Testing them with a Pixel 3, we only got 3 hours and 29 minutes of constant playback which isn’t great considering the median for true wireless earbuds seems to be about 4 hours. As I’m sure you’ve noticed by looking at the graph above, the Powerbeats Pro don’t fall victim to poor battery life. That gets even shorter if you’re rocking an Android device. In our testing, we managed to get 4 hours and 7 minutes of constant playback out of Apple’s AirPods when connected to an iPhone X. They also both charge via a Lightning connector which is kind of a bummer seeing as USB-C is supposed to be our collective inevitable future.īut that’s where the similarities end because one of these is not like the other. You could have the best sounding, most comfortable pair of earbuds in the world, but if you can only enjoy them for an hour at a time what’s the point? Both of these earbuds come with quick-charging cases that give you a place to store your earbuds while simultaneously charging them, which is nice. Once you’ve got them comfortably in your ears, the next most important aspect of a pair of true wireless earbuds is battery life. Both charge via Lightning, unfortunately.
