Customer Ratings & Reviews
- Model:
- WH1000XM4/B
- SKU:
- 11047585
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 are enthusiastic about the phenomenal sound quality and the exceptional comfort these headphones provide during extended use. Users also frequently praise the impressive battery life, lightweight design, and solid bass performance. While the overall experience is highly positive, some users have expressed minor frustrations regarding the sensitivity of the touch controls and the limited maximum volume. Additionally, a small segment of customers feels that the product is priced higher than they would prefer.
This summary was generated by AI based on customer reviews.
- Pros mentioned:Bass, Sound quality
Great product
||Posted . Owned for 1.5 years when reviewed.This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.Great products, was not disappointed with the surround sounds and great bass! Fit my head and very versatile with my apple products. Greats with zoning outside noise in airports, busses or college campus.
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Posted .Thanks for the 5-star rating, Eddis! We're glad that you are impressed with the Sony WH1000XM4 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. -Craig
- Pros mentioned:Comfort, Sound quality
Love!
||Posted .This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.Great audio quality. Comfortable to wear while working at my desk
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Posted .Thank you for the fantastic review, TeresaR!
We are absolutely thrilled to hear that the WH-1000XM4 is keeping you comfortable and providing great audio quality during your workday. It’s wonderful to know they are the perfect companion for your desk setup!
Thank you for choosing Sony!
Best regards, Gus, Sony Social Media Team
- Pros mentioned:Battery life, Comfort, Sound quality
Happy
||Posted . Owned for 6 months when reviewed.This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.The sound quality is amazing, I’m very glad it cancels out noise perfectly. They’re extremely comfortable and don’t hurt my ears or head. Battery lasts me a few days and I use these headphones almost all day.
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Posted .Hi Rachelc,
That's fantastic! We are so happy to know your satisfaction with the incredible sound quality, industry-leading noise canceling feature, very comfortable & stylish design, and long-lasting battery life of the WH-1000XM4. 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. 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 purchasing our WH-1000XM4 and for choosing Sony!
- Romeo
- Pros mentioned:Battery life, Comfort
Best Headphone I EVER USE
||Posted . Owned for 1 month when reviewed.This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.This headphone is worth it. Of all the headphone I've EVER used, this is the best one. They're comfortable, better battery life, and really great control functionality. Definitely recommend this for someone who needs a high quality headphone!
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Posted .Thank you for sharing your fantastic review, Kenepshin! We are immensely pleased to hear that of all the headphones you have used, you consider the WH-1000XM4 to be the best.
It is rewarding to know that you're enjoying the comfort, which we designed for extended listening sessions, as well as the long-lasting battery life. We also put a great deal of effort into creating intuitive touch controls and smart features, and it's wonderful to hear that these functions are making your experience even better.
Your recommendation for anyone who needs a high-quality headphone means a great deal to us. Thanks again for choosing Sony and for your support!
Best regards,
Gus Sony Social Media Team
- Pros mentioned:Bass
Highly recommend!
||Posted . Owned for 11 months when reviewed.This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.I love these headphones, I use them everyday and the customization in the app is really neat too. The bass and volume possibly might make me deaf but who cares lol. Only con is that my headphone ear broke and I can’t get them fixed even though I still have a warranty. They only offer fixing for wear or tears, and there’s a fee (I think $99) with their partnered company or something but they only fix the headband part so…
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Posted .Thank you for the review, Chemlah!
We’re thrilled to hear you’re loving the sound and having fun with the custom settings in the app—though we definitely recommend keeping those ears safe so you can enjoy the bass for years to come!
We are, however, concerned to hear about the broken ear cup and the frustration you've experienced with the repair options. While our standard manufacturer’s warranty typically covers internal components and factory defects, we understand how disappointing it is when a physical break occurs on a product you use every day.
We would like to take a closer look at your case to see if there are any other options available for you. Please reach out to us directly at https://us.esupport.sony.com/support/s/support-contact?language=en_US&category=headphones so we can review the details of your situation.
Thank you for being part of the Sony family and for the shout-out to that XM4 bass!
Best regards, Gus, Sony Social Media Team
- Pros mentioned:Comfort, Sound quality, Weight
Best headphones you can buy
||Posted . Owned for 2 months when reviewed.This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.I've been a longtime Bose fan, and own a pair of QC35 and NC700s. I believe that the Sony XM4 are superior in sound quality and noise canceling. They are lightweight and comfortable to wear for long periods, and I find that they provide a fuller sound for all content.
