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India Today
09-05-2025
- India Today
Sony to launch its flagship WH-1000XM6 headphones on May 16 and here is everything we know about them
Sony is officially launching the WH-1000XM6 wireless headphones on May 16. The announcement comes a wee bit after details – specs and features – of the WH-1000XM5 sequel leaked online through an alleged Amazon listing in Spain. It isn't immediately clear if they are coming to India at the same time or sometime is often the case, Sony hasn't shared any concrete details yet. The teaser for the launch has a silhouette of the headphones giving very familiar vibes, which is not surprising given that Sony made some very big design – and functional – changes on the XM5. The leak listing, too, suggests likewise. Big upgrades are expected per the leak, Sony is – maybe – looking to amp up active noise cancellation in the XM6 with a next-generation QN3 HD which is said to be seven times faster than the QN1 inside the XM5. The XM5 had two chips, QN1 and V1. The latter was used specifically to enhance noise-cancelling at higher frequencies. We are not sure if the XM6 has a dual-chip setup as well, or just the purported QN3 doing all the heavy lifting. The new chip is also expected to aid in producing better sound. There are two more important updates. The XM6 headphones are said to feature six 'AI-powered' microphones to enable more clear calling in a busy ambience. Sony is also sticking with keeping the headphone jack, a quality-of-life feature that is fast becoming obsolete on headphones (after smartphones). Finally, we can also expect some degree of water resistance (IP rating) which was missing in the battery life is still rated at 30 hours, like the last few generations of the WH-1000XM headphones. Quick charging appears to be on the cards, too, promising three hours of playback after a 3-minute top-up, much in the same way as the current-generation model. Dual paring, which is the ability to simultaneously pair with two devices and LDAC support, should be a given at this XM5 headphones' look was polarising. It was easy to see that Sony had borrowed a page out of Bose' book, even Apple's, with a chassis that folded one-way to lay completely flat and case that took up more space during storage. They also lacked some of the premiumness of their predecessor – XM4 – going for all plastic and no metallic/copper accents to speak of.
The Verge
07-05-2025
- The Verge
Sony WH-1000XM6 headphone specs and details leak early
Sony will launch a successor to its WH-1000XM5 noise cancelling headphones on May 15th, according to leaked information reported by Dealabs and Android Authority. Details of the new headphones model, called the WH-1000XM6, come from a now pulled Amazon Spain listing for the product that was first spotted by a Reddit user. The XM6 will feature an upgraded noise-canceling processor called the QN3 HD, which according to Dealabs, will be seven times faster than the QN1 chip present in Sony's XM5. The upgrade should result in better noise cancelling and perhaps sound quality. It also looks like it has an AI-powered six-microphone beamforming system for calls, and still comes with a headphone jack. Unfortunately the Trump administration's tariffs seem to be affecting the price of the new XM6. Dealabs says it will launch for $449.99 in the US — $50 more expensive than the $399.99 XM5s, which our senior reviewer Chris Welch has called the best wireless headphones for most people. The XM5, however, is only slightly better at noise canceling than the XM4 that launched in 2020, so the XM6 will need a truly generational improvement to justify the higher price.
