Customer Ratings & Reviews
- Model:
- WH1000XM4/L
- SKU:
- 6428314
Rating by feature
- Sound Quality
Rating 4.9 out of 5 stars
- Battery Life
Rating 4.8 out of 5 stars
- Connectivity
Rating 4.7 out of 5 stars
Customers are saying
Customers regard the WH-1000XM4 headphones highly for their exceptional sound quality, comfort, and impressive battery life. Many appreciate the solid bass, lightweight feel, and great fit of the headphones. However, some customers have experienced inconsistent connectivity, find the touch controls less than ideal, and feel the price could be more competitive, while others desire a higher maximum volume.
This summary was generated by AI based on customer reviews.
- Pros mentioned:Comfort, Sound quality
Best headphones!
||Posted . Owned for 2 weeks when reviewed.This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.I did my research before deciding to purchase them. I saw these on sale last year around this time and I did a big mistake thinking they would be on sale a few weeks before Christmas but they weren’t and I ended up buying them but I returned them because of the price which was full price. So when they came around the holidays again this year, I didn’t hesitate when I saw the price drop to the same one as last year. In my opinion, they are the best ones comfort sound and price. I’d rather buy these than the Apple headphones.
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Posted .Hello Cserivan07,
Good decision and you'll definitely love this one! We're glad that you were able to snatch this on a sale and experience the awesome sound quality, comfort and noise canceling feature of your Sony WH1000XM4. The WH1000XM4 is a new design, with intelligent and intuitive Ambient Sound Control features that include improvements to Multipoint connection and our industry-leading Noise Cancelation, exceptional sound quality, and Smart Listening that adjusts to your behavior and location. If you haven't already, please check our Sony Headphones Connect app which will let you fine-tune your music to your liking! Thank you for choosing Sony! - Marco
- Pros mentioned:Battery life, Comfort, Weight
Love them
||Posted . Owned for 1 month when reviewed.This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.Excellent product Amazing comfort, I can where them all day. Great battery life. Love the technology, imbedded features and auto detection abilities. Also the thinner profile looks great and fits great while wearing. It feels secure, light weight and fits close to my head.
I would recommend this to a friend - Pros mentioned:Sound quality
Fantastic Noise-Cancelling Headphones
||Posted .This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.A great product and a great deal from Best Buy with convenient delivery. Product arrive exactly when it said it would. The noise-cancelling head phones work perfectly for my husband's needs. Perhaps they work too well as he can't hear me anymore. :)
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Posted .Hi user327825,
We are thrilled that your WH-1000XM4 headphones arrived on time and are working perfectly for your husband! It sounds like the noise cancellation is definitely living up to its reputation. If you ever need to get his attention without him taking the headphones off, he can simply cover the entire right earcup with his hand to activate "Quick Attention Mode," which instantly turns the music down and lets ambient sound in. He can also enable the Speak-to-Chat feature in the Sony Sound Connect app, which will automatically pause his music the moment he starts talking to you. Thanks for choosing Sony.
Best regards, Eliab
- Pros mentioned:Battery life, Comfort, Sound quality
Great headphones
||Posted . Owned for 3 weeks when reviewed.This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.Love the noise canceling. Very comfortable headset. I use them during sleep and can’t hear any outside noises and stay on through the night. Battery life lasts long.
I would recommend this to a friendBrand response from SonyListens
Posted .That's awesome, Philver! We're glad that you are impressed with the noise-cancelling feature of the headphones. The WH-1000XM4 is a new design, with intelligent and intuitive Ambient Sound Control features that include improvements to Multipoint connection and our industry-leading Noise Cancelation, exceptional sound quality, and Smart Listening that adjusts to your behavior and location. If you haven't already, please check our Sony Headphones Connect app which will let you fine-tune your music to your liking! Thank you for choosing SONY! -Craig
- Pros mentioned:Battery life, Comfort, Sound quality
Great for long flights
||Posted . Owned for 1 month when reviewed.This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.Very comfortable to wear and I was able to use them for 22 total hours of travel! Sound and noise canceling quality are excellent.
