Beats Powerbeats (2020) vs Beats Powerbeats3 Wireless

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Powerbeats (2020) compared with Powerbeats3 Wireless

	BeatsPowerbeats (2020)	BeatsPowerbeats3 Wireless
Overview
Released
Released	March 2020	November 2016
Sound
Type
Type	In-ear	In-ear
Noise cancelling
Noise cancelling	No	No
Bluetooth codecs
Bluetooth codecs	SBC and AAC	SBC and AAC
Chip
Chip	Apple H1	Apple W1
Audio features
Audio features	SBC and AAC Bluetooth codecs (SoundGuys); no active noise cancellation or automatic ear detection (Tech Advisor)	SBC and AAC Bluetooth codecs; no active noise cancellation (SoundGuys model comparison)
Battery
Listening time (maker's claim)
Listening time (maker's claim)	Up to 15 hours	Up to 12 hours
Battery life detail
Battery life detail	Apple's retained Powerbeats AMBUSH colour-edition release confirms the shared 15-hour listening claim	Maker claims up to 12 hours. November 2016 retail month follows contemporaneous Apple delivery estimates reported by MacRumors and November AppleInsider retail checks; 25 October was the order-opening date, not an established first delivery day
Fast charging
Fast charging	Lightning Fast Fuel charging; Apple's retained Powerbeats AMBUSH release says up to 1 hour from a 5-minute charge, while SoundGuys reports 1.5 hours	Micro-USB Fast Fuel charging; up to one hour of playback from a five-minute charge
Design
Water and sweat resistance
Water and sweat resistance	IPX4	–
Bluetooth
Bluetooth	5.0	–
Controls
Controls	Playback, track, call and volume buttons on the right earbud; power button on the left; hands-free Hey Siri with compatible Apple devices	RemoteTalk inline playback, call, volume and voice-assistant controls; power and pairing button on the left earpiece
Microphones
Microphones	Dual beam-forming microphones and a speech-detecting accelerometer	–
Fit and ear tips
Fit and ear tips	Adjustable ear hooks joined by a round cable; four ear-tip sizes	Flexible ear hooks, interchangeable ear tips and a flat joining cable with an adjustment slider
Water resistance detail
Water resistance detail	–	Maker describes sweat and splash resistance without publishing an IP code
Works with
Works with	Class 1 Bluetooth and Apple H1 pairing; Audio Sharing with compatible Apple devices; Bluetooth 5.0 identified by SoundGuys and Tech Advisor	Apple W1 and Class 1 Bluetooth; one-step pairing and switching between compatible devices signed into the same iCloud account
Colours
Colours	Black, White and Red at launch (MacRumors); later AMBUSH Glow edition with a glow-in-the-dark finish and ripstop pouch	White, Black, Siren Red, Shock Yellow and Flash Blue at launch
In the box
In the box	Earphones, four ear-tip sizes, Lightning to USB-A charging cable and carrying pouch; AMBUSH edition uses a ripstop pouch	Earphones, interchangeable ear tips and Micro-USB charging cable