Powerbeats Pro 2

Built around the ear hook

The hook is why you’d pick these over smaller earbuds. Beats rebuilt it in nickel-titanium, an alloy that flexes and springs back to shape, and says it’s 20% lighter than the original’s. It also says it spent more than 1,500 hours testing the fit with nearly 1,000 athletes; that’s Beats’ own figure, not an independent study. Inside the hook, a silicone tip seals the ear canal, and medium is fitted out of the box.

Each bud weighs 8.7 grams and measures 4.5 by 4.1 by 2.4 centimeters. There’s room for physical controls, too: each side has a button and a volume rocker, and optical sensors with accelerometers pause the music when you take a bud out.

Heart rate during workouts

Heart-rate sensors in the buds read your pulse in real time while you work out. On an iPhone the numbers go to the Fitness app, which Beats says uses them across up to 50 workout types, from walking and cycling to HIIT. On Android, heart-rate monitoring lives in the Beats app. If you’d rather not have it, switch it off.

Powerbeats Fit doesn’t list heart-rate sensing, so Pro 2 is the Powerbeats to get if you track effort by heart rate and don’t always wear a watch. Beats sells it as workout data, so don’t treat it as a medical reading.

H2, noise cancelling and Spatial Audio

Pro 2 runs on Apple’s H2, the chip in AirPods Pro 2. Beats calls the adaptive noise cancelling the best it has ever developed but gives no decibel figure, so treat that as a claim. Transparency mode lets traffic in on a city run or a ride, and Personalized Spatial Audio follows your head movement, with Adaptive EQ.

The drivers are custom dual-layer units lined up with each bud’s nozzle. Beats says the venting around them improves bass and relieves pressure in the ear.

Battery and charging

Mode	Powerbeats Pro 2
Playback per charge	Up to 10 hours
With the case	Up to 45 hours
Fast Fuel	5 minutes for up to 1.5 hours
Case charging	USB-C or Qi wireless

Working from Beats’ 10 and 45 hours, the case holds about three and a half more full charges. It’s the first Beats case with wireless charging, so it can sit on any Qi pad, and it weighs 69 grams, or 77.7 with both buds inside.

Find My, Locate My Beats and calls

On Apple devices, H2 also brings Find My for tracking down lost earbuds. Android owners get Locate My Beats in the Beats app instead.

For calls, Voice Isolation turns down the noise around you so your voice comes through.

Pro 2 or Powerbeats Fit?

Spec	Powerbeats Pro 2	Powerbeats Fit
Fit	Ear hooks	Wingtips
Chip	H2	H1
Battery, buds and case	10 and 45 hours	7 and 30 hours
Case water rating	Not rated	IPX4
Heart-rate sensors	Yes	Not listed

Choose Pro 2 for the hooks, the heart-rate sensors and the longer battery. Choose Fit if you’d rather not wear hooks, or if your case gets as sweaty as your buds.

Weighing these against Apple’s own earbuds? AirPods Pro 3 vs Powerbeats Pro 2 lines them up.

Price, colors and what’s in the box

Beats sold Pro 2 for $249.99 on its US store on 19 September 2026, with no discount showing. Retailer prices move around that, so check the day you buy. Beats doesn’t give a release date.

It comes in Jet Black, Quick Sand, Hyper Purple and Electric Orange, plus a Black & Volt Nike Special Edition. The box holds the earbuds, five sizes of tips, the case, a Quick Start Guide and a warranty card, in packaging Beats says is 100% plant-based.