Customer Ratings & Reviews
- Model:
- WH1000XM4/B
- SKU:
- 10210553
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
Happy with this purchase!
||Posted .This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.Very good headphones. Was deciding between the Beats and the Sonys and I’m super glad I went with the Sonys! Super comfortable, light weight, noise canceling, and great sound.
I would recommend this to a friendBrand response from SonyListens
Posted .Hi Vale, Awesome! You definitely made the right choice! We're thrilled to hear you are enjoying the excellent sound quality, and you like the great noise cancelling feature, lightweight, and overall comfort. 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 for the 5-star rating and for choosing Sony! -Jess
- Pros mentioned:Comfort
Best noise cancelling for your buck
||Posted . Owned for 2 weeks when reviewed.This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.Noise cancelling is amazing wish they were a little louder when listening to music. I use them alot when I watch tv and the sound quality is top of the line. They are also very comfortable on your ears.
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Posted .Hello Steviee227,
Thank you for the 5-star rating and we're glad you like the sound quality and comfort of the headphones. We recommend using the Sony headphone connect app to maximize the audio 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. Thank you for choosing Sony!
Regards,
David
Mr. B
||Posted . Owned for 1 year when reviewed.This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.I love my Sony noise canceling headset. I bought it at a great price and they sound awesome. When i play my favorite music i feel like im in a concert hall.
I would recommend this to a friendBrand response from SonyListens
Posted .Hi Realtalk,
We are immensely pleased to hear that your WH-1000XM4 headphones are making you feel like you're in a concert hall. That immersive sensation is exactly what we aim for by combining our HD Noise Canceling Processor QN1 with Edge-AI technology, which restores high-range sound lost in compression. It is fantastic to know that you are enjoying such awesome sound quality at a great value.
Thank you for choosing Sony!
Best regards,
Dominick
- Pros mentioned:Comfort
Best headphones ever
||Posted . Owned for 2 months when reviewed.This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.Fantastic sound and very lightweight. I use them for work and personal use and they’re comfortable enough to wear all day. Sound quality is excellent
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Posted .Hi Sara,
Amazing! We're glad that you like the sound quality, weight, and comfort of the headphones. 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
Excellent wireless headphone and microphone
||Posted . Owned for 1 week when reviewed.This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.I bought the XM3 in late July, and I was very satisfied with the sound quality, deep bass, and long battery life. But, the microphone was just ok, at least according to my friends. A week later, the XM4's were announced and I decided to return my XM3 within the return period, and purchased the XM4's instead. Same high quality sound and long battery life, but music/videos stop playing when the headphones are removed (a nice touch) and there's a significant improvement in the microphone voice quality. Yes, I had to pay a premium over the XM3, but it was definitely worth it since I'll be making a lot more video calls in the foreseeable future.
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Posted .Hi SweetSweet,
We are happy that you're satisfied with your headphones. 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 for choosing Sony!
David
- Pros mentioned:Comfort
Sony is king
||Posted .This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.One of the best headphone on the market So Comfortable on the ears and the bass sounds amazing. The sound quality is top tier Go buy it now while it’s on sale
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Posted .Hi Whatup,
Amazing! We're thrilled that you are enjoying the comfort and sound quality of the headphones. 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
Easy to Use
||Posted . Owned for 2 weeks when reviewed.This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.Easy to connect and use. Very comfortable. I just wish they were a bit louder.
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Posted .Hi JacquelineD,
Thank you for your feedback! We are pleased to learn that you find the WH-1000XM4 easy to connect and comfortable to wear.
Just to add, these headphones come with industry-leading noise cancellation and customizable sound settings through the Sony | Sound Connect app, so you can tailor the audio to your liking.
If you feel the volume isn’t quite where you want it, adjusting the equalizer settings might help enhance the overall sound experience.
We appreciate you choosing Sony!
