I used the thinnest noise-cancelling sleep earbuds for two weeks and it had one fascinating statistic

Meet the SomniPods 3, troubled sleep earbuds with some great features

20 Dec 2025, 08:00 · TechRadar

Features By Tom Bedford published 20 December 2025

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As someone who likes sleep, I’ve tested my fair share of sleep-tracking devices, but I’ve yet to find a pair of sleep earbuds that actually improve my slumber, rather than just adding one more obstacle between me and a good night’s rest.

It’s not an easy job. While the best sleep trackers can take a hands-off approach (apart from in the case of the best smart rings) and simply feed back on how well you napped, sleep earbuds are generally tasked with actually improving your slumber. Some people are wearing them in lieu of reusuable earplugs, such as Loop, with an added audio element. I’ve tested ones with pretty neat features but others that flew too close to the sun, and made sleeping even more of a chore.

I’ve become jaded about a few top brands because of terrible sleep headphones I’ve tested in the past, but my interest was piqued when a new up-and-comer contacted me to test their alternative.

AI health assistant app Fitnexa has released its first physical product, called the SomniPods 3. These are, according to the brand, the thinnest ANC-toting sleep earbuds released so far, and are designed to work hand-in-hand with the app’s various features.

If you’re confused by these being the brand’s first buds, but bearing a ‘3’ – so was I, but I couldn’t find any evidence of the existence of a SomniPods 2. And don’t get these things confused with the SomniBuds, which are also sleep earbuds but from a totally different company.

To test whether Fitnexa could win where other brands have left me cold (and restless), I tested the buds for a few weeks.

Fitnexia SomniPods 3: Price and availability

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The SomniPods 3 cost $149.99 wherever you are in the world – when you buy them, it’ll convert the price to your local currency. At the time of reviewing, that’d be about £115 or AU$232, though whenever you read this, your currency’s value compared to the dollar will dictate exactly what it costs.

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