Apple's first earbuds with HRM

Heart-rate monitoring is coming soon to Powerbeats Pro earbuds.

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Leander Kahney
February 03, 2025

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When I go cycling, I often forget to wear my heart-rate monitor, but I never forget my AirPods. (Yeah, I’ve got my priorities right!)

But that soon may no longer be a problem: Apple is almost certainly prepping AirPods with built-in heart-rate monitoring.

That’s because the company is about to launch new Powerbeats Pro earbuds with a built-in HRM — Apple’s first earbuds to do so.

And if the Powerbeats earbuds get HRM, Apple undoubtedly will add the feature to AirPods (it’s been rumored forever).

The new Powerbeats Pro earbuds might launch next week. And they look pretty slick.

Also in today’s newsletter:

  • Apple is also about to launch a new cloud-based service that makes collaborative event planning easy.

  • Ahead of the Powerbeats launch, now’s a good time to pick up AirPods Pro 2 at their lowest price ever. The entire AirPods lineup is on sale.

  • I spent most of the morning listening to rapper Kendrick Lamar after his Grammy wins last night. Now Apple put together a collection of his songs ahead of his Super Bowl halftime show coming up next weekend. Check it out.

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— Leander Kahney, EIC.

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