Black Friday headphones deals 2024: the best deals live now on Bose, Sony, AirPods and more

Hold your horses! They've been less than this, (over $100 less, very briefly) so we're listing just to make you aware of this fact. It's still a tidy saving, but they may drop further… Let's face it, despite the waves of newer headphones available today, these icons remain an excellent set of wireless cans – and although the newer XM5s sound just that tiny bit better, it's a closely run race. These hugely popular over-ear headphones are sonically gifted, boast excellent ANC and, unlike their younger siblings, fold up for easier transportation in their included travel case.

You might want to hang on for Black Friday here, because while this deal is a significant saving on the MSRP, we've seen Amazon and other US retailers offer the Momentum 4 for even less – as little as $219.95 very briefly. They're still an excellent buy now, we just want to make you aware of everything about the deal.

Quite simply the best in Sony's class-leading wireless over-ear lineup. The older XM4 headphones were outstanding, the XM3 cans before it were excellent, and it'll come as little surprise to know that Sony's XM5 proposition is also incredibly hard to beat – especially with a whopping 25% off, equalling their lowest-ever price! They don't fold up like the XM4 but, as a quick glance at our Sony WH-100XM5 review proves, there's not much else to pick fault with. 

A $100 discount is the biggest we've ever seen on these incredible headphones, matching their lowest price to date. With incredible sound quality, supreme comfort, and unrivalled active noise cancellation, you're guaranteed an incredible listening experience.

Want seriously gorgeous-looking cans that are barely a year old and now at their their lowest-ever price? Oh, and from a trusted name in hi-fi? You just found them. These September 2023 release over-ears (a small update on the excellent June 2022 Bowers & Wilkins Px7 S2) feature ANC via the total of six mics and, as long as the 'cloud gray' or 'forest green' colorways suit (the other finishes are also on offer, but for $279) an incredible saving.

The Momentum 4 Wireless headphones serve up a truly glorious sound that is among the best we’ve heard for the price. Their 60-hour battery life also has to be admired – most rival pairs simply don’t come close. This is the lowest price we've seen them for to date (they dropped to £199 recently at John Lewis, but Amazon has undercut that deal by over £19), so get a pair of flagship, five star headphones for a great price.

This discount is the joint-lowest price we've ever seen for these superb Sony noise-cancelling headphones – a price they briefly dropped to back in early October (for Amazon's Big Deal Days). You'd have to spend a lot more to get your hands on ANC over-ears that out-perform these Sony stunners. This is a return to the best price yet on what is truly a modern classic – and honestly, they may not be around for much longer. Highly recommended.

We're listing these great-sounding, comfortable, spring 2023-release noise-cancelling headphones as a very good deal rather than a lowest-seen deal, because they've actually dropped to £65 briefly in the past (in early September, to be precise). In our largely glowing four-star review of the WH-CH720, we loved the detail and balance of the audio, and though it feels a little restrained compared to higher-end headphones, that's no problem considering the price. One for the shortlist, for sure.

These give you noise cancellation that's as good as you can get for the price, and they're light and comfortable for long listening sessions. This isn't quite the cheapest they've been – they fell to £211 at one point – but this is the lowest they've been otherwise. They've been this current price consistency for a few weeks, so I have a suspicion they might drop to about £199 over Black Friday itself, but obviously no guarantees on that!

The AirPods Pro 2 are the best-selling earbuds on the planet for a reason, and this is a whole £9.99 cheaper than we've ever seen them until now. What will you get? Superb sound quality, top-tier noise cancellation, excellent spatial audio, auto-switching between different Apple devices, gesture control and more. Could the AirPods Pro 3 be on the horizon for 2025? Yes, but you get the new hearing-aid-features update in this set. Highly recommended for this money.

Bose's QuietComfort Ultra Earbuds are down to their lowest-ever price yet for Prime Day in the UK too. The star here is Bose's all-new proprietary Immersive Audio feature for several head-tracked spatial audio profiles) and Snapdragon Sound certification. In short, these are the most advanced noise-canceling Bose earbuds you can buy, now back down to their lowest-ever price – but we don't know how long it'll last!

★★★★★ rating! The latest Nothing Ear (a) Wireless Earbuds offer exceptional bass along with powerful active noise cancellation, so they’re immediately off to a good start. Their talented 11mm drivers are bigger than the norm and there’s 42.5 hours of battery life via the charging case, multi-point connectivity, and even ChatGPT support via the pinch stems if you're using a Nothing phone. This discount equals their lowest ever price… so, you know, that's very good indeed.

A £30 off saving (a 23% discount and the lowest they've ever been – albeit only by 58p) is a huge deal for Nothing's flagship earbuds. Here, you get to personalise your listening experience with Nothing's excellent Sound Personalisation mode, which is so good our reviewer wrote a dedicated feature on how it changed his approach to earbuds in general. This price also means you're getting flagship perks (including an excellent app, solid ANC and pinch-to-speak to Chat GPT from a Nothing Phone) for under £100. And that is, as far as we're concerned, unique.