Black Friday may be over, but Best Buy is STILL carving $100 off our favorite wireless earbuds

A look at the Sony WF-1000XM5 in silver and black.

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Black Friday earbud deals are already starting to show up at multiple retailers, just weeks away from one of the year's biggest sales events. For example, Best Buy is offering $80 off the Sony WF-1000XM5 earbuds for its early Black Friday sale, bringing the price of our favorite earbuds down to just $248.

These wireless earbuds offer high-quality audio, along with several useful features such as active noise cancellation, ambient sound mode, 360 reality audio, and support for multiple high-resolution formats. We also like them for their superb battery life and their ease of use through the Sony Headphones Connect app, which has EQ and other controls. The earbuds also include an IPX4 water resistance rating, as well as fast charging through the USB-C cable and Qi wireless charging. They're definitely on the pricey side of the earbuds spectrum, making deals like this particularly worth taking advantage of.

✅Recommended if: you want a good deal on some of the best noise-cancelling earbuds available on the market; battery life and audio quality are highly important to you, even if it means spending a little more money; you're looking for earbuds with ANC, spatial audio, and ambient sound modes.

❌Skip this deal if: you'd prefer to save additional money and would rather go with a budget pair of earbuds without all the bells and whistles; you need a pair of earbuds that are extremely durable and include a dust resistance rating, in addition to water resistance; you prefer over-ear headphones to earbuds.

The Sony WF-1000XM5 earbuds are top-notch, largely due to their excellent audio quality, wide range of audio features, and long-lasting battery. While it's certainly a competitive market out there by today's standards, these stand out as a clear favorite of ours, even if you're just in it for the overall sound quality.

The WF-1000XM5s include powerful AI-based ANC, ambient sound modes, 360 reality audio, and equalization and other settings using the Sony Headphones Connect app.

Sony also says these will get users up to 8 hours of battery life per charge, or a total of 24 hours with intermittent charges using the case. Using the USB-C charging cable, the company also says that users can replenish an hour of battery life with just a 3-minute charge. Meanwhile, they also support Qi wireless charging. The buds are constructed with six onboard microphones for high-quality call audio and easy voice commands, while they also include features such as Speak-to-Chat and Precise Voice Pickup Technology.

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