The see-through Beats Studio Buds Plus have hit their best price of the year

The Beats Studio Buds Plus are on sale in all styles, including their slick translucent option. | Photo by Chris Welch / The VergeBeats may be releasing a new pair of budget earbuds later this month, but their $80...

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The see-through Beats Studio Buds Plus have hit their best price of the year

We also found deals on a Nintendo-inspired MagSafe charger, robot vacuums, and GoPro’s latest action cam.

By Sheena Vasani, a writer covering commerce, e-readers, and tech news. She previously wrote about everything from web development to AI at Inside.

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A photo of Beats’ translucent Studio Buds Plus earbuds.

The Beats Studio Buds Plus are on sale in all styles, including their slick translucent option.

Photo by Chris Welch / The Verge

Beats may be releasing a new pair of budget earbuds later this month, but their $80 price tag comes at the expense of active noise cancellation. Thankfully, if you’re looking for a cool-looking pair of earbuds that will let you listen to music and tune out the world, the Beats Studio Buds Plus remain a great buy. And right now, they’re joining the Beats Solo Pro 4 in dropping to one of their best prices to date at Amazon, Best Buy, and Target, where you can pick them up for $129.99 ($40 off). That matches the best price we’ve seen so far this year and is only $10 shy of their all-time low.

Here at The Verge, we’re big fans of the translucent Beats Studio Buds Plus, which are more eye-catching than most wireless earbuds — including Apple’s second-gen AirPods Pro. They offer significant improvements over their predecessor, too, making them a worthy upgrade. Not only do they sound better and offer more effective active noise cancellation, but they also last longer. They don’t tune out noise quite as well as the latest AirPods Pro and their transparency mode doesn’t sound as natural, but they offer native support for both iOS and Android features, making them a good buy for those who want more flexibility in terms of ecosystem.

The Beats Studio Buds Plus offer better sound and noise cancellation than the original pair, and they now come in a unique translucent color option.

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