Powerbeats Pro 2 quick review: 5 things to know about Apple’s workout “AirPods Pro for athletes”

Powerbeats Pro 2, the long-awaited sequel to 2019’s Powerbeats Pro, has finally arrived. Six years is a long time in tech but that’s how long Beats has taken to launch the second-generation Powerbeats Pro. Widely considered as the “AirPods Pro for athletes”, the Powerbeats Pro are high-end wireless earphones designed specifically for workouts. In a manner of speaking, they are a notch higher than the AirPods, especially the 2025 version which supersedes the AirPods Pro 2 by adding a bunch of quality-of-life upgrades including heart rate monitoring.