Walmart has Apple AirPods 4 on sale for $79

The $79 price at Walmart is $51 off the original price and undercuts Amazon's recent deal pricing—making it the cheapest current option for the wireless earbuds.

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Published 10:44 PM ET, Saturday, October 10, 2026
Updated 5:53 AM ET · aired 2 times

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First reported by NBC News: “Deal alert: Walmart’s has AirPods 4 for $79”.
Covered on BBN on Saturday, October 10, 2026, at 10:44 PM ET on The Pile-On, by Vera Bullock, Hank Ledger and Dale Bearman; aired 2 times.
Topics: Apple.

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NBC NewsDeal alert: Walmart’s has AirPods 4 for $79

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Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorLighter news now. Walmart has Apple AirPods 4 for seventy-nine dollars, down from one hundred thirty.
Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorFifty-one dollars off! That is a win for everyone who has ever wanted to ignore their family in stereo.
Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorIt is lower than Amazon's Prime Big Deal Days price. Amazon has been beaten by the store with the tire center.
Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorThat is the story.
Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorIt is a chance for Amazon to grow!
Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorIt is a price war, Vera. First the earbuds go cheap. Then the lifeboats.
Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorCheap lifeboats. Terrible.
Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorNow he sees it!
Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorNobody sees anything, Dale. People are going to hear their podcasts clearly, including mine, for once.
Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorYour podcast has four listeners and one of them is the earbuds.
Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorOrder. Please.
Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorFine. I am putting the AirPods, the baby name and the data breach payout on the family calendar.
Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorAnd the Giles County Fair is on it for both of us, Hank.
Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorPencil. Not pen.

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