Only 5 days in, the best fitness headphones of 2026 have already been announced — if they’ll stick the landing

The Anker Soundcore Aerofit 2 Pro in a man's ear while he looks the wrong way to wait for the train.

After the absolute explosion of open earbuds that 2025 brought, the noise-uncancelling market segment of fitness headphones is expected to be a highly-contested one in 2026. But I would’ve thought it’d take more than five days for a company to deal out an absolute blinder of a hand.

As part of its CES 2026 line-up, Chinese tech company Anker has unveiled a new pair of open earbuds under its Soundcore line. However, unlike most pairs of open-ears, the Aerofit 2 Pro aren’t actually open-ears. Sort-of.