Customer Ratings & Reviews

The Sony InZone Buds is a unique set of earbuds that solves for me a unique problem: long playing times. Traditional over the head gaming headsets tend to overheat my head and prevent me from playing games for a long time. The Sony InZone Buds solves this by proving lightweight sound machine that does not actually touch your face, miraculously stays put in your ear once you find the right ear tip, and my head is still cool. Moreover, the battery life using the low latency USB-c dongle is impressive. Sony claims 12 hours of continuous use, but in my test, the combination of the battery life on the Buds and the charging case, I have lasted over a week with usage. Using the dongle as the audio interface, there are no audio lags that are typically found in traditional Bluetooth headsets. What you see is what you hear. This is a game changer for wireless gaming. In addition, Sony uses the same speakers as found in their premium earbud offerings, so you get very good high-fidelity audio. Everything sounds crystal clear including the highs, lows, and mediums. They lack the punchy bass that you typically get with “cans” on your head, but making sure you have a tight seal in your earbuds and a bit of EQ tweaking using the InZone app on the PC, and you will be comfortable listening all day. Active Noise Canceling is amazing. Turn it on and the only thing you can hear is people’s voices. It is truly on par with all of Sony’s other’s active noise canceling headphones. A common misconception is that ANC blocks everything out. If you are looking for that, this is not it. What this headphone excels at is blocking out all the external low frequencies and a lot of the middle frequencies. You won’t hear fan noise, people walking around you, people dropping things, but you will hear the voices on the TV near you and babies crying. So, these buds do a great job of only letting in the vocal frequencies. Ambient Mode is the one I prefer using because as a married person who games on the couch next to my wife and having kids doing kids things in the house, it’s important for me to also be able to hear what the people around me are doing or breaking. What is impressive is the clarity of the ambient mode that makes it sound like I am not wearing earbuds at all. The only negative I have with the Sony InZone Buds is the limited Bluetooth connectivity. I know Sony wants to market these as low latency earbuds using the included transmitter and does not want people to be unimpressed with the lag in the Bluetooth protocol, but it would have been nice to have more Bluetooth compatibility. It would have been nice to carry these earbuds everywhere I go, not just in front of a PS5 or PC. I have not been able to get the Buds paired properly with any phone I have (Google Pixel 7 Pro, or iPhone 15) and reproduce sound. On my android phone, it will pair, but does not produce any sound and will just disconnect after a few minutes. If I use the included dongle on my Android phone, it works fine. I understand that Sony is marketing this as a wireless gaming headset for the PS5 and PC but would have been nice to just carry these around and listen to music and YouTube on my phone without risking damage to the dongle. All in all, for PC and PS5 gaming, this is a very premium feature rich set of in ear buds and you will not be disappointed in them. Superior Noise Cancellation and great sound built for comfort.

It was great when it worked, right ear stopped working after 7 days. Have to return.

Earbuds are life! Sure, over the headphones are still produced by most major companies, but now it seems everyone is trying their hand at the earbud market. While gaming earbuds are gaining more traction, Sony finds themselves launching two sets of earbuds targeted to the gaming market. The Sony Inzone buds are a get set of buds that are nearly perfect, but great nonetheless. I normally start my reviews focused on setup, and therein lies the problem. The Sony Inzone buds were easy to set up, however, doing so required installing software on my computer. This would be fine if I were using the headphones on my computer, which, by the way, you can. They work great on PC. Using it on my PS5, the software being on my computer is a major inconvenience. While I don't need to use the software to make tweaks to the headphones with every use, having that software on say, a phone would have made use far more easier. Outside of the location of the software, the Inzone Buds are an amazing product. Obviously sound is priority, and the sound is great. Directional sound is great, allowing me to hear the directions my opponents approach from in FPS. The feel of the buds...it's like they're not even there. I almost went to sleep with them in my ear one day forgetting I had them in. Battery life on them is something I barely got to test because the headphones last forever, and after them resting int he case for a little while, they're back fully charged. The earbud/case set up is far more easy to use then the regular over the head headphones. When gaming, the combination of the audio and the noise cancellation has you feeling like you're in your own world. If the Inzone hub app was available via mobile, these would be a no-brainer 5 out of 5 product. Still, everything else around the Sony INZONE Buds is so good, I'd still strongly recommend them to anyone in the market for gaming headphones.