Best regards,
Estefany
- Pros mentioned:Comfort
Sony WH1000XM4: A Sound Investment!
||Posted . Owned for 1 month when reviewed.This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.The Sony WH1000XM4 headphones deliver an incredible audio experience. The noise-canceling effectively blocks out background noise, creating a private listening space anywhere. The touch controls are intuitive and the headphone comfort allows for hours of listening without discomfort. These headphones are a fantastic choice for both audiophiles and casual listeners alike.
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Posted .Hi AddDoc, we're glad you like your new headphones! Thanks for choosing Sony. ~Earl
- Pros mentioned:Comfort
AMAZING SONY
||Posted . Owned for 2 months when reviewed.This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.The best of the best. Its sound is incredible. Its build quality is definitely perfect. It is 100% comfortable. Its 30-hour battery is powerful. I have no complaints. I love them and miss them when I'm not wearing them. Amazing SONY.
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Posted .Hi GerSabriam! Thank you for the 5-star rating! We are glad to hear that you are happy with your purchase! 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. Thanks for choosing Sony. -Carl
Amazing over ear headphones.
||Posted . Owned for 1 year when reviewed.This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.Amazing over ear headphones. I previously had older Sony 900 something over ear. They were really good. These were a big step up. These are amazing. Sound quality is great. There is a separate Sony app to change all the settings. There is a lot to adjust if you want but work great out of the box. Noise cancelling is really good too. Can hear much when they are on. Perfect for traveling. Battery life is long too. Nothing bad to say about them.
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Posted .Hi MichaelD,
That's great! Thank you for sharing your wonderful feedback! We are very happy that you are pleased with the sound quality, awesome noise canceling feature and battery life of our Sony WH1000XM4. This is a perfect traveling headphone. 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. Good to hear that you were able to utilized the Sony | Headphones Connect app to fine-tune the settings of the headphone to your liking. Thank you for choosing Sony! - Marco
- Pros mentioned:Comfort
Great sound, comfortable, ambient sound miss
||Posted . Owned for 1 month when reviewed.This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.Headphones sound clear, crisp and decently balanced. I have an average sized headand they fit comfortably while still holding secure. Transparently mode not all that great especially compared to the airpods pro 2. Great noise cancelling.
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Posted .Hello JoshuaP,
Thank you for choosing Sony!
We're delighted to hear that you find the sound clear, crisp, and decently balanced, and that they fit comfortably and securely on your head. It's also truly wonderful to know you're experiencing great noise canceling with them. Thank you for sharing your feedback on the WH-1000XM4 Transparency Mode. We greatly appreciate your insights, as they play a crucial role in our ongoing efforts to enhance our products.
Best regards,
-Fred
They’re everything I wanted and more
||Posted . Owned for less than 1 week when reviewed.This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.I love these so much!! I get overstimulated a lot and I really wanted a pair of headphones that had noise cancelling (I have a pair of AirPods but I feel like they don’t do much) and these are perfect. I wear them everyday, at home and at work and sometimes to sleep (they do stay on!) and they’re super comfortable. 10/10. I would buy another pair for sure.
No, I would not recommend this to a friendBrand response from SonyListens
Posted .Hi Kait,
We're so glad to hear that our WH-1000XM4 headphones are helping you so much with overstimulation. Hearing that they're a perfect fit for your daily life, from home and work to even for sleep, is what we strive for. We truly appreciate you taking the time to share your 10/10 experience. Thanks for choosing Sony.
Best regards,
Eliab
Good sound quality
||Posted . Owned for 2 weeks when reviewed.This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.Very good headphones. Good noise cancelation and battery life
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Posted .Hello NICHOLASD,
Thank you for choosing Sony!
We're delighted to hear that your WH‑1000XM4 headphones deliver very good performance, with strong noise cancellation and battery life. Your positive note means a lot—enjoy many more great listening sessions ahead.
