Both Apple and Beats explain that this makes the automatic pausing more accurate, avoiding accidental activation when you don’t actually have them in your ear. Like the tech on the new AirPods, the Beats Fit Pro have an optical sensor outfitted with wavelength LEDs that can determine if an object is skin in addition to proximity. And due to the positioning of the microphones, any fit adjustment usually meant touching the external mics and creating extra noise.Īpple’s new wear detection sensor sits around back. With the wingtip I had to do this less often than the previous model, but it was still annoying to want to secure the buds in my ear only to errantly pause the audio or change the noise control mode. Bummer.īeats says it strategically positioned the button for the on-board controls at the bottom of the hump on each earbud “to avoid accidental presses.” Just like I encountered on the Studio Buds, I frequently activated the controls when trying to adjust the fit of the earbuds. If you do this, you lose the ability to access noise cancellation or ambient sound mode. The long press can be reconfigured for volume control, allowing you to turn it up on one side and down on the other. Controls are mirrored on each side by default, with options for play/pause and answering calls (single press) in addition to skipping tracks (twice for forward, three times for back) and cycling between ANC on and transparency mode (long press). They’re still physical buttons you have to press rather than touch controls built for tapping. Like the Studio Buds, the on-board controls for the Beats Fit Pro are on the lowercase ‘b’ logo on the outside of each earbud. Even though the wing is helping keep the buds in place, you hardly know it’s there. Unlike a lot of sporty earbuds, this element is very flexible so it can bend to fit a greater range of ear shapes. The biggest design difference is the fit wing, or wingtip as Beats calls it. The overall aesthetic and shape are pretty much identical, though. This new model is a smidge larger and the angle of the tab that holds the on-board controls is slightly different.

If you’re thinking the Beats Fit Pro look almost exactly like the Beats Studio Buds, you’re not wrong. All of those features, combined with a more attractive design, gives the company an alternative to the Powerbeats Pro in its lineup.

Beats has also added a wing for a more secure fit during workouts and kept the IPX4 rating from the Studio Buds. That includes hands-free Siri, Adaptive EQ, spatial audio and more. With a similar design to the Studio Buds that arrived earlier this year, this new pair offers active noise cancellation (ANC) alongside almost all of the features from Apple’s third-generation AirPods. Today the company officially debuted its latest model: the $200 Beats Fit Pro. Thanks to some early hints in iOS 15.1, Beats’ latest earbuds are hardly a surprise.

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