Open-ear headphones are the sensible answer when you need to hear a car, a kid or a coach, and Shokz just refreshed both of its cheaper lines. Getting them here is another matter.
Shokz announced the OpenRun Air 2 and the OpenFit Air 2 on 24 August 2026, and its own site carries a banner saying the OpenRun Air 2 launches on 27 August. That is today.
OpenRun Air 2
This is the bone-conduction one, the style that sits on your cheekbones rather than in your ears and leaves your ear canals completely open. Shokz's own product page confirms it is more than 9 percent smaller than the OpenRun and weighs 26.4 grams in the Standard size, or 25.9 grams in Mini. It uses the PremiumPitch 3.0 driver, runs Bluetooth 6.0, charges over USB-C, and carries IP67 dust and water protection.
Battery is up to 10 hours per charge, which Shokz says is 25 percent more than the OpenRun, and a 5-minute charge gets you 2 hours. There is AI wind-noise reduction, and it comes in Standard and Mini sizes, which matters more than it sounds if you have a smaller head or you are buying for a teenager.
Price is 129.95 US dollars, confirmed on Shokz's own site.
OpenFit Air 2
This is the ear-hook true wireless one. Here I have to be careful, because Shokz has a landing page up but I could not confirm a published price for it on Shokz's own site. The figures being reported elsewhere are 129.95 US dollars, 7.2 grams per bud making it the lightest OpenFit yet, a case 10.5 percent smaller than before, a Bassphere dual-driver setup, 8 hours per charge and 36 hours with the case, IP55 on the buds and IP54 on the case, Bluetooth 6.1, multipoint and Fast Pair. Every one of those is reported rather than confirmed by Shokz directly, so treat them accordingly.
The Australian problem
Neither model appears on Shokz Australia. When I checked, the Australian ear-hook range was still OpenFit Pro, OpenFit, OpenFit 2+ and OpenFit Air, and the bone-conduction range was OpenRun Pro 2, OpenRun Pro, OpenRun and OpenMove. No Australian price, no Australian date, no announcement. Shokz has not said when either model reaches us.
This is a pattern worth naming. Shokz sells in Australia through its own store and through the usual retailers, and the newer models routinely land here weeks or months after the US. Buying grey import to get in early usually costs you the local warranty, which on a product you sweat into is not a trade I would make.