For the longest time, we thought of the Beats Match Professional to be the most effective gymnasium earbuds round. Nonetheless, with the arrival of the Powerbeats Professional 2 in February, Beats’ last-gen earbuds have change into considerably dated and loads more durable to suggest at full worth. That’s very true as we speak, 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 few of the finest wi-fi earbuds you may 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 snug earbuds additionally characteristic energetic noise cancellation and a natural-sounding transparency mode — each absent from the first-gen mannequin from 2019 —so you possibly can 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 assist for each Android and Apple options — together with head-tracking spatial audio, automated system switching, and Discover My integration for iPhone customers. In addition they provide coronary heart fee monitoring due to built-in sensors in every earbud; nevertheless, sadly, they’ll’t play music and broadcast coronary heart fee to gymnasium tools on the similar time when paired with an iOS system, which makes the Professional 2 a greater coronary heart fee monitoring different 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 fee, 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 will’t rival the most recent AirPods Professional or Sony’s XM5, however that’s not likely the purpose, is it?