Black Friday AirPods deals 2024: see today's best early deals from the big retailers

The AirPods Pro 2 are the best-selling earbuds on the planet for a reason: They sound excellent, the noise cancellation is top tier, Dolby Atmos spatial audio is amazing for movies, and they even have an unloseable case, thanks to tech that literally points you to where it's hiding (and a speaker to help, too). They's also very small and light, so are great for comfort. They were $179 last week, and they have dipped to $168 before now, so you will probably get a better price than this as we get closer to Black Friday, but it's the best at the time of writing. Our AirPods Pro 2 review digs into all the extra info you might want to know.

I suspect Apple's all-new AirPods 4 will be a hot item at this year's Black Friday sale, and you can already grab a first-time discount at Amazon. The AirPods 4 feature a new design for all-day comfort, and pack Apple's H2 chip, which supports Personalized Spatial Audio and voice isolation. You're also getting a redesigned case with 30 hours of battery life and supports USB-C for wireless charging. These are the version without active noise cancellation (and some other extra features).

If you want Apple's open-ear fit (without the in-ear tip) but with active noise cancellation to make it easier to hear your music, these are the buds for you. They also have spatial audio, Find My in the case (including a speaker), and wireless charging. They sound very fun, too, with a full sound. This is the first discount we've seen on them, basically. We'd suggest most people should pay the little extra for the AirPods Pro, but if you don't like that kind of in-ear fit, these will work nicely.

Apple's elite over-ear headphones have fallen under $400 before, so this isn't their best price by a long way. I suspect they'll drop further over Black Friday, particularly because this deal is on the older Lightning version rather than the newer USB-C one (though the charging port is the only change). Still, this is the best price available at the time of writing, and gets you their natural and highly detailed sound, excellent spatial audio, and smart Apple-friendly features.

This is the cheapest these have been in quite some time – they fell to £399 a couple of years ago, so £429 for Apple's highest-quality headphones is not bad at all. You get super-detailed and balanced sound, Personalized Spatial Audio, excellent noise cancellation, auto-switching between Apple devices, and all the other AirPods features you expect. This deal is on the Lightning model, not the newer USB-C one (but there's no difference in other features), and there are only a few colors left… but they include green, which is The Best One.

AirPods Pro 2 are the best-selling earbuds on the planet, thanks to their superb sound quality, top-tier noise cancellation, excellent spatial audio, auto-switching between different Apple devices, gesture control and more. They've fallen to £179 in the past, and were £199 a couple of weeks ago, so this deal isn't particularly special, but it's the best at the moment – I would hold on until later, if you can.

These are very new, so any discount on them is good – though I'm hoping we'll see another £10 dropped from the price later in Black Friday. The AirPods 4 feature a new design for all-day comfort, and pack Apple's H2 chip, which supports Personalized Spatial Audio and voice isolation. You're also getting a redesigned case with 30 hours of battery life and supports USB-C for wireless charging. This version doesn't include noise cancellation, wireless charging or the Find My speaker in the case.

If you want Apple's open-ear design that doesn't go right into your ear canals, but you still want active noise cancellation to make it easier to hear your music, these are the buds for you. They also have spatial audio, Find My in the case (including a speaker), and wireless charging. They sound very fun, too, with a full sound. At £10 off, I'd still advice most people to wait for AirPods Pro 2 to fall to £180 again, and pay the little amount more for even better sound and features – but if you want this kind of ear fit, this is the best price for these so far.

Save AU$80

While not the lowest price we've seen for these latest Pro AirPods (which brought them down to AU$289), this is still a decent saving, which you can nab by checking the additional AU$10 coupon box that appears below the price on Amazon. The second-generation AirPods Pro remain an excellent pair of noise-cancelling in-ears, especially for iPhone owners, capable of drowning out virtually all external sounds. This latest model comes with a charging case that uses USB-C cable.

If you're comfortable buying from a third-party seller on Amazon, you can get the Space Grey AirPods Max for the best current price. Apple's only over-ear headphones don't usually get very steep discounts in Australia, but we suspect you could find a better offer closer to the Black Friday sales in the coming weeks.