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Posted .Hi JoeW, We are glad that your new Sony wireless noise canceling headphones are the best headphones for you. 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
- Pros mentioned:Comfort, Sound quality, Weight
Pretty awesome
||Posted . Owned for 1 month when reviewed.This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.They sound amazing, the quality is pretty awesome. They’re super comfy and plush, and NOT too heavy. The noise cancelling function is outrageous! And the speak to mute function comes in handy… the app helps you adjust volume and eq…. And you can change the LEVEL of noise cancelling!
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Posted .Hi Tiff,
Awesome! We're thrilled to hear your 5-star review of these amazing 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:Battery life, Comfort, Sound quality
Excellent device!
||Posted . Owned for 1 month when reviewed.This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.It has everything I need; great audio quality, comfy and long lasting battery.
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Posted .Hi MaryamA, Thank you for this amazing review of your Sony WH-1000XM4 headphones! It's wonderful to hear that they meet all your needs with their excellent audio quality, comfort, and impressive battery life. Thank you for the 5-star rating and for choosing Sony! -Jess
- Pros mentioned:Battery life, Comfort, Sound quality
Awesome and worth every penny
||Posted . Owned for 3 weeks when reviewed.This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.I have Sony earbuds Sol Republic earbuds Beats earbuds and these Sony over the ear earphones are by far the best I've ever bought. Superior construction outstanding music clarity very comfortable an extremely long battery life one of the best earphones I've ever bought I give it five stars
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Posted .Hi BigMike, Awesome! We're glad that you like the sound quality, comfort, and battery life of your new 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! Erin
- Pros mentioned:Comfort, Sound quality
Great headphones for your college student!
||Posted . Owned for 3 months when reviewed.This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.I think these are the best mid range headphones you can buy. They work great in the gym or walking around campus. I have really long and big curly hair in the headphones still sit comfortably over my ears. I do tend to sweat a lot around my temples when I work out, so I make sure to clean them once a week. I can usually go two days without charging them with constant headphone use does noise cancellation works great when I’m not on a silent floor of the library and the ambience is perfect for when I’m in the gym, but someone is asking me a question!
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Posted .Hi ShaenaW, fabulous! You've certainly made a great choice! We are truly happy to learn that you're satisfied with the very comfortable fit design, long-lasting battery life, exceptional noise canceling & ambient sound mode function, and superb performance of your WH-1000XM4. Thank you so much for sharing your excellent experience with our product and for choosing Sony! - Romeo
- Pros mentioned:Battery life, Sound quality, Weight
Sony best in audio engineering
||Posted . Owned for 5 months when reviewed.This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.Sony is one of the best in audio engineering. Pros: *Active Noise cancelation is excellent. *Headphone is not heavy. *Battery life is great. Cons: *App can be made better.
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Posted .Hi Anchan, we're glad you like the noise canceling feature and battery of our product. We appreciate your feedback regarding the Headphone Connect app of your Sony unit. 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. Thank you for choosing Sony! ~Earl
- Pros mentioned:Battery life, Sound quality
Buy these love them!
||Posted . Owned for 1 month when reviewed.This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.Absolutely great! I just started my grad program so I bought these for their noise cancellation capabilities. I can say they are extremely helpful! I tend to use the the noise cancellation without any music so I can focus on reading and only light some noises make it through. Noise cancellation is absolutely perfect when I’m listening to anything! Come with a traveling case and airplane adapter! Bluetooth user easy to use and battery lasts a long time I can’t remember the last time I charged them!
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Posted .Hi Polinski,
Perfect! We're thrilled that you like the noise canceling function, carrying case, supplied accessories, battery life, and Bluetooth connectivity of the headphones. Thank you for choosing Sony!
-Ralph
- Pros mentioned:Battery life, Sound quality
We Love
||Posted . Owned for 1 month when reviewed.This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.I’ve really enjoyed these so far! I need over-the-ear headphones as my ears get sore when I wear regular headphones for a long period of time, and I had the Studio Beats previously but the noise canceling was kinda subpar. I work in an office setting where the guy next to me is on calls constantly, and I could hear the drone of his voice through the Studio Beats. With these guys, I hear NOTHING and it is phenomenal. The ability to tweak the level of noise that is canceled out is also really cool. Battery life is stellar. Highly recommend!
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Posted .Hi loulabell,
You made the right choice with the Sony WH1000XM4! We're glad that you like the noise canceling function and battery life of the headphones. Thank you for choosing Sony!
-Ralph
- Pros mentioned:Battery life, Comfort, Sound quality
Wow
||Posted . Owned for 3 weeks when reviewed.This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.Amazing noise cancellation (with music playing at low volume, I could barely hear the microwave oven while standing three feet away), comfortable, charge lasts a long time, comes with a 3.5mm cable from wired listening, excellent sound quality, iOS app that allows you to change the equalizer settings.
