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They\u2019re comfortable and have a decent sound, but the Powerbeats Fit are a little too expensive for what they offer.<\/p>\n
Pros
\nCons<\/p>\n
Decent battery life
\nLacks wireless charging, because\u2026?<\/p>\n
Physical buttons are very easy to use while working out
\nPhysical buttons are also a bit too easy to hit when putting them in your ears<\/p>\n
Works across both iOS and Android (and other Bluetooth devices, of course)
\nANC isn\u2019t as good as it should be at this price<\/p>\n
Score: 2.5\/5<\/p>\n
In this review<\/p>\n
Powerbeats Fit Specifications<\/a> Ethical disclaimer: The set of Powerbeats Fit headphones used in this review were sent to me by Beats, and the typical deal with headphones is that most manufacturers don\u2019t tend to ask for them back, because, well\u2026 handling used headphones, especially bud headphones invites all sorts of personal hygiene issues. Design<\/p>\n The last time I checked out a set of Beats headphones, they were the sporty Beats PowerBeats Pro 2 headphones, built in an over-ear style that put them in contention against the like of Shokz.<\/p>\n Also read: The Beats Powerbeats Fit headphones are more regular style buds with a single flexible fin on each but that\u2019s designed to more comfortably into your ears once they\u2019re twisted in place.<\/p>\n I\u2019ve been testing them out over the past couple of weeks (alongside the Nothing Ear (3) headphones, switching out day by day) and they are generally comfortable in my ears up to 3-4 hours; beyond that I tend to struggle having any set of buds fully in place for any longer.<\/p>\n The Powerbeats Fit buds use button controls built into each bud, which means you have to physically press them in to activate play\/pause commands, or longer presses for virtual assistant or noise cancelling functions.<\/p>\n I do prefer this for exercise buds as it\u2019s easier to hit directly when I\u2019m running, but the flip side of this is that it\u2019s also quite easy to inadvertently press them when putting them into your ears, starting up music or other content when you didn\u2019t mean to.<\/p>\n The Powerbeats Fit sell in four different colour styles. Beats sent a pair of the Jet Black Powerbeats Fit my way, but they also come in Gravel Grey, Spark Orange or Power Pink, which is to say that there\u2019s a grey\/beige pair, a bright orange pair or a pastel pink style if that\u2019s more to your taste. The Jet Black pair do have a more subtle feel than the Spark Orange or Power Pink, which I personally appreciate, but tastes can vary.<\/p>\n Your choice of colour will also determine the colour of the battery charging case you get. On the plus side, the case does include a physical charging button, which I always prefer to capacitive touch pairing.<\/p>\n On the minus side, the charging case is one big slippery pebble. More than once it\u2019s slipped out of my hands or out of my pockets, tumbling to the floor as a result. The case appears reasonably robust with no scratches (yet), but dropping it can make the buds fly out, which raises the possibility of them falling somewhere you might not be able to retrieve them, like a storm drain, which would be less than ideal.<\/p>\n A storm drain would be a bad place for a Powerbeats Fit headphone, partly because of all the clowns<\/a>, but also because they\u2019re only rated at IPX4, which means that they\u2019re good for light sprays of water, but not full immersion.<\/p>\n IPX4 isn\u2019t unusual for fitness headphones not specifically sold as swimming style headphones, because the idea there is that you\u2019d mostly sweat on them, not drown them in drain. So, once again, don\u2019t do that.<\/p>\n Also read: Suunto Aqua Review<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p>\n Performance<\/p>\n Like most Bluetooth headphones, when you first open up the Powerbeats Fit they\u2019ll be ready to pair with just about any suitable source, though with Beats being an Apple company, they\u2019ll preferentially pair to any Apple devices nearby with a direct popup inviting you to pair if an iPad, iPhone or Mac is nearby.<\/p>\n On the Apple side of the fence all of the settings for the Powerbeats Fit are handled natively, but unlike Apple\u2019s AirPod lineup of headphones, there is support built in for additional features on Android devices as long as you download the Beats app for Android<\/a>.<\/p>\n There are a handful of Apple-only features, though most of them are very Apple-specific, like direct support for the Find My network and fast switching between Apple devices. You also get Hey Siri direct access built in if you\u2019re on an Apple device, while Android users can invoke their assistant of choice if they configure one of the touch controls on either ear to do so. The default action on Android platforms is to switch between the Powerbeats Fit\u2019s ANC and transparency modes.<\/p>\n While the Powerbeats Fit could be accused of being fitness-centric versions of Apple\u2019s AirPods Pro lineup, there are internal differences between the current generations of both, with the newer AirPods Pro 3 (review coming soon, not my specific fault they\u2019re running late) for example running on Apple\u2019s newer H2 chip while the Powerbeats Fit use the older H1 chip; this does give them the fast pairing ability with Apple devices but means you miss out on other Pro specific features like hearing test support and heart rate monitoring.<\/p>\n Given that the cheaper AirPods 4 and AirPods 4 ANC run on the H2 chip, using the older hardware on the pricier Powerbeats Fit is an odd choice.<\/p>\n Given they\u2019re the Powerbeats Fit, I\u2019ve primarily used them while running, my exercise of choice, which has given me enough opportunity to test out both their audio quality and their ANC quality.