as my first gaming earbuds I do like the fit the build and the sound of it when in pc mode yo u can the soud you are looking for. as a ps5 use good very seamless use the buds as sound and mic with no other audio in the background the mic it self is good clear audio for chaat and multiplayer games. as you guys know im astre3amer on twitch and youtube i have the inzone buds as my streaming output audio on my obs its been greate got to use a standaolne mic while streaming my only con is that for ps5 use wish there was more audio controll for voice output

First, I got these to try and the title I got was gaming headset. So, I was not expecting ear buds. But I am not disappointed either. These are by far the best ear buds I have used. Sound is great for gaming and as well for music and movies. On Pc, you can download software so you can customize them a bit more. A couple things for me though as to why a 4 star. My first complaint is how they made the USB-C receiver. It is L shaped so when it comes up and out of the USB-C spot, it can block other ports. This might be great for PS5, but I would have liked to see it just come straight out or come with a small extender for PC that would bring it out of the way. My second issue and my main one is that this is not Bluetooth. I was hoping I would be able to use with my iPhone, unfortunately I can't. It does work with iPad and Samsung phones that use USB-C. But outside of those things, these are comfortable for ear buds, sound great and the mic is pretty decent. Initially I was surprised with getting these as I thought I was getting a headset, but glad to have them. These are a lot easier to pack up then a headset and I have replaced my headset with these for my laptop. Just know that you do have to use these with the USB-C receiver that it comes with. I would give it 5 stars if it had Bluetooth as well. That is the only thing this lacks. But overall, if you do have a USB-C device and looking for great gaming ear buds, then I recommend these. They also work great with Steam deck and Nintendo Switch.

These earbuds are not worth the price at all. They sound horrible. Bass is completely non-existent. They almost sound like $8 earbuds. Actually a pair of JBL wired earbuds I bought for 20 bucks sound way better than these. Sure you can use the PC app and EQ them which makes them sound a little better but then you run into distortion problems. One of the other biggest downfalls is the EQ settings do not save when using them with the PS5. For $200 I would expect them to have made some sort of EQ settings in the PS5 or an app to go along with these. The sound on the PS5 is completely terrible. Bass is already non-existent on these on PC but on PS5 there is just no bass whatsoever. On the PS5 these are just treble earbuds. I highly recommend checking out the arctis gamebuds. Not only are they cheaper they also sound way better than these. These would be a great buy if they are priced around $50 but for $200 these are just not worth it at all. It's very disappointing because these have the best battery life out of all other gaming buds but the sound is just not it. If you want a pair of gaming earbuds with extremely long battery life these are for you but that comes at a cost. The sound is just plain out awful

I absolutely enjoy these earbuds for what they are, not what I want them to be.  I'm a audiophile, and while good bass is to be envied as a creme de la creme. I'm particularly not expecting a lightweight earbud built around long term battery life and good sound to to punch hard. It punches good bass, I'm listening to music now on them as I write this. It's not the great booming I've heard on my Beat pros. Nor is it the resonating vibrations of my Skullcandy Crusher Evos.  That said. I did have to modify my phone case to accommodate the adapter. I understand what they are doing electrically. The design team is smartly outsourcing to the larger power source to push the outgoing transmission, and to have the in the buds the  capacitance reserved for receiving and deploying the sound. It's a triangle diagram shift. I think this is clever. A trick to deliver extended battery life. Smart move design team.  Design team, why was there no instructions on the button usage? I fumbled around tapping haphazardly, making me feel like I skipped something. When, there were no directions. Not fun. Do better. I understand it's a length to translate in different language I suppose. But it's a decency in America at least that's expected. Beats did it. You can too.  Especially for a gaming headset. Which is my main point to bring. If it's a gaming headset. The controls better be defined and precise. Not blatant and blunt tapping. Cool haptic button. No directions? OK. If you're going to say GAMING EARBUDS. I understand you're breaking ground into a supermarket. Bring the bass. Bring the cannon ball! The BANG! GAMING!! There's an expectation with the term. Which is that it can stand the most rigorous, absolutely punishing volumes and duration with excellence. That is where these earbuds excel in one hand and fail in another.  I'm going to enjoy running with these as a lightweight, earbud pair that I can deploy from their lively case. I know they can go on the go, and go for a long time.   They succeed in sustainability; it is their forte. This is their hallmark of brilliance with this pair. The battery life is supreme. It goes the distance as heroes do.  But as heroes do great deeds, do they perform? The do good. They are great at good. If you get my meaning. Where in that capacity consistently good can be seen as greatness. But there is a threshold reserved for true greatness. Ferrari in the excellence of sports cars. Rolex in watches. For example. Their names resound for reasons of quality detail and exquisite epitomizing of the role they play. They are stewards of the opportunity to be what it is.  The inzone buds does not epitomize that, in terms of bass, nor does it in ergonomics in the user interface. But they do great at being good long term use and battery life sustainable earbuds. Good for gaming, on a basic level It can get the job done.  Distinguished by the fact of how the intelligently designed transmitter to receiver operates. It's a smart sustainability move with the specific transmitter. Also because not every pc is built with Bluetooth. I had to buy a USB dongle for my pc build. And not every game system is built with Bluetooth. The logic is that the provided transmitter is a provision for that capacity. Or lack their of. If you get what I mean.  I leave this review to say that it succeeds is A while fails at B. It's a mixed feeling. I hoped that would hit like a Klipsch subwoofer, destroying a Covanent Elite from Halo with a rocket launcher as Master Chief. I didn't get that. I got a sustainable economic battery of a Prius with polite bass.  100% in one area. 0% in the next.  100% for basic gaming. 0% in epic gaming.  I’m content for what they are. Not what I wanted them to be. I was wanting earbuds that were long lasting in battery life for running. I got that! I'm happy to say.  But here's what I would love!  A heavy earbud of the same formfactor. Where the weight is the quality of the metal driver; who achieves the best bass imaginable. An earbud that heroes wear for gaming, as they epically crush their enemies in victory. Gamers are heroes in the making. Equip them. Give them the hammer of Thor: Mjolnir. When they pick these up; may it rise like Arthur's Excalibur, from the boulder it was struck in. That they are worthy to battle. To be in the fight of life as a champion. When they pick these earbuds up that have precise controls they can clearly navigate. May they have a vision of how to navigate the fight acoustically. This is the greatness to be achieved. May these buds rise like a Phoenix from a failure to deliver heroic gaming buds, into buds that Truly deliver. Inzone gaming.  That said; I absolutely enjoy these earbuds for what they are, not what I want them to be. 4/5 stars.