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Posted .Hello LanceW,
That's awesome! We're very happy that you are pleased with the noise canceling capability, sound quality, comfortability and battery life of our Sony WH1000XM4. The WH1000XM4 is a new design, with intelligent and intuitive Ambient Sound Control features that include improvements to Multipoint connection and our industry-leading Noise Cancelation, exceptional sound quality, and Smart Listening that adjusts to your behavior and location. If you haven't already, please check our Sony Headphones Connect app which will let you fine-tune your music to your liking! Thank you for choosing Sony! - Marco
- Pros mentioned:Comfort, Sound quality
A premium set of headphones
||Posted . Owned for 1 month when reviewed.This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.A big step up in noise cancelling from my Sennheiser HD4.50BTNC headphones, sound quality is very good. Don't love the app, some of the things in it are not very intuitive. Touch on the right earphone can be quirky, too. Sometimes it doesn't recognize taps when I am deliberately doing them, sometimes I'm just adjusting the headphones on my head or moving my hand in that area and it registers a tap. I would recommend turning off the audible notifications in the app, when outside they can happen pretty often because of traffic or wind. Very comfortable for long listening sessions. Synced to my S9 easily, but I also have a Samsung 4k TV that it synced to, but has some issues maintaining connectivity, there are occasional dropouts in sound, not sure if that's the TV or the headphones. Over-all, despite the various quirks, quite happy with the sound and quality of these headphones.
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Posted .Hi Dave67r,
Great choice! We're glad to hear you appreciate this amazing headphones especially the sound of it. Good to know you're comfortable using the headphones. We appreciate your feedback regarding the app and some occasional sound skipping when paired with your TV. When connecting the headset to a Bluetooth device, use the headset at least 10 m (30 feet) away from the wireless LAN device. If this headset is used within 10 m (30 feet) of a wireless LAN device, turn off the wireless LAN device. Use this headset and the Bluetooth device as near to each other as possible. The situation may be improved by changing the wireless playback quality settings. Set the headset to “Priority on stable connection” mode or fixing the wireless playback mode with the “Sony | Headphones Connect” app.
The WH-1000XM4 is a new design, with intelligent and intuitive Ambient Sound Control features that include improvements to Multipoint connection and our industry-leading Noise Cancelation, exceptional sound quality, and Smart Listening that adjusts to your behavior and location. Thank you for sharing this awesome feedback and for the 5-star rating! -Jess
- Pros mentioned:Battery life, Sound quality
Great!
||Posted . Owned for 10 months when reviewed.This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.Bought these to use on a long plane ride for the ANC. They worked great to dampen the super loud plane ride. The batter lasted the whole 6 hour flight and more. I have been using them as my computer headphones as well and I really like the sound quality. The one issue I have with them is I have to keep turning off the Speak Through feature, which is annoying. I use the app to turn it off but maybe once a week it is turned back on and I go to talk to my cat, dog or wife and it pauses my music/movie and it lasts for too long in my opinion. So I turn it off again. I really wish it would stop doing that.
I would recommend this to a friendBrand response from SonyListens
Posted .Hi Colludium, we're glad you are enjoying our product. We're sorry to hear that you have an issue with the Speak-to-chat feature of your Sony unit. You can turn it off manually by following this link:
https://helpguide.sony.net/mdr/wh1000xm4/v1/en/contents/TP0002754732.html?search=speak%20to%20chat
If you require any additional support with regard to this product, please email us at socialsupport@am.sony.com with the following details: Name: Username: Model Number: Issue: Telephone Number:
Thanks for choosing Sony. ~Earl
- Pros mentioned:Battery life, Sound quality
Amazing headphones
||Posted . Owned for 1 month when reviewed.This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.I absolutely love these headphones. As a musician I like to listen to my mixes on many different outputs...studio headphones, phone, bluetooth headphones monitors, car sound system. I wanted an over the rear blue tooth pair I ch could review my music or just enjoy others. I bought another pair right away for my guy! I love the voice recognition pauses so you can talk to someone else leaving them on. I would highly recommend this product. Oh! And it holds its charge beautifully. I charged mine 3 days ago and i use them daily. The only thing i could give a con to at this point is the ease of adjustent of headband sizes without hitting sensitive controls. Not really a con as prob just takes more familiarity. I have s small headHey, it's Sony.
