The five - starSony WH-1000XM5ANC headphones first blend in on sale in 2022 , and Sony tends to refresh its agio over - ear headphones every two years . The assumption was that 2024 was when the WH-1000XM6 would establish .
supposition suggest that not only will the WH-1000XM6 launching in 2025 , but that Sony could also be prepping the WF-1000XM6 true radiocommunication for two pronged assault on the headphone securities industry .
So , here are a few things that we ’re expecting , leaks , hopeful to see in Sony ’s upcoming WH-1000XM6 , along with the current ‘ blistering ’ rumours and hypothesis .
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The 1000XM6 over-ears will be announced on May 15th
Well so much for keeping people in expectancy .
Sony Australia has teased anApple - esque Instragram billet that shows the earphone in a silouette with the date May 16th , 2025 , 2 am Australian clock time . Given that Australia is several time zone ahead , that sure enough indicates that for the UK , US , and Europe , the proclamation date will be May 15th .
Price
The Sony ship has leap a leakand we have an idea of how much the WH-1000XM6 is expected to be .
Sony ’s over - spike headphones used to start at £ 349 but they ’ve slowly crept up to £ 379 . £ 399 does n’t seem out of the question , which would match theBowers & Wilkins Px7 S3 .
Leaks from Amazon Spain and other places have indicated that the damage is going up in the US to $ 449.99 , which we ’d suppose equals similar for Europe and around £ 399 for the UK .
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No Snapdragon Sound support
Unless Sony do a huge pivot , we ’re not gestate any support forSnapdragon Sound .
TheWH-1000XM3headphones were the last to plunk for Qualcomm ’s chipsets , and since then Sony has ploughed on its own path in build up its own technology to squeeze out as much bandwidth performance from Bluetooth streaming as it can .
So even though Sony’sXperia 1 IVsmartphone have Snapdragon Sound support , we do n’t expect Sony to push a Bluetooth codec from arival competitor over its LDAC solution . We only ca n’t see Sony performing a u - spell on this .
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Changes to battery life
Sony ’s stuck to 30 hr battery liveliness since theWH-1000XM2 , its smell that 30 hours is more than enough . That does n’t seem to have changed with the upcoming poser .
Sony is content with how much barrage fire life its earphone pass . However , theTechnics EAH - A800,Sennheiser Momentum 4 Wirelessand even Sony ’s ownWH - CH720Nheadphones offer 50 , 60 , and 35 hours respectively .
The outflow that have issue suggest that 30 60 minutes will carry on to be the securities industry adjust down for bombardment living , but that fast - charging has been improved with three minute of arc providing 3 60 minutes more playback .
A foldable design?
Sony ’s reliable wireless models have been getting small with each iteration . The over - ears have been getting lighter and less cumbrous . Our prevision is for that to keep , although it may just amount to shaving off a few grams .
Sony has used reuse charge card for the human body of its mostrecent over - ears , and that ’s kept the weight down for the CH720N ( which are 192 g ) .
Could we get fresh colour ? We do n’t think so at launching but it ’s belike the phone will go on cut-rate sale in white , black , and perhaps a midnight blue offer . The WH-1000XM5 has been launched in new colours , include a smoky pink , so down the strain we could bear new colourways . But at launching it ’s probable to be the time-tested and tested color .
It does n’t look smaller , and despite our doubts , it would look that Sony has gone back to a collapsable excogitation for this new role model , which is indisputable to revel many . FCC documents in the USA has shaown that the hinge that associate the headband to the earcups has been redesign after complaints that it broke too easily .
Expect a big focus on 360 Reality Audio
360 realism Audiois Sony ’s immersive 3D audio feature , like toDolby Atmos Music , and the WH-1000XM5 , WF-1000XM5 , and ULT Wear headphones all have this feature , so it ’s a cert that the WH-1000XM6 will have it too .
As we ’ve bring up before , 3D sound is becoming thenext battleground for earphone brandswith Bose , Sonos , and Apple all jumping onboard the spatial audio rocket .
Even better noise-cancelling
Of course , you ’d expect Sony to give its noise - cancelling a boost leave the WH-1000XM5 remain one of the best models on the market for ANC , though they are no longer the champs in this regard with theBose QuietComfort Ultra Headphonesnow the good over - spike for noise - cancel .
While the XM5 better the WH-1000XM4 is most areas for interference - cancelling , one sphere we felt they fall down to their sib is in suppress voice . We expect the new Sony headphones to be very good when it comes to noise - cancelling with the new QN3 HD processor said to be seven times quicker than the chip in the former model .
We ’ll only know for sure once it ’s announced and we have a duet in our hands to test .
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