<\/p>\n Here I am wearing the Powerbeats Fit and looking so VERY happy as I exert myself. Taking on noise cancelling first, at their $329.95 price point I do expect good ANC, and Apple can deliver that when it wants to.<\/p>\n This was a distinct weakness of the Powerbeats Pro 2, and the good news here is that to my hearing, the Powerbeats Fit do a better job of handling blocking out noise than the Pro 2s did. Still, they were on the average side given that high pricing, and definitely below (for example) the AirPods Pro 2\u2019s audio \u2013 I\u2019m still testing out the AirPods Pro 3 at the time of writing but don\u2019t expect them to be worse than their predecessors.<\/p>\n \u201cBetter than the Powerbeats Pro 2\u201d is still a relative term, however, and while I could enable ANC to block out basic background hum, at this price I do want a little more than that from my headphones. There\u2019s perhaps a fine balance here because having ANC that\u2019s too strong in exercise-centric buds might not be the best safety move for the obvious not-getting-hit-by-a-garbage-truck reasons, but that\u2019s what stepped levels of ANC are for, no?<\/p>\n Audio presentation on the Powerbeats Fit is decent, helped by the fact that the fins and default medium sized tips fit into my ears quite well; Beats does supply you with a wide range of sized tips to try to get the ideal seal but I didn\u2019t find that I needed to use them. Your ears may of course vary.<\/p>\n The Powerbeats Fit follow what I\u2019d call the classic Beats formula in terms of their audio presentation, with a noticeable slant towards bass-heavy presentation. That\u2019s likely to suit a lot of workout routines where having that kind of regular heavy beat can be a real upside, though you are free to listen to whatever you like when working out.<\/p>\n For more regular or treble-centric audio they presented well across tracks such as ABBA\u2019s classic \u201cMamma Mia\u201d, Howard Jones\u2019 \u201cRevolution Of The Heart\u201d and Frank Sinatra\u2019s \u201cMy Way\u201d.<\/p>\n All of this is just basic table stakes for any set of buds costing as much as the Powerbeats Fit do, though. They\u2019re fine, but they\u2019re not exactly high-end audio \u2014 but again, Apple has other plays in that market.<\/p>\n Also read: Battery<\/p>\n Beats rates the battery life of the Powerbeats fit as good for \u201cup to 7 hours\u201d of usage, with the usual caveat that \u201cup to\u201d gives it a lot of wriggle room. Checking the specific details of Apple\u2019s testing of these headphones reveals something rather curious here. Quoting directly from Beats\u2019 page on this here:<\/p>\n Testing conducted by Apple in May 2025 using pre-production Powerbeats Fit units and software paired with iPhone 15 Pro units and pre-release software. The playlist consisted of 358 unique audio tracks purchased from the iTunes Store (256Kbps AAC encoding). Volume was set to 50% and Active Noise Cancelling and Transparency were turned off. Testing consisted of full Powerbeats Fit battery discharge while playing audio until the first Powerbeats Fit earbud stopped playback. With ANC turned on, total battery life is 6 hours of continuous playback from the earbuds and 24 hours in total with the case. Battery life depends on device settings, environment, usage and many other factors.<\/p>\n Source: Beats<\/a><\/p>\n It\u2019s not suprising to see an audio brand testing with ANC disabled, because every single one of them does this to pump up their perceived figures. It\u2019s not upfront and honest, but it\u2019s totally an industry standard approach.<\/p>\n What\u2019s less standard are the claims around expected battery life with ANC enabled, at 6 hours compared to 7 hours for the ANC disabled version. That\u2019s some very power efficient ANC you\u2019ve got going there, Apple, and maybe the reason why the ANC feels a little softer than it should be, because it\u2019s trying to more gently sip at its power supplies.<\/p>\n My own testing of the Powerbeats Fit saw them hit quite close to that six hour figure too, which is pleasing. While I did have issues as noted above with the case slipping from both grasp and pocket, I had no such issues dropping the Powerbeats Fit buds into their case for recharging duties.<\/p>\n Recharging the case itself is via USB-C, but Apple\/Beats do not provide either a charger or a USB-C cable in the box to let you do this. Despite their slightly higher asking price in the true wireless headphones pantheon, there\u2019s no support built in for wireless charging.<\/p>\n Powerbeats Fit: Alex\u2019s Verdict<\/p>\n The Powerbeats Fit do have their positives; I do like fitness headphones that don\u2019t rely on capacitive touch controls because physical controls are much easier to access when you\u2019re busy sweating. Their audio presentation is decent, and the colour choices on offer can either be subtle or as subtle as a brick, depending on your own personal sense of style.<\/p>\n That being said, they\u2019re also somewhat underpowered when it comes to ANC, they lack wireless charging and unless you really do want a pair of Apple-built buds that\u2019ll work nicely across both Android and iOS, it\u2019s hard to see why you\u2019d opt for these particular headphones \u2013 at least at their $329.95 asking price.<\/p>\n Was this review useful to you? 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(Note to headphone PR: If you send me used headphones, I\u2019m sending them right back, untested and unreviewed. Blech.)
That aside, Beats has no influence or oversight on this review, and as always I\u2019ll call them like I see them \u2013 or in this case, hear them.
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