Here are the best AirPods deals you can get right now

The third-gen AirPods commencement astatine $139.99 ($40 off). | Photo by Chris Welch / The Verge

If you cognize wherever to look, you tin often people discounts connected Apple’s ever-popular AirPods. Since Apple launched the third-gen AirPods astatine the extremity of 2021, we’ve seen the starting terms of the second-gen, entry-level exemplary dilatory dip to nether $100. And present that the latest AirPods Pro has been connected the marketplace for implicit a year, we’re besides seeing their terms autumn much often, too. We’re adjacent seeing large deals onshore connected the newer updated AirPods Pro with USB-C.

Here, we’ve curated the champion deals presently disposable connected each model, including the entry-level AirPods, the AirPods Pro, the third-gen AirPods, and the AirPods Max.

The champion AirPods (second-gen) deals

In 2021, Apple lowered the database terms of the second-gen AirPods — present the entry-level exemplary — from $159 to $129. It present lone sells the exemplary with a wired charging case, however, which charges via a modular Lightning cable. Despite their age, we recovered that the easy-to-use, second-gen AirPods inactive connection large wireless show and reliable artillery life, making them a large prime if you tin unrecorded without a wireless charging case.

For Black Friday, Apple’s astir affordable brace of earbuds dropped to an all-time debased of $69 ($60 off) astatine Walmart and different retailers. For now, however, the second-gen earbuds with a Lightning charging lawsuit are connected merchantability astatine Amazon, Walmart, and Best Buy for astir $99, a $30 discount. The exemplary with the wireless charging case, meanwhile, is on merchantability astatine Adorama for $119.99 ($30 off).

Read our AirPods (second-gen) review.

The champion AirPods (third-gen) deals

With enactment for the company’s MagSafe exertion and an asking terms of $179, Apple’s third-gen AirPods are often considered the mediate kid successful Apple’s existent AirPods lineup. The shorter stems marque for a much subtle design, too, portion improved dependable and features similar sweat and h2o resistance, enactment for spatial audio with dynamic caput tracking, and improved artillery beingness render them a bully betterment implicit the last-gen model.

In 2022, Apple softly introduced a new, somewhat cheaper option of the third-gen AirPods that comes with a Lightning-only charging case, which are presently disposable astatine Amazon for $149.99 ($20 off). However, we urge the mentation with a MagSafe charging case, which is presently down to $139.99 ($40 off) astatine Costco done March 24th. Note that if you’re not a Costco member, you’ll person to wage a 5 percent non-member surcharge, which raises the terms to $146.99. That is inactive 1 of the champion prices we’ve seen, and cheaper than the Lightning-only version.

Read our AirPods (third-gen) review.

The champion AirPods Pro (second-gen) deals

Apple announced the second-gen AirPods Pro during its “Far Out” lawsuit successful 2022, a brace of earbuds that diagnostic a akin physique to the first-gen exemplary but connection amended sound cancellation. They besides athletics swipe-based controls, travel with Apple’s caller H2 chip, and diagnostic an extra-small brace of swappable silicone receptor tips for smaller ears.

During past year’s “Wonderlust” event, Apple besides announced an updated mentation of the AirPods Pro with a USB-C charging case and an upgraded IP54 standing for h2o and particulate resistance. The caller exemplary besides comes with lossless audio enactment erstwhile utilized with Apple’s caller Vision Pro headset.

You tin presently bargain the updated AirPods Pro for astir $189 ($60 off) astatine Amazon, Best Buy, and Walmart. That matches their all-time debased price, making for an fantabulous deal.

Read our hands-on impressions of the AirPods Pro with USB-C.

The champion AirPods Max deals

The AirPods Max aren’t the iconic in-ears that person go synonymous with the AirPods name. They’re ample and luxurious, comprised of aluminum, steel, and mesh cloth that remains comfy during extended listening sessions. They besides athletics fantabulous sound cancellation, Apple’s spatial audio feature, and expansive, balanced sound, adjacent if they lag down immoderate of their peers erstwhile it comes to bass response. They’re not the best noise-canceling headphones for astir radical — blasted the terms — but it’s hard to find a brace of Bluetooth headphones that dependable amended and diagnostic much intuitive controls.

Woot and different retailers person discounted the AirPods Max arsenic debased arsenic $409 successful the past. Right now, though, the champion you tin bash is $529 ($20 off) successful prime colors astatine Amazon, Best Buy, and Walmart.

Read our AirPods Max review.