Black Friday AirPods deals 2024: don't miss limited record-low prices on AirPods Pro 2!

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Black Friday AirPods deals are really starting to hot up! I've just updated this article on November 21st 2024, and right now there's literally the best deal on AirPods Pro 2 that I've ever seen, because you can get them for just $159 from Best Buy until the end of the day. In the UK, you can get them for a joint-lowest price of £179 from EE.

Beyond these, AirPods Black Friday deals have been pretty light this year… so far. AirPods Max have a good price of $429 on some colors, as long as you don't mind getting the older model with Lightning charging. I'm personally hoping this will drop further, and that we'll see something similarly aggressive in the UK. We're still several days away from Black Friday itself, on November 29th, so we'll be keeping an eye on all the top Black Friday deals for improvements.

The big questions for me this year are on the AirPods 4 models. They very new, so we're not expecting much of a discount – but on the other hand, I'm asking why anyone would buy AirPods 4 with ANC for $169 when you can get the superior AirPods Pro 2 for $159! I've tested both against each other, and there's no question for me that AirPods Pro 2 are better. Maybe we'll see some big AirPods 4 discounts as we get closer to the day. Keep watching this page for all the details.

Today's best AirPods deals in the US

Amazon: AirPods Max for $429
Best Buy: AirPods Pro 2 for $159 - don't miss!
Target: Usually matches low prices
Walmart: AirPods from $89

Limited time deal – ends 1am ET Nov 22 / 10pm PT Nov 21! This is $10 cheaper than AirPods Pro 2 have ever been before, but it's not staying around for long. 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. The previous lowest price was $169, so absolutely do not miss this deal – they're amazing value for this price.

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.

Today's best AirPods deals in the UK

Amazon: Small deals on AirPods 4
Argos: £10 off AirPods 4
EE: AirPods Pro 2 for £179
John Lewis: 3 months free Apple Music

This is a return to the lowest price we've ever seen AirPods Pro 2 for in the UK. These 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. At the time writing, this price isn't available at other retailers, so don't miss out – who knows how long EE's stock will last. Having said that, I assume there will be more deals elsewhere over Black Friday…

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.

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.

Today's best AirPods deals in Australia

Apple AU: 3 months free Apple Music
Amazon AU: up to 15% off select AirPods
eBay: save with regularly updated checkout codes
Kogan: save more with a Kogan First membership
Vodafone: 3 months free Apple Music

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.

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Matt Bolton

I lead TechRadar's audiovisual coverage, including AirPods. I've tested every model of AirPods ever released, and I have every current model within arm's reach as I write this. I've led our AirPods Black Friday coverage for the last three years, and I've been working on Black Friday deals hunting for five years.

Black Friday AirPods deals: FAQs

AirPods 4 with the case open, held in a man's hand — (Image credit: Future)

When will the Black Friday AirPods deals start in 2024?

They've sort of already started! While Black Friday itself is November 29th, retailers are launching their sales at the start of November, to get your money before anyone else has the chance, so expect to see a constant stream of offers from now. We already saw Amazon's 'Big Deals Day' in October, for example, which has huge discounts on all kinds of tech.

The best AirPods are so popular that retailers use deals on them to draw people in, however the early deals we've seen so far on AirPods Pro 2 and AirPods Max are not record-low prices yet – and I think we'll see prices to match their lowest, if not lower.

Is Black Friday the best time to buy AirPods?

Probably! At the very least, it'll be an equally good time. We tend to see record-low prices on AirPods over Black Friday – it's just that we also see these prices at other times of the year – the record-low AirPods Pro 2 prices of Black Friday 2023 have been repeated a few times during 2024.

Obviously, it's possible that we'll see deeper discounts than ever during this Black Friday – wouldn't that be nice? And we've already seen the first deals on the new AirPods 4 models. The main point is this: I seriously doubt Black Friday's AirPods prices will be any higher than other deals events.

What Black Friday AirPods deals should I expect?

Let's start with the easy one: AirPods Pro 2. The record-low price on these is $169 / £179, and I fully expect that to be repeated. It's quite possible that we'll see them fall to prices a little higher than this in the run-up to Black Friday, and then the final extra drop on the day. At $179 / £189, they'd still be a great deal, so if you wanted to buy early and not worry about it later, that'd be understandable.

Is it too soon to expect big deals deals on AirPods 4 and AirPods 4 with ANC, which both launched in September? We're seeing $10 / £10 offers already, so maybe we'll see that discount rise to $20 / £20 off, but I doubt it'll go higher.

The twist is that there seems to still be stock of the old AirPods 3 and AirPods (2019) lying around. The AirPods (2019) have fallen as low as $69 in the past, so perhaps they'll fall even further – I wouldn't recommend buying them unless the do, though. The AirPods 3 would need to fall comfortably under $100 for me to recommend those, when the AirPods 4 are better the same kind of price – and the likes of the Nothing Ear (a) and Sony WF-C700N sell for about $79/£79 during sales events and are better.

And then there's the AirPods Max, which have just been updated with USB-C, but no other new features. Will this mean juicier discounts on the Lightning models – and perhaps the USB-C model get record-low prices too, since they're otherwise the same? Maybe! I would definitely expect some discounts, so if you see AirPods Max for around $349/£349, they're a great buy even four years on from their launch.

Why trust TechRadar this Black Friday

We've been covering Black Friday for years, and we've followed its evolution in the last few years from being a US-only thing that ran for a few days, to a multi-continental, month-long deals phenomenon. We have a dedicated deals team who track discounts on all the biggest products, and carefully comb through every retailer's deal events to see what's really a good offer, and what's not.

TechRadar has been testing and judging tech for over 16 years, and we have decades of tech journalism experience between us – and we've reviewed over 2,400 audio products alone.

I've been working in tech publishing from 15 years, and I've covered AirPods since their launch in 2016. I've used every model extensively, and I've reported on their pricing for years now, so I know what makes for a genuinely good deal, and what will probably be beaten later. Updates to this page will also come from TechRadar's knowledgable AV team, who've also used these products, and know the wider world of the best wireless earbuds and the best headphones, well.

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Matt is TechRadar's Managing Editor for Entertainment, meaning he's in charge of persuading our team of writers and reviewers to watch the latest TV shows and movies on gorgeous TVs and listen to fantastic speakers and headphones. It's a tough task, as you can imagine. Matt has over a decade of experience in tech publishing, and previously ran the TV & audio coverage for our colleagues at T3.com, and before that he edited T3 magazine. During his career, he's also contributed to places as varied as Creative Bloq, PC Gamer, PetsRadar, MacLife, and Edge. TV and movie nerdism is his speciality, and he goes to the cinema three times a week. He's always happy to explain the virtues of Dolby Vision over a drink, but he might need to use props, like he's explaining the offside rule.