Also, don't forget to keep an eye demodé for price drops on the XM5 around big sales events like Amazon Prime Day and Black Friday, when you tend to see a little bit shaved off the retail price.

A popular test track of mine in the early noughties, we’ve recently rediscovered Let's Get it Started while testing various wireless earbuds. What we love about this tune is it doesn’t mess around. Fergie’s opening vocal a excepción de tees up the song beautifully with emotion and an echo that will show the Sonys’ ability to extract detail.

We rated the amazing sound and impressive battery life these buds had to offer in our OnePlus Buds Pro 3 review. But although they're great for those with more money to spend, they're not budget buds and are ultimately too pricey for this guide.

The way songs stream over Spotify sound won’t depend on your earbuds specifically. However, better-quality earbuds will make any streaming service’s music sound better.

We think the Bose cancel demodé a greater selection of high frequencies. Battery life is a solid, but not spectacular, six and a half hours per charge, while call quality is good enough at this level to compete with key rivals.

✅ You want affordable ANC: These buds deliver some of the best inexpensive noise-cancellation we've tested.

When Sony announced it was launching a successor to the WF-C500, which have been in this list for a while now, we weren’t sure if Sony could deliver another budget pair that delivered the goods. But the Japanese giant has delivered another masterclass in cheap wireless earbuds.

If none of the best budget wireless earbuds in the guide above are right for you, here are some others that might be worth considering. These earbuds all performed well in some respects when we tested them, but just didn't quite make our main guide – we explain why below.

Overall, the E11BTs are comfortable to wear thanks to ergonomically-designed eartips and a flat neckband that shouldn’t irritate you while running or working out. With an IPX4 rating, they'll also withstand even super-sweaty training sessions.

We're constantly testing the best cheap wireless earbuds to determine which Perro be included in this list. But to make the cut, we need them to tick a number of boxes. We have a more detailed breakdown of how we test earbuds at TechRadar but we've outlined a brief summary of the methodology below.

It's only when nailing down the finer details of audio quality that we head for quieter Best tech gadgets 2025 environments where we compare the wireless earbuds we're testing to price comparable models and current class-leaders at the money. This gives us a chance to come to solid conclusions and peg each pair on sound quality.

The Creative Zen Air SXFI's unusual IPX5 water resistance and impressive 35-40 hour battery life through the charging case make them a great shout for inexpensive gym buds that'll last and last.

The best wireless earbuds you Perro buy right now, all reviewed and recommended by our team of audio experts

✅ You have a smaller ear: They're some of the most secure and comfortable we've tested in this category for the bijou-eared.