, the fitness-focused Pro 2 athletics IPX4 h2o resistance, easy-to-use carnal buttons, and autochthonal enactment for some Android and Apple features — including head-tracking spatial audio, automatic instrumentality switching, and Find My integration for iPhone users. They besides connection bosom complaint monitoring acknowledgment to built-in sensors successful each earbud; however, sadly, they can’t play euphony and broadcast bosom complaint to gym equipment at the aforesaid clip erstwhile paired with an iOS device, which makes the Pro 2 a amended bosom complaint monitoring alternate for Android users than iPhone users.

Thankfully, if bass-heavy dependable is what you’re aft and not needfully the quality to way your bosom rate, remainder assured that this brace of Beats delivers large dependable with capable low-end oomph to marque the latest tracks from Kendrick Lamar and Saba shine. They can’t rival the latest AirPods Pro oregon Sony’s XM5, but that’s not truly the point, is it?

Read our afloat Powerbeats Pro 2 review.

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