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Top 5: Best Wireless Earbuds

Ever since Apple stopped adding the headphone jack to make room for more battery and help slim down their smartphone designs, they have started a new booming market in the audio sector with Bluetooth earbuds. The variety of Bluetooth earbuds has grown in recent years as more manufacturers have started to ditch the headphone jack in their smartphones. Wireless Earbuds provide more freedom and allow you to work freely without being wired to your smartphone. To help decide the best Wireless Earbuds, here are the top 5 wireless earbuds to buy at this moment in time.  

Samsung Galaxy Buds+

Price: £89.00

The Samsung Galaxy Buds are Samsung’s latest wireless buds. This keeps the earbuds in line with the Galaxy smartphone line-up. The Galaxy buds offer up to 6 hours per charge. The earbuds are sleek and compact with subtle rubber wingtips for a secure fit. For the case, it features a small LED that indicates how much battery there is in the case. The case adds a further 7 hours of battery life, on the back of the case there is a USB-C port for charging. These are great with Samsung phones as these will pair seamlessly but these will be useable with other non-Samsung smartphones.

Apple AirPod Pro

Price: £218.00

The Apple AirPods Pro inherits its design from the AirPods, however, with some design and function improvements. In the Pro, the stem has been shortened and with interchangeable silicone ear tips. The ear tips help with the noise-cancelling as they create suction and pressure in the ear canal. Airpod Pros are sweat and water resistant, which makes them suitable for exercising. The Pro offers 4.5 hours with noise cancelling but the case adds 24 hours. Apple has placed new sensors on the stem to allow users to control tracks. The AirPod Pro adds more adequate features and redesign for old or new Airpod Users to consider buying.

Sennheiser Momentum True Wireless 2

Price: £244.94

Slight higher priced than its rivals, the Sennheiser Momentum True Wireless 2 offers 4 hours and a further 21 hours from the charging case. They also offer the latest wireless streaming standard, Blue 5.1. The case is slightly boxy than others, offers more hours, but the fabric design of the case makes it standout less. The sound quality from these is excellent which Sennheiser is renowned for creating amazing audio sounding headphones. If you are willing to spend extra bucks on these Earbuds then feel free to as they output excellent sound quality.

Sony WF-1000XM3 Wireless Earbuds

Price: £160.16

The Sony WF-1000XM3 Wireless Earbuds offers around 5 hours per charge. Sony offers many earbuds for users to find the perfect comfort fit. The earbuds feature Google Assistant, allowing the assistant to read notifications, set reminders among other things. The noise cancellation is on par with other top-end noise cancelling earbuds. There is no water resistance rating given for these earbuds so they may become faulty from any water present.

Jabra Elite 65t

Price: £99.02

The Jabra Elite 65t’s are great all-round wireless earbuds offering 5 hours battery life and 15 hours with the case. The earbuds are capable of blocking out tons of external noise, however, using the app you can program the buds to pump in outside audio using external mics. Even though the earbuds aren’t waterproof, there is a sport version which provides higher water resistance.