The fourth-gen AirPods are out now — with slight audio quality and comfort improvements, plus the option to get them with active noise cancellation and a wireless charging case bearing its own speaker — but the third-gen AirPods are still rock solid for routine music,

Fresh off the assembly line, the newest AirPods come with and without noise-cancellation. If you want to grab them on sale, you'll have to live without ANC. Still, they're sweat and water-resistant, have a new Apple H2 chip, and run for 30 hours before zonking out.

It’s that time of year when early Black Friday deals are really heating up. One such example is Walmart's early sale where you can get the Apple AirPods (3rd Gen) for $94 (was $169). These were my favorite earphones for a long time until I decided to upgrade to the AirPods Pro 2, but they remain earbuds that are regularly used within my household.