I would recommend this to a friendBrand response from SonyListens
Posted .Hi Adrienne, Excellent choice! We are so glad to hear that you are happy with your new WH-1000XM4 headphones! The WH-1000XM4 is a new design, with intelligent and intuitive Ambient Sound Control features that include improvements to Multipoint connection and our industry-leading Noise Cancelation, exceptional sound quality, and Smart Listening that adjusts to your behavior and location. If you haven't already, please check our Sony Headphones Connect app which will let you fine-tune your music to your liking! Thank you for choosing Sony! -Carl
- Pros mentioned:Battery life, Sound quality
Pricey but good
||Posted . Owned for 1 month when reviewed.This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.Great headphones overall. I got mine on sale for about 270ish and while it was still a little pricey, these are great headphones. Setup was relatively easy and the app offers many features, including a great eq (the headphones are too bassy out of the box), and different levels of ambient sound. The noise cancelation is amazing, and works well for bus rumbles and airplane noises. The battery life is also extremely good, and they dont need to be charged very often. They look very premium as well and dont look or feel cheap. My only gripe really is that the microphone isnt very good for calls. Besides that, I would highly recommend these headphones if you are willing to spend the money or wait for these headphones to go on sale.
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Posted .Hi Juan,
Thanks for sharing your review and experience with the WH1000XM4. We're glad that you like the dedicated app (Sony Headphones Connect) noise canceling function, battery life, and design of the headphones.
We also appreciate your review about the call quality of the headphones. For optimum performance, make sure that the software version of the headphones is updated (via the Sony Headphones Connect app). These steps may also help when using the mic function of the headphones:
-Keep the headset away from a microwave oven, wireless LAN device, etc.
-Bring the headset closer to the Bluetooth device. Remove any obstacles between the headset and the Bluetooth device.
-Keep the headset away from a TV.
-Re-establish the connection between the source device and the headset.
-When using a video calling application on a computer, switch the Bluetooth connection to HFP or HSP with the computer. During a video call, sound quality may become low due to the conditions of the communication line.
-You can also check the settings of the app that you are using for mic sensitivity if available.
If you need further assistance, please email the below information to socialsupport@am.sony.com.
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Additional Information regarding your experience with the WH1000XM4.
Intelligent and intuitive, the WH-1000XM4 headphones offer further improvements to our industry-leading noise cancelation, exceptional sound quality, and smart listening that adjusts to your behavior and your location. Using the Sony Headphones Connect app, Ambient Sound Control lets you adjust the volume of background sound and gives you the option to allow voices alone to be heard. Meanwhile, the Equalizer lets you customize sound levels to suit your music. Thanks for choosing Sony!
-Ralph
- Pros mentioned:Comfort, Sound quality
Yeah man!
||Posted .This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.The sound is light years Beyond what I expecting. They are comfortable to wear for hours on end. I’ve even taken these to the gym to workout in and the cancels out the noise in the game flawlessly and these headphones do no slip around while working out either
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Posted .Hi CG1121,
Awesome! We are glad you like the comfort and sound quality of the headphones. The WH-1000XM4 is a new design, with intelligent and intuitive Ambient Sound Control features that include improvements to Multipoint connection and our industry-leading Noise Cancelation, exceptional sound quality, and Smart Listening that adjusts to your behavior and location.
Regards,
David
- Pros mentioned:Sound quality
Great Sound
||Posted .This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.Great sound and wireless. This is our second pair. My wife loves the color.
I would recommend this to a friendBrand response from SonyListens
Posted .Hello Dino,
Thank you for choosing Sony!
We're honored to hear that you’re enjoying the great sound and wireless features of the WH1000XM4 headphones. It’s wonderful to know this is your second pair and that your wife loves the color. Thank you for sharing your positive experience!
