Customer Ratings & Reviews

I love this thing sounds is Great And its Easy to use. The sound is awesome much better the any iPod I've owned. The control and easy to handle. Its easy to transfer your music from mp3 into Sony format.

I love this Android MP3 player. It's like having a smartphone minus the text/call option, which can be mitigated by messaging/social apps. I encountered a bug where Spotify would randomly delete downloaded items, but other than that I love it.

Great in hand, sturdy and a great replacement to enjoy music without distractions that come with cell phones. Expand storage with a micro sd card if you need more space.

Overall very satisfied with player. Sounds great and appears to be good quality.

Certainly confused by the high ratings this gets on Best Buy's reviews. This device has been an absolute headache to get working and stable. Yes, the OS can be sluggish to respond and this non-Japanese version is limited, but that's the least worrying bit. If you try to use any streaming app the experience gets worse -- Spotify and Tidal run into serious issues on this device. With Spotify, there's the issue of the app trying to redownload your offline tracks each time you power on the Walkman (the only fix seems to come from a few Reddit posts -- yes, NOT from Sony's website and NOT from an included manual BUT from Reddit). Tidal fairs even worse, the app can run extremely slow and can crash with no notice -- playing the first track can take 90 seconds to start and skipping tracks often causes the app to fail. Both apps were used with downloaded music for offline play on a speedy Samsung microSD card which in theory should provide a better experience than relying on Wi-Fi streaming, but that was certainly not the case. Even when playing local music through the integrated Walkman app (the intended Sony Walkman experience I guess) the Walkman and app will also hard crash... The battery life compared to other Sony Walkman players is suggested to be considerably better in reviews, but it will absolutely NOT get you anywhere near a full work day's worth of playback -- in my experience it will discharge well within about 4 hours of playback at 50% brightness with both Wi-Fi and Bluetooth off (any lower brightness and it the screen becomes difficult to see under daylight). In addition to a pretty bad battery life, it also gets notably hot after more than a few minutes of audio playing. Many of these problems can likely be fixed by Sony in future firmware updates and software patches, but until then I cannot recommend this Walkman to anyone looking for a quick way to get set up with a dedicated portable device for music playback. If you do decide to get this, be ready to commit to researching for various fixes from community forums and Reddit posts as well as perhaps factory resetting this a handful of times to get this working right.

Great sound plays all hi Rez formats and streamers. Plus expandable storage with sd card. Great player for audiophiles who want better fidelity than their phones.

Great option for people who value music sound quality and practicality.

Fortunately if you want a player devoted to audio only and no distractions, go for this device. Be warned that this device picks up audible noise due to WiFi card. I thought I had purchased a faulty device at first, but after receiving the second one and attempting multiple headphones it was true that they are faulty in that aspect. This means you can’t stream music from apps that require WiFi without noise.

Many online reviews mentioned that the response was very slow, but I decided to give it a try anyway. I didn't expect a 2023 Android device to still be so slow. I also tried downloading Apple Music, but unfortunately, the screen is too small (note, I’m not expecting it to be as large as a phone screen). Occasionally, the Wi-Fi disconnects, and playing music while charging causes significant overheating. In the end, I decided to return it. I think a price of 150 might be reasonable

Another Sony Walkman in my life. Started with the first one released in 1979. This one is Android and touch screen. The live wallpaper showing the cassette playing with the artist and song, looks awesome. High quality sounds. Music is easy to load up on a memory card and insert into Walkman. Now I don't have to use my Sony Xperia 1 III for music. Also had streaming services.

The screen was a little too small for some offline apps that I needed and the device was also slightly under powered. Limited Google Play Store app selection. Battery life wasn’t great for my usage. As for Spotify, the screen was cramped and I had trouble with downloaded songs until I mounted the SD card correctly through the Google Files app. On the plus side, I was able to type on the tiny keyboard and it’s a totally fine MP3 player with wired or wireless earbuds.

I purchased my Sony A-306 about 1.5 years ago. I've tried to accept the way it works but continue to hate this thing. I come from an Apple iPod classic (last version they made) and accidentally killed it with a magnet mount - man do I miss this device! Here's why I'm giving it 1 star: - It's not a music player, it's essentially a phone with tons of apps and bloatware that I don't want or need. I've gone down the ADBAppControl road and optimized this as much as possible, but it does little to improve most of what I hate. - Battery life is horrible and constantly drains when not in use - even de-bloating, disabling every active service, it never "sleeps" and is dead within a week when not in use. Turning it on and off is painful since it takes a long time to boot, but is the annoying workaround to not using all the time - Bluetooth frequently does not automatically re-connect to known devices, requiring a re-pair on the Sony side. - External SD cards will randomly spit out "unreadable files" on all tracks, requiring a full power down and power up in order for it to be recognized again. Usually happens after It's idle but powered up for a few days. - I get random "check audio levels" pop-up window that has to be acknowledged before any other function can happen from the screen. - The audio output level of the headphone jack is too low when plugging it into a device with 1/8" to RCA inputs, even at max volume. - It's horribly picky about cover art that is embedded in files an most of mine don't show up. - It's hard to operate while driving. The only thing I really like about this device is that the audio quality is good and there are a lot of options to tailor audio settings for the source you are listening to. If I were able to return this I would and am starting to look for a replacement that will not include Sony devices.

Decent for the price. Does what you need it to. Bluetooth works.

Best purchase ive made in awhile. I still had all my cds saved as digital and its been great listening to them instead of using a streaming service. While i miss my Zune this was a comparable device. Being using it way more than i thiught i would.

Beautiful little DAP Sony has the best as far as clarity and great sound with their music players I paired it with Sony headphones sounds amazing

This sony walkman is insane. For a good price, you got nice features including media buttons, custom equilizer settings, and even a convenient micro sd slot. After messing around with the eq settings and downloading a bunch of songs on it, id say its definitely worth it. Personally, i use it with my wh-1000xm5s so it sounds incredible. Would buy for an audiophile.

Awesome, love the new features ! It doesn’t turn up as loud as my older NW-A45, but is loud enough. It’s only an issue when plugging it into amplified speakers, not with headphones. The display is much easier to read, and has bigger album art.

Of course definitely i will recommend this product to my friends and family this mp3 is superman it takes me everywhere. it serves as my music companion in my car at work in my room even family gathering using my blue tooth Marshall speakers! Awesome !! Buy this you wont regret it!!

my mom likes it and is happy she has it at work. Sony chat support is useless tho

Best way to listen to all my audio files at their highest quality!