Best True Wireless Earbuds of 2025: Top Picks from CNET

Top True Wireless Earbuds of 2025

• 🏆 This list features the best true wireless earbuds released in 2025, with a focus on significant upgrades and value.
• 💡 While some picks may be familiar, several new models offer surprising improvements and features.

Apple AirPods Pro 3

• 🍎 The AirPods Pro 3 are Apple's new flagship earbuds, priced at $250, offering enhanced fit, sound quality, and noise cancellation over the previous generation.
• 🔊 They feature more powerful bass, improved clarity, and a more open sound profile, making them a near-complete package for Apple users.
• ✨ Notable features include top-tier voice calling, an excellent transparency mode, heart rate sensors, a hearing aid mode, and Apple's live translation.
• 🎧 Their noise cancelling rivals the best-in-class, though Bose's second-gen Quiet Comfort Ultra earbuds were also released this year.

Samsung Galaxy Buds 3 FE

• 🤖 Samsung's Galaxy Buds 3 FE are a stripped-down, more affordable version of the flagship Galaxy Buds 3 Pro, priced around $120.
• 🎶 They offer surprisingly good sound quality, often preferred over the Buds 3 Pro, with improved noise cancelling and good voice calling performance.
• 📱 Designed as an Android-centric option, they are a strong value choice for those who don't need all the premium features.

Status Pro X Buds

• 🔊 The Status Pro X Buds are a new $300 flagship model featuring a slimmer design and a new triple driver setup for top Bluetooth sound quality.
• 🎧 They deliver excellent clarity, bass definition, and good stereo separation, with a richer and fuller sound than previous models.
• 🔊 Noise cancelling and transparency modes have been improved and are now respectable, though not quite matching the AirPods Pro 3.
• 📱 These buds are more Android-centric due to support for Sony's LDAC codec but work well with iPhones.

Value Picks: EarFun Air Pro 4+ and Baseus Inspire XP1

• 💰 The EarFun Air Pro 4 Plus ($80) offer significant sound quality upgrades with a new dual driver system, making them a standout value under $100.
• 🎧 They provide a comfortable fit, a robust feature set, and decent noise cancelling, representing a notable improvement for their price point.
• ✨ The Baseus Inspire XP1 earbuds, featuring Sound by Bose, offer a balanced, smooth sound profile with strong bass and detailed sound.
• 🎧 While their noise cancelling isn't top-tier, it's respectable for the price, and they include Bluetooth 5.1 and Dolby spatial audio.