Best regards,
-Fred
- Pros mentioned:Bass, Battery life, Sound quality
Great Sound & Comfortable
||Posted . Owned for 1 month when reviewed.This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.Great Sound and very comfortable! The Quality of the sound and bass is great. You can adjust and move quickly from Ambient Sound to Noise Cancelling. Very easy to use touch pad. Battery length is also a plus, you can use them up to ~30 hrs (per spec).
I would recommend this to a friendBrand response from SonyListens
Posted .Hi Eduardo, That's fantastic! We're thrilled to hear you're comfortable using the WH-1000XM4 and you like the features. Good to know you're enjoying the superb sound quality, great battery life, and noise canceling feature of the unit. Intelligent and intuitive, the WH-1000XM4 headphones offer further improvements to our industry-leading noise cancelation, exceptional sound quality, and smart listening that adjusts to your behavior and your location. Using the Sony Headphones Connect app, Ambient Sound Control lets you adjust the volume of background sound and gives you the option to allow voices alone to be heard. Meanwhile, the Equalizer lets you customize sound levels to suit your music. Thank you so much for your purchase! -Jess
- Pros mentioned:Sound quality
XM4 are still great noise cancelling headphones
||Posted . Owned for 1 month when reviewed.This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.So - this model - the XM4 - was debuted in 2018. I have these. My two older children have them. This is the second set I have bought for my daughter. She - literally - wore the first pair to death (24 /7 - 7 days a week.) and they fell apart after 3 years. Unless you're a teenage girl, they will probably last you even longer. These are still probably one of the best pairs of noise cancelling headphones on the market and, these days, you can often get them on sale for much cheaper than Sony's current generation leader WHXM5s. I have enjoyed my own XM4s so much that I have seen no reason to upgrade - and probably won't - until my pair finally kicks the bucket. Unless you need to have the most current shiny - these remain a great choice in HQ NC headphones.
I would recommend this to a friend - Pros mentioned:Battery life, Comfort, Sound quality
Exactly what I was looking for
||Posted . Owned for 1 month when reviewed.This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.Really comfortable for long periods of time, great battery life, and amazing noise canceling. It’s thre perfect travelling headphone.
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Posted .Hi LavyaS,
Perfect! We're delighted to hear that you are now enjoying your long travels, thanks to the comfortable design, awesome noise canceling capability and long battery life of our Sony WH1000XM4. The WH1000XM4 is a new design, with intelligent and intuitive Ambient Sound Control features that include improvements to Multipoint connection and our industry-leading Noise Cancelation, exceptional sound quality, and Smart Listening that adjusts to your behavior and location. If you haven't already, please check our Sony Headphones Connect app which will let you fine-tune your music to your liking! Thank you for choosing Sony! - Marco
- Pros mentioned:Sound quality
A great headphone
||Posted . Owned for 9 months when reviewed.This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.I love these headphones. I’m sad Best Buy no longer sells it directly but they are affordable and sound great. Mine broke at the hinge. I now have the xm6s which are amazing but I wish they had bass like the xm4s and maybe the same comfort.
I would recommend this to a friend - Pros mentioned:Battery life, Comfort, Sound quality
Gold standard!
||Posted . Owned for 5 months when reviewed.This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.Pros: Awesome noise canceling. Great battery life. Very comfortable. Good sound quantity (even great after tweaking EQ). Cons: app is just ok (connects slowly, interface is confusing). Ears might get a bit sweaty after a couple of hours of use.
I would recommend this to a friendBrand response from SonyListens
Posted .Hi TooManyHeadphones,
We're glad that you like the noise canceling function, battery life, comfort, and sound quality of the headphones. Your feedback about the app and its long-term use is greatly appreciated. Intelligent and intuitive, the WH-1000XM4 headphones offer further improvements to our industry-leading noise cancelation, exceptional sound quality, and smart listening that adjusts to your behavior and your location. Using the Sony Headphones Connect app, Ambient Sound Control lets you adjust the volume of background sound and gives you the option to allow voices alone to be heard. Meanwhile, the Equalizer lets you customize sound levels to suit your music. Thanks for choosing Sony!
