AirPods Black Friday Deals 2026 and Headphone Offers

Audio deals published so far

AirPods Black Friday deals for 2026 had not been priced by any store when we checked on 31 October, and Apple had not announced a shopping event. Black Friday is Friday 27 November. The audio offers that were published came from Costco, for speakers and soundbars, and from one specialist hi-fi shop. This table lists only offers from the stores' own pages, with their dates, and we add AirPods and headphone prices as stores publish them.

Costco's page, read on 31 October 2026, says its savings cannot be combined with other offers and that Costco.com prices may be higher than warehouse prices. Sky by Gramophone's home page showed its SVS offer on the same day.

AirPods Black Friday deals by model

Apple sells several AirPods at once, and older models stay in stores after new ones arrive. Its compare page on 31 October listed AirPods Pro 3, AirPods 5, AirPods 5 with Wireless Charging Case and AirPods Max 2 as the current range. Before you judge a discount, check the exact model name and compare the deal with Apple's own price for that model on the same day.

AirPods Pro 3

The current noise-cancelling earbuds in Apple's range, sold with a MagSafe Charging Case. Apple's pages describe heart rate tracking during workouts and a hearing test feature for this model. Watch for offers on AirPods Pro 2, the previous model, which Apple's compare page still lists.

AirPods 5

The current standard AirPods, sold with a charging case or a Wireless Charging Case. Apple's AirPods page offered 3 months of Apple Music free with AirPods 5 for new subscribers on 31 October. Watch for AirPods 4 and AirPods 4 with Active Noise Cancellation at lower prices; they are the previous generation.

AirPods Max 2

Apple's current over-ear headphones. The original AirPods Max is the previous model, so check the name carefully in any offer.

Older models

A big discount on an older model can be good value, as long as the store says clearly which model it is. Check the case type too: some older models came with Lightning cases, while the current ones use USB-C.

Does Apple discount AirPods on Black Friday?

Apple's rules show how it treats sales: its 14-day price protection "excludes limited-time price reductions and special sales events, such as Black Friday". On 31 October, Apple's shopping event page sent visitors to the main Apple Store page, so no 2026 event had been announced. We add Apple's terms here if it publishes one, and we do not repeat last year's offer as if it were this year's.

If AirPods are discounted in Black Friday week, the offers are more likely to come from retailers such as Best Buy, Walmart, Target and Costco. Our Apple page lists offers we have checked on Apple's own site.

Noise-cancelling headphones and earbuds

Over-ear headphones

No store had published a Black Friday price on over-ear noise-cancelling headphones on 31 October. Best Buy's Early Black Friday deals start on 6 November and its 10 days of Black Friday deals on 19 November; Walmart's events run from 12 to 15 November and from 23 to 29 November. We add each published offer with its model number.

Earbuds

For earbuds, compare the same model across stores, and check whether the price is for the current version or an earlier one with a similar name. The case (wired, wireless or MagSafe charging) can change the price of the same earbuds.

Soundbar deals for TV audio

Soundbars are where the most 2026 offers had been published by 31 October, all at Costco:

• Sonos Arc Ultra: a 9.1.4 channel soundbar bundle at $849.99 after $250 off, from 19 to 30 November, with a $60 gift card, a $79 wall mount voucher and a 30% Sonos accessories coupon.
• TCL Q6CH: a 5.1 channel soundbar with a wireless subwoofer at $199.99 after $100 off, from 16 to 30 November.

Before you buy a soundbar, check how it connects to your TV (HDMI eARC or optical), whether it supports the audio formats your TV and streaming apps send, and whether a subwoofer is included or sold separately.

Bluetooth and home speakers

• Marshall Stockwell III: a portable Bluetooth speaker at Costco for $149.99 after $50 off, from 20 to 30 November.
• Sonos Era 100 2-pack: at Costco for $329.99 after $80 off, from 19 to 30 November.
• SVS speakers: Sky by Gramophone, a US hi-fi shop, lists up to $400 off SVS speaker pairs and up to $200 off SVS subwoofers as a Black Friday offer, while supplies last.

Jabees, which sells audio products online, says on its home page that its Black Friday starts early for VIPs who sign up for early access. It had not published the dates or offers on 31 October.

What to check before you buy headphones

• The model and year: names repeat across generations, so compare model numbers.
• The case or cable: USB-C, Lightning or wireless charging, and whether a cable is in the box.
• Your phone: some features work only with one maker's phones. Read the maker's own list of features that need a particular phone.
• Battery figures: they come from the maker's own tests, so compare them only between products from the same maker.
• The return window: read the store's return terms for opened earbuds and headphones on the product page before you buy them as a gift.

Returns and price rules for audio

To check whether a "was" price is real before you buy, see our guide Are Black Friday deals real?.

How we check these deals

We read Apple's own pages and each store's Black Friday, newsroom and help pages from a US server, and list only what they publish, with the date we read it: 31 October 2026 for this version. We do not test headphones or speakers, and we do not rate how they sound.

We update this guide through November. All Black Friday offers we track are on our Black Friday deals page, Cyber Monday offers are on the Cyber Monday page, and our other guides are in the Black Friday hub, including when Black Friday starts at each store. This guide is written by the SavingArena Editorial Team.