Powerbeats
Price: £129.95 from fave.co/2UzWkIY
Apple has updated its popular Powerbeats sports wireless headphones for 2020, pitching them somewhere between the Powerbeats3 Wireless (£169 from fave.co/2WX1OPv and the current Powerbeats Pro (£194 from fave.co/2UTWlX6 They offer the earbud design, H1 chip and (allegedly) audio performance of the latter at a more affordable price tag than either.
How well do they live up to this billing? Our review includes in-depth testing of their audio quality, battery performance, ease of use, new features and much more.
Design
The Powerbeats have a chunky design – no slimline earbuds these. There’s a solid receiver unit on each side, with the in-ear portion projecting from one side and a large curved piece that tucks over your ear. The whole thing is finished in a single colour, either black, white or red, so we’ve lost the possibly less tasteful but sportier-seeming two-tone designs (such as black and lime-green) from the previous generation. They stick out from your ears a long way, and the ear hooks push your ears forward a little too: a glance in the mirror put this reviewer in mind of
