The first truly viable gaming earbuds are a perfect Christmas gift — great sound, beefy batteries, and compatibility for Xbox and PC

When playing games or listening to music, some people prefer using earbuds over full-on headsets due to their lighter weight and portability.

One of the best earbuds designed with Xbox and PC gaming in mind is the SteelSeries Arctis GameBuds. This is a fabulous headset packed with great features, comfort, and sound, and it's now on sale for $148.99 at Amazon after having its $199.99 MSRP cut by 26%.

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SteelSeries Arctis GameBuds for Xbox: was $199.99 now $148.99 at Amazon

"The SteelSeries Arctis Gamebuds are a relatively new option on the market for Xbox and PC gamers who prefer earbuds and platform agnosticism. Overall, this is a really great and discrete headset, complete with active noise cancelling, 2.4 GHz USB-C connectivity, and Bluetooth on mobile devices." — Jez Corden, Executive Editor

Windows Central review: ⭐⭐⭐⭐

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Why buy the SteelSeries Arctis GameBuds?

Many of us at Windows Central consider the SteelSeries Arctis GameBuds to be one of the best Xbox Gaming headset alternatives we've ever seen, and with good reason.

Its design is immensely comfortable to wear (even more so than Apple's AirPods) with multiple ear-tip options. It has stable, dual connectivity with Xbox consoles and PC via 2.4GHz wireless and mobile devices via Bluetooth 5.3, and a long battery life of 10 hours while in use.

While the SteelSeries Arctis GameBuds' sound quality isn't as powerful as a dedicated premium headset, they're still very solid.

They have punchy bass and good positional and spatial awareness to help the player immerse themselves in a game's sound design or detect enemy footsteps more accurately in online competitive games like Call of Duty or Arc Raiders.

On top of that, these earbuds have Active Noise Cancelling (ANC) to block out background noise, intuitive audio controls, configurable audio profiles, and a bundled Qi Charging Case (with 30 hours of battery life) to recharge the earbuds.

So, if you're thinking of getting a gaming headset to listen to your favorite Xbox games while travelling on the bus or plane, then you can't go wrong with the SteelSeries Arctis GameBuds, especially now that they're $51.00 cheaper with this discounted price tag of $148.99 at Amazon.

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