These are a decent alternative to the $180 AirPods 4 because they sport a winged design offering a secure fit for workouts. Apple attempted to provide an alternative, non-mainstream fit with their recent AirPods lineup for folks whose ear canals reject in-ear tips. Unfortunately, the open-ear design was excessively loose and didn’t quite work.

Apple announced the two AirPods 4 models at its iPhone 16 event on 9. The fourth-generation AirPods with ANC garnered an 86 in our review, while the standard version fared a bit better with an 88. The ANC model has improved fit and sound quality and offers Adaptive Audio,

Apple introduced the new AirPods 4 and AirPods 4 with Active Noise Cancellation. They just started shipping to customers last week,