Best regards,
-Fred
- Pros mentioned:Comfort
Glad I waited for these to come out!
||Posted . Owned for 1 month when reviewed.This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.It took me a little while to get used to controls on these and to take advantage of the many features but I love these headphones! They are comfortable, great sounding and the noise cancellation is amazing (almost scary that you can not hear anything else when it's on!) I only wear headphones when I absolutely have to, I will always prefer being tuned into my surroundings but when I need to tune out or keep the room volume down, these are the way to go. The two bluetooth device pairing is great too because I use these on my LG TV and also with my iPhone without having to pair them again. The pause feature when I remove the headphones is awesome and the motion control on the right side took a bit of getting used to but now it comes more naturally to me.
I would recommend this to a friendBrand response from SonyListens
Posted .Hi Thetadude, Excellent! We appreciate your detailed review. We are also glad that you like the comfort, sound quality, Bluetooth, and noise canceling feature. 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 choosing Sony! Erin
- Pros mentioned:Comfort
Good over ear headphones
||Posted . Owned for 1.5 years when reviewed.This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.Love them. Safe on the ear and works great at canceling outside noise.
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Posted .Thank you for your fantastic review, ElexisM!
We are so thrilled to hear how much you are loving your WH-1000XM4 headphones. It's incredibly rewarding to know that you find them safe on the ear and that they work so great at canceling outside noise. We designed these headphones to provide a comfortable and peaceful listening experience, and it brings us great satisfaction to know we've succeeded.
Thank you again for choosing Sony and for sharing your experience.
Best regards, Gus, Sony Social Media Team
- Pros mentioned:Comfort
Good headphone
||Posted . Owned for 1 month when reviewed.This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.Great sound, and very easy to use. They sit comfortably on my head
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Posted .Hi DustinP,
We're so glad to hear that you're enjoying the great sound quality and ease of use of your WH-1000XM4 headphones! We also put a lot of focus on comfort, so it's fantastic to know they sit well on your head. We appreciate you sharing your positive experience. Thanks for choosing Sony.
Best regards,
Eliab
Relatively Good
||Posted . Owned for 8 months when reviewed.This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.Sound quality and battery life are great. Sometimes the sound starts to skip like a scratched CD regardless of the device it's paired with.
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Posted .Hi WilliamH,
We're pleased to learn that you rated your Sony headphones 4 stars! It's fantastic to know the sound quality and battery life impressed you, as these are key strengths of your Sony WH-1000XM4 headphones. We appreciate you sharing about the occasional audio skipping, and your feedback is invaluable for continuous improvement. We would definitely recommend checking for any firmware update on the Sony Sound Connect app, as sometimes minor bugs can be fixed by updating the software of the unit.
Thank you for choosing Sony—wishing you a wonderful day!
DiegoV.
XM4's
||Posted .This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.Amazing quality, by far a great battery life and the best sound quality and settings by far. 100% worth it
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Posted .Hi ErickM,
That's absolutely fantastic to hear! We're thrilled that the WH-1000XM4 headphones are delivering such an amazing experience for you. Knowing you're impressed with the sound quality, noise cancelling, and especially the battery life really validates our efforts to pack top-tier performance into a compact design. It's incredibly rewarding to hear that they are 100% worth it for you
Thanks for choosing Sony, have an amazing day!
DiegoV
The King of Mediocrity!
