Apple’s pricing strategy since Black Friday has been wild to watch with the AirPods Pro 3 dropping roughly $10 each week like clockwork. Yesterday they were sitting at $209, and today they’ve hit $199, marking an all-time low that you won’t find on Apple’s official site where they’re still listed at the full $249. Amazon’s exclusively offering this discount and makes it the perfect moment to grab wireless earbuds that pack hearing aid features, live translation, and heart rate sensing.
Why These Earbuds Are Worth the Hype
Active noise cancellation cuts out up to twice as much unwanted noise as the AirPods Pro 2 and makes a bubble of silence that works just as well on subway rides as it does in open offices where coworkers won’t stop talking. The new acoustic architecture changes how music sounds to your ears, the bass feels deeper without making the midrange sound muddy, and the clarity lets you hear each instrument in complex tracks. Vocals are so clear that it sounds like the host is talking directly to you in podcasts and audiobooks. Last but not least, spatial audio makes the soundstage three-dimensional and moves with your head.
Heart rate sensing lets you track your fitness right from your earbuds, keeping track of your pulse and calories burned during up to 50 different types of workouts without needing to wear an Apple Watch. You can use the Move ring, count your steps, and Workout Buddy, which is powered by Apple Intelligence and learns your habits and pushes you when you’re not working hard enough. Live Translation makes it possible to talk to people who speak different languages in real time and Apple Intelligence does all the hard work in the background: This one feature changes how you can travel and talk to friends and clients from other countries.
With ANC on, the battery lasts up to 8 hours on a single charge and with Transparency mode and the Hearing Aid feature on, the battery lasts up to 10 hours. The USB-C charging case lets you listen for more than 24 hours before you need to find an outlet. If you plug it in for just five minutes, it will charge quickly and give you about an hour of playback time. With five different ear tip sizes, you can finally find a fit that stays in place while you run or just listen to music.
The hearing health features are more advanced than what you’d find in regular earbuds and you can take a clinical-grade hearing test at home using guided tones and frequency sweeps. The Hearing Aid feature with automatic Conversation Boost makes voices louder in noisy places, so you can follow conversations at restaurants or family gatherings without having to ask people to repeat themselves all the time.
Bluetooth connections stay strong even in crowded places where wireless signals usually have trouble: Your iPhone, iPad, and Mac will automatically switch between them based on which one you’re using at the time. You can control playback, answer calls, and switch between noise cancellation modes on each earbud stem without having to look for your phone. With spatial audio and dynamic head tracking, movies and TV shows sound like they are coming from a personal surround sound system, and the sound moves naturally as you turn your head.
Right now, you can get Apple’s best earbuds for $199 instead of $249 which is the lowest price ever on Amazon. This is a great deal for features that used to only be found in medical devices and high-end headphones. With better noise cancellation, heart rate tracking, live translation, and real hearing aid features, you get tools that make your daily life better than just listening to music.