Good quality , sound is great battery life is 12 hours ! Only bad thing is if you don’t own a computer you can’t adjust additional settings.

I bought them for my PS5 and these are the best earbuds I ever had. The sound quality is amazing and the microphone is phenomenal. The active noise cancelling superb I sit across from my fan and the people I talk to say I can hear me fine without any background noise even though I have the fan blasting right across from my face. I wish I could use these for my phone without the adapter included but sadly my phone doesn't support the lastest Bluetooth connection type these earbuds use.

Noise cancellation is great! Seems to have really good charge time. Lightweight and comfortable in the ear. Happy with my purchase.

Hey work great so far! Hold in the ears well, and noise canceling is pretty good

These are the best gaming earbuds compared to the ps5 pulse set. First super fast delivery and 5/5 for customer service… on to the earbuds 5/5 for noise cancellation 5/5 for the immersive experience and 4/5 comfortability with these man they do sit a bit awkward but you can size down on the ear piece … 10/10 would recommend. The rating is really close with the pulse buds but comfortability and noise cancellation aren’t the best .

This product has superior sound quality and added enhanced audio controls with gaming consoles. I would highly recommend this product to all my gaming friends!

Sony INZONE Buds Truly Wireless Noise Canceling Gaming Earbuds are likely to appeal to gamers looking for a compact, high-quality audio solution that enhances gaming immersion with features like noise cancellation, low latency, and compatibility with PC and PS5. As always, checking specific user reviews closer to your purchase date can provide more updated insights into their performance, reliability, and overall value.

These are great for what I use them for. Mainly just solo gaming on PS5. They do sound good during chat, my friends say my voice is clearer than when I was using the 3D pulse. I haven’t used other features that require a PC to adjust.

Good but changing the audio balance from game chat and party chat is a hassle.. I still haven’t figured it out.

Although there was a shipping issue, now that we have them they are NICE. VERY MUCH soundproof so dont go yelling at your kids when they are wearing them playing the game.

Wont stay connected to any computer or phone while using. Runs great for 5 min and then one of the buds will randomly disconnect (im 4 feet from the type c adapter) and then the other one shortly after. Resetting them to factory, changing the type c port, re-linking them in the case, FACTORY RESETTING MY PC and still nothing works. In the computer app it shows them disconnecting and you cant do anything in the app when they do. horrible. Do not recommend these at all and will be returning asap.

Best headphones I ever bought and I’ve had at least 10 of them.

thw sound quality is absolutely amazing keep up the good work