
It’s official, EarPods are cool again. Everyone from Harry Styles to Zendaya is ditching the Bluetooth for the retro, wired version. Never one to miss a trend, I swapped my $250 AirPods Pro 3 for the $19 EarPods for a week, and I was pretty surprised at the results.
As a caveat here, I’m no audio expert — as Tom’s Guide’s Senior Fitness Editor, I spend my days deliberating the pros and cons of the Garmin Fenix 8 over the Apple Watch Ultra 3 for my next marathon. I won’t be talking too much about bass levels and spatial audio, because, quite frankly, I don’t know what these things mean.