-Ralph
- Pros mentioned:Comfort, Sound quality, Weight
Great purchase - worth the money spent
||Posted . Owned for 3 weeks when reviewed.This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.Forgot how loud an airplane can be - these may all the difference - comfortable wear and light weight
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Posted .Hi RickN, Thank you for choosing Sony! We are glad to hear that you are happy with your new WH-1000XM4 purchase! Thank you for the 5-star rating! -Carl
A downgrade, IMO.
||Posted .This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.It pains me to not give this a five stars. I've had the previous XM3 model for over six years and the only reason I had to finally move on from it was due to extreme wear and tear. So I thought I'd upgrade this time. The XM4 is, for me, a downgrade. Everything I cared about is worse. The distance from my computer before the sounds gets choppy and cuts out has lessened. The headset is finicky with which device it wants to connect to. Sometimes I'll have to actually disconnect one device so that another can join instead. But then other times, it's perfectly fine? There was also this awful feature where it would attempt to auto detect my surrounds and turn on and off noise cancelling at will. This is on by default. I will admit that the auto shutdown after a few minutes of detecting it's no longer on my head is nice. Just wish I could adjust how longe before it does that. Wish it were 10 mins. I honestly wish I just tried to get the same model instead of "upgrading".
No, I would not recommend this to a friendBrand response from SonyListens
Posted .Hi Sonii,
Thank you so much for sharing such honest feedback with us.
We're truly sorry that the XM4 feels like a step back after six years of loving your XM3s.
Regarding the issues you mentioned, here are a few quick things you can try to make the headset behave a bit better:
-In the Sony | Sound Connect app, go to the Sound tab and switch the Bluetooth Connection Quality to "Priority on Stable Connection." This should help with the choppiness and range.
-In the app, you can disable the "Adaptive Sound Control" feature which changes your settings based on your location or movement.
-You can actually adjust or disable the auto-off sensor in the "System" tab of the app to give you more control over when they shut down.
If those steps don't fix the issues, please get in touch with our support team at https://us.esupport.sony.com/support/s/support-contact?language=en_US&category=headphones so we can look into the connection issues further.
Thank you for being a Sony customer and for bringing this to our attention.
Warm regards,
Estefany
- Pros mentioned:Comfort, Sound quality
Unexpectedly good
||Posted . Owned for 2 weeks when reviewed.This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.These headphones have surpassed my expectations especially in comfortability, noise cancelling and sound quality. I got them to replace my Beats Solo pros and this pair hasn’t let me down. I miss the almost magical integration of my beats to my iPhone and iPad but these r okay since I can connect them to two devices (AND IT HAS AN AUDIO JACK). It even comes with an adaptor for a those weird airplane audio jacks
I would recommend this to a friendBrand response from SonyListens
Posted .Hi Ilyass, Awesome! We're truly delighted to hear your purchase went well and we've matched your expectations with your Sony WH-1000XM4 Headphones. Your satisfaction with the super audio, excellent noise cancellation, exceptional comfort, and headphone jack feature of your headphones are greatly appreciated. Thanks for choosing Sony! -Jess
- Pros mentioned:Comfort, Sound quality
Better in every way including BT connectivity
||Posted . Owned for 1 week when reviewed.This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.I bought the previous XM2 version years ago and used it often when flying or on conference calls. While the sound and noise cancelling were excellent, the BT switching was terrible between devices. NOW, with teh XM4 they seemed to have fixed that to allow switching between TWO devices relatively seamlessly. The sound quality has improved and even the noise cancelling seems to cover higher frequencies than before. The cans fit more comfortably as well. It should be noted that when shipped, the two device feature was not yet included and a firmware update was required. This was not clear until I called Sony support and they walked me though it. Also, I experienced some odd shutoffs during conference calls due, I think, to my AC running at high and possibly confusing the talk feature. I will experiment further next call. The instruction manual and help pages need overhaul. The pictographic explanations are lame.
I would recommend this to a friend