The AirPods Your Teen Wants Are at Their Lowest Price Ever
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If you missed out on the excellent Prime Day deal, your patience is being rewarded — a rarity during a holiday-shopping season defined by tariff-related uncertainty. Apple’s AirPods 4, our pick for the best less-expensive wireless earbuds, are currently selling for just $85. These would make a perfect gift for teens or anyone else on your list who doesn’t need noise canceling to drown out the background din of an open office or public-transit commute. (The noise-canceling version is also selling at a 17 percent discount, which is good, but we’ve seen better.)
Besides noise cancellation and wireless charging, these affordable earbuds have all the same features that we appreciate in the more expensive version, including spatial audio, five-hour battery life, and IP54 water- and dust-resistance. And because there are no noise-isolating rubber ear tips, the wearer can hear more of what’s going on around them — whether that’s their parents calling their name from across the house or the sound of traffic as they prepare to cross a street.
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