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Beats 360 Headphones Review: Best-Performing Beats Yet, and They’re Modular

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8.4

Pros & Cons

  • Comfortable all-new Beats over-ear design with swappable earcup and headband cushions
  • IPX4 splashproof and sweat-resistant
  • Excellent sound
  • Strong noise-canceling only slightly behind AirPods Max 2's
  • Top-tier voice-calling performance, more natural-sounding transparency mode
  • Spatial audio with head-tracking, auto-switching between Apple devices and always-on Siri
  • More Android-friendly than Apple's AirPods
  • No wired audio option
  • No wear-detection sensors
  • No Apple H2 chip
  • Fairly pricey

Four or five years ago, there was chatter that Apple was working on a lighter, sport version of the AirPods Max. Those sporty AirPods Max never materialized, but Beats, which has been owned by Apple for over 10 years, is positioning its new 360 over-ear headphones ($350) as a hybrid sports model. So maybe there was a grain of truth to the rumor after all, even if the device morphed into a Beats product.

Either way, there’s a lot to like about the Beats...

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