||Posted .This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.For the headphones that are considered the models to beat in the world of active noise cancelling Bluetooth, these are remarkably mediocre. They aren't terrible by any stretch, but they just aren't great. For the $300 price range they seem to hover around it's not unreasonable to expect more than one or two great features. After a week with them and deciding I didn't want them my wife tried them and decided neither did she. We will be returning them shortly. Their packaging is impressive. For a pair of over-ear headphones the fact that they be kept in an included hard case the size of a hardback book is really shocking. The case has room for a charger, a standard aux cable, and even includes a little adapter for airplane audio. There's also enough space for an additional dongle, like maybe a wall plug or my AirPods Pro. They were designed with travel in mind and that shows in the case. The noise cancelling is amazing. When it is set to full there is simply no noise. They don't strongly deaden the noise, they basically eliminate it. It's obvious that part of it is simply from their excellent build, since with noise cancellation turned off they sound like I've buried my head in a pillow. Turn the noise cancelling on and it's like being in an isolation chamber. But turn the noise cancelling to transparency mode and the cracks start to show. Transparency mode is, in a technical sense, piping the outside world in. In these headphones that is exactly what it sounds like. Like I'm listening to the real world through a pair of tinny speakers. It may be nice for a sentence or two listening for a pilot's announcements, but every time I tried to have a conversation with it on the delay and the poor sound quality made it utterly useless. On top of that it doesn't offer much directionality, so if I wanted to hear someone coming I could determine that they were coming but not from where or how far. The sound quality itself is tolerable, not unbearable but not particularly good. Maybe in a noisy environment the strong bass would be helpful, but both my wife and I found that it simply made the vocals harder to hear. I almost considered it an advantage when working since I could put on some music and the quality was mediocre enough that I didn't want to jam out to it. That's not exactly a great sales pitch though. "Spend $350 and you won't get distracted by enjoying your music too much." Admittedly I did not test out Sony's LDAC codec, which might have helped. But when the music format I'm already using sounds really good on other devices I own I am not going to invest in a new format for a single device. The fit wasn't good at all. I have a decently large head and found that I had to really fuss with the earcup angle to keep my inner helix from rubbing on the driver. My wife has a fairly small head and even at the smallest diameter the top of her ears were getting pushed down. That said the lightness certainly helped with long term comfort. The controls were, to be perfectly blunt, borderline unusable. With nearly everything being controlled by touching the right earcup it was a wild guess if anything would work. Can't touch too softly or too harsh. Have to place it correctly, not too high or too low. Play/pause was basically non-existent. It's supposed to be in the center, but it always took about four tries at different places for it to work. Sometimes I just hit the side of my head several times and hoped for the best. Volume controls were uselessly incremental, taking several swipes to adjust to any meaningful degree. Turning the noise cancelling on or off via the button on the left ear cup was a guess, particularly because a long press on that button recalibrated the noise cancelling mode. I suppose perspective is everything. If someone had never spent a few hundred dollars on headphones before these would have been great. And maybe if someone is constantly traveling the small size and travel features would be pleasant, though I think you could do better with a pair of active noise cancelling earbuds if size is really a concern. The rest of it is so mediocre or unusable that I couldn't imagine a situation where I'd want to bother, certainly not for $300+. Maybe they'd be an easier recommendation at the $170 range.
No, I would not recommend this to a friendBrand response from SonyListens
Posted .Hi AshleyAndRobert, Thank you so much for sharing your experience. While we are glad to hear that you are happy with the Noise cancelling feature, we are sorry to hear that the WH-1000XM4 did not meet your expectations when it comes to comfort, sound quality and touch controls. We have taken note of your feedback as this will help improve our product.
We hope that you consider Sony again in your future purchases.
Regards,
Carl
Great cans!
||Posted . Owned for 2 months when reviewed.This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.This headset was an upgrade from the XM2's. The biggest changes are to active noise cancelling and build quality. After using both headsets side by side, the active noise cancelling is much better on the xm4's than the 2. This headset is also lighter and makes it easier to have on for extended sessions. Battery life does seem to have taken a hit but this can be improved by disabling "speak to chat" and "DSEE Extreme". I didn't find any noticable reduction in sound quality by turning DSEE Extreme off but did gain quite a bit of battery life. All in all these are an excellent set of headphones, you won't be disappointed. P.S. Its also awesome that you can connect multiple devices via Bluetooth and switch as needed!
I would recommend this to a friendBrand response from SonyListens
Posted .Hi Pulk87, We are glad that you are having a great time with your new Sony wireless noise canceling headphones. 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 for choosing Sony! -Vincent