For the longest time, we thought-about the Beats Fit Pro to be one of the best health club earbuds round. Nonetheless, with the arrival of the Powerbeats Professional 2 in February, Beats’ last-gen earbuds have develop into considerably dated and rather a lot tougher to suggest at full worth. That’s very true at this time, given the Powerbeats Professional 2 are actually on sale at Amazon, Walmart, and B&H Photo in a number of colours for an all-time low of $199.95 ($50 off).
The Professional 2 are, by all accounts, a number of the best wireless earbuds you will get. They nonetheless tout the signature ear hook design discovered on earlier fashions, although the hooks themselves are noticeably smaller this time round (as is the wi-fi charging case). The comfy earbuds additionally characteristic lively noise cancellation and a natural-sounding transparency mode — each absent from the first-gen model from 2019 —so you’ll be able to keep in sync with what’s happening round you whereas exercising.
As for different hallmarks, the fitness-focused Professional 2 sport IPX4 water resistance, easy-to-use bodily buttons, and native help for each Android and Apple options — together with head-tracking spatial audio, computerized gadget switching, and Discover My integration for iPhone customers. Additionally they supply coronary heart charge monitoring due to built-in sensors in every earbud; nonetheless, sadly, they can’t play music and broadcast heart rate to gym equipment on the similar time when paired with an iOS gadget, which makes the Professional 2 a greater coronary heart charge monitoring various for Android customers than iPhone customers.
Fortunately, if bass-heavy sound is what you’re after and never essentially the flexibility to trace your coronary heart charge, relaxation assured that this pair of Beats delivers nice sound with sufficient low-end oomph to make the most recent tracks from Kendrick Lamar and Saba shine. They’ll’t rival the latest AirPods Pro or Sony’s XM5, however that’s not likely the purpose, is it?