After the absolute explosion of open earphones that 2025 brought, noise-uncanceling the fitness headphone market segment is expected to be hotly contested in 2026. But I would have thought it would take more than five days for a company to hand out an absolute handshake.
As part of its CES 2026 line-up, Chinese technology company Anker has unveiled a new pair of open-back earphones under its Soundcore line. But unlike most pairs of open-ears, the Aerofit 2 Pro aren’t actually open-ears. Kind of.
You see, these are hybrid headphones that can click between two different modes (well, technically five, but they’re all on a spectrum between the two). If you want to hear what’s going on around you, you can use them in open ear mode. If not, jump to in-ear mode and you can listen to your music with ANC on. Whichever level you switch it to dictates how far into your ear the bud itself extends.
It sounds like a winning combination, but it’s impossible to tell without actually testing them. So take everything with a grain of salt until you see our review. And it must also be said that this news was written on the basis of a briefing prior to CES – there may be even better options on the conference’s Las Vegas showroom floor. But I’m still eager to test the Aerofit.
The Soundcore Aerofit 2 Pro is set to launch in February 2026 at a price between $150 and $200; Anker had not locked it down at the time of our briefing. They come in four colors: blue, white, black and purple.
A busy Soundcore year
The Aerofit 2 Pro is just the headline-grabbing member of a busy new lineup of audio products, all unveiled at CES and coming soon.
The least revolutionary release is a customized model of the Sleep A30, sleep earphones designed to track and improve your naps. The Sleep A30 Special goes on sale from January 2026 starting at $199.99 and adds an extra hour of battery life as well as integration with the Calm app.
Next up is the Soundcore Boom Go 3i, a new portable speaker due out in March for $65-$80. According to Anker, it is palm-sized and comes in four colors. It offers 15W of sound, a 22-hour battery life, an IP68 rating and a digital display so you can see its battery life. In short, it’s a new pint-sized rival like the LG xBoom Go.
Since Anker has recently brought together its Nebula family of projectors in the Soundcore series, we’ll touch on those as well. The main new release in this line is the Nebula P1i Portable Projector, which is slated for release sometime in “early” 2026 for $369. This is a portable projector (as the name suggests) that has two built-in flip-out speakers, so it should sound better than your average projector. It has Google TV built in, projectors in 1080p and has a 0-12 degree tilt stand. Again, this is a gadget we’ll have to test to see if it’s a good new purchase or a wasted opportunity.
This is the tip of the iceberg of Anker’s releases, with several chargers and powerbanks from its main line, plenty of smart cameras and home kits from the Eufy family, and a portable generator from the Solix line, due for an even bigger reveal later in January.
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