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Posted .Hi ChrisS,
We're thrilled to hear your 5-star review 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:Bass, Comfort, Sound quality
Excellent
||Posted . Owned for 5 months when reviewed.This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.I love these headphones. At the time of purchase I could have bought the XM5's but still chose the MX4. The MX5's felt better on my head but I think I was hearing better bass in the MX4's and I'm more into the bass side. I just liked the sound from the 4's better than the 5's and I have the 100 Daily Listener Badge too that the app tracks.
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Posted .Hi KenC, You've made an excellent choice! We're glad you like the amazing bass response and overall sound quality of your Sony 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. Thank you for choosing Sony! -Sam
- Pros mentioned:Battery life, Sound quality
Great headphones, great battery life.
||Posted . Owned for 10 months when reviewed.This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.Bought this to block out ambient noise so I could listen to my music, audiobooks, tv, and movies while I had downtime in my shop. It does a great job keeping out droning noises, but if there's a loud bang anything like that it would pick it up and pause anything I'm listening to at the moment. I've used this for long flights and it's been a godsend for when there are crying children on flights. I've worn it for about 8-10 hours at a time during flights or when I'm honed in on gaming/work and it does get quite hot around the ears so you will sweat. Not sure how to get around that, but the noise canceling, audio quality, and battery life were well worth the purchase. This pair is probably my most expensive purchase as far as OTE headphones go but was worth it. There's an app that you need to download with it but I don't really touch it. Sort of a set and forget and only go back to it if I need to toggle certain settings.
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Posted .Hi TDubs,
We're glad that these headphones are perfect for your lifestyle. Your feedback about the fit 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
TREMENDOUS
||Posted .This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.Tremendous especially for the price. Don’t need to upgrade to the version 5 or 6 if you can still get these. Comfortable. Don’t smudge. Clear sounding. Noise canceling is insane. You’ll hear only your inner thoughts lol.
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Posted .Hi DanielB,
Thank you so much for the fantastic 5-star review! We're elated to hear how much you love the Sony WH-1000XM4 headphones. It's wonderful to know that you find them to be a tremendous value, and we completely agree—they're a testament to our commitment to quality audio and innovation. We're also glad that you appreciate the comfort, exceptional sound clarity and industry-leading noise cancellation.
Thank you for choosing Sony!
Best regards,
Dominick
- Pros mentioned:Battery life, Comfort, Weight
Perfect Bluetooth ANC Headphones
||Posted . Owned for 1 week when reviewed.This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.These are light weight, comfortable and long lasting (about 29 hrs from my test). Keep in mind that for gaming you need to wire up, to avoid BT lag. If you're looking for gaming headphone only, there are cheaper options out there but if you're looking for these specifics features, this is the headphone to beat!
I would recommend this to a friend - Pros mentioned:Sound qualityCons mentioned:Price
Best headset for my needs.
||Posted . Owned for 1 year when reviewed.This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.I have tried 5 different headsets and these are by far the best ones. Previous version broke after a few months, but this set has held for well over a year with no drop in sound quality both Bluetooth and wired. I use them on my PC with a separate bluetooth adapter for my computer and there is no quality issue. I use my headset for gaming, listening to music, and watching videos. A few issues to list: -Speak to chat often enables itself and I have to disable it by holding 2 fingers on the right side. This happens at random when I talk to people around me with the headset on. -If others in your household also have wireless headsets, the connection might struggle. (Roomates have wireless Steelseries). -No PC interface, it all has to be done through your phone app, which I rarely open. -A little pricey. It's a really good headset, but I would like more people to have access to this.
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Posted .Hi DeValere,
Thanks for sharing your review and experience with the Sony WH1000XM4. We regret to hear about what happened to your previous headphones. We're glad that you like the sound quality of the WH1000XM4 headphones.
The Speak-to-Chat mode activates when it detects the speech of the person wearing the headset, but in rare cases it may activate in response to the voices of other people, ambient environmental sounds, transportation announcements, etc. Disable Speak-to-Chat in cases where the Speak-to-Chat mode frequently activates by accident.
To help improve connectivity issues, you may refer to the troubleshooting steps on this link:
https://helpguide.sony.net/mdr/wh1000xm4/v1/en/contents/TP0002752755.html
Unfortunately, the Sony Headphones Connect app is only supported on iOS and Android mobile devices.
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 Peoduct
||Posted . Owned for 3 months when reviewed.This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.Great Gift for my son, I got this for his birthday and he was very happy, the sound is amazing, portable, lightweight, one important think is very comfortable, Of you want something special This is it.
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Posted .Hi LNA1968, We are glad that you are enjoying your newest noise canceling 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! Erin