Customer Ratings & Reviews
- Model:
- WH1000XM4/L
- SKU:
- 12015470
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
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Customers are saying
Customers praise the phenomenal sound quality, comfort, and impressive battery life of the product. They also highlight its solid bass, lightweight design, and reliable connectivity, along with a premium design and good fit. Conversely, some users express frustration with the touch controls, consider the product overpriced, and wish for greater volume.
This summary was generated by AI based on customer reviews.
Best headpones!
||Posted . Owned for more than 2 years when reviewed.This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.These are the best headphones I've ever used. Don't just put them on, listen to music and decide the sound quality. With these you have to download the app and adjust the EQ to make them sound good but once you dial it in, they are fantastic. I've never once had a drop from the bluetooth connection or distortion even walking away from my phone all over a house. The noise cancellation is great too.
I would recommend this to a friendBrand response from SonyListens
Posted .Hi Michael!
Thank you so much for taking the time to share your feedback about your new WH-1000XM4 headphones! We are delighted to hear how impressed you are with them, especially the fantastic audio experience once you customized the Equalizer settings in the app.
It’s also wonderful to know that you are getting such solid, reliable performance from the Bluetooth connection.
We're genuinely thankful you decided on Sony!
Best regards,
Estefany
Awesome audio & battery for music & travel
||Posted . Owned for 1.5 years when reviewed.This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.Sound is incredible! They're also super comfortable and the battery lasts a really long time. Amazing headset for travel. The -1 star comes from the fact that the mic only works via bluetooth, not the 3.5mm audio jack. So I can't use it for Xbox/PS gaming (requires wired connection to controller).
I would recommend this to a friendBrand response from SonyListens
Posted .Hi LukeW, Awesome! We are so glad to hear that you are happy with your new 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. If you haven't already, please check our Sony Headphones Connect app which will let you fine-tune your music to your liking! For your gaming needs, we recommend using headphones that are designed for consoles.
Thank you for choosing Sony!
Regards,
Carl
Sony figured it out!
||Posted . Owned for 3 weeks when reviewed.This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.Have used Bose for over 8 years. Lost my headphones (left on a plane after an early flight) and decided to get these. Used to be a fan of Sony from back in the day when they were heavy into music, but felt they lacked the edge of technology. Well I am pleasantly surprised that these are excellent in noise cancelling and crisp music. Bose are really good, these are GREAT, they figured it out and are very comfortable. I can wear them for hours at a time. Uses USB-C which is nice because most of my devices connect with the same. The app does what it needs to, and one feature you may want to consider toggling is the pause every time you speak. I did not realize how much I spoke to myself out loud only to realize that I had pause the music. The touch controls on the side are also easy to use and intuitive. Would highly recommend
I would recommend this to a friendBrand response from SonyListens
Posted .Hi LGarcia,
We're thrilled that these headphones have brought you back to Sony. 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
Best Headphones On the Market
||Posted . Owned for 3 weeks when reviewed.This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.I love these headphones. The comfort and sound quality is amazing. The noise cancellation is also great. Ive barley had to charge them because of how great the battery life is.
I would recommend this to a friendBrand response from SonyListens
Posted .Hi PaigeandbrianH, Awesome! Glad to hear that you are happy with your new 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. 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
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
I would recommend this to a friendBrand response from SonyListens
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
Great quality headphones
||Posted . Owned for 7 months when reviewed.This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.LOVE! The noise cancelling is so amazing. They are comfort on the head and ears. Battery also lasts a long time. Highly recommend it’s worth the price tag.
I would recommend this to a friendBrand response from SonyListens
Posted .Hi MohammedR,
You made the right choice! We're glad that you like the noise canceling function, comfort, and battery life 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 noise cancelling, heavy bass
||Posted . Owned for 3 weeks when reviewed.This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.Excellent noise cancelling, very comfortable. Great sound; heavy on the bass but you can eq that out. Noise cancelling doesn't remove all higher frequencies but makes them much quieter, while low frequencies are pretty much gone.
I would recommend this to a friendBrand response from SonyListens
Posted .Hi Jass, Great! We're glad that you like the noise canceling feature, comfort, and sound quality 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
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
The best Headphone
||Posted . Owned for 7 months when reviewed.This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.These headphones are a favorite, the sound is amazing and so so comfortable. easy to connect to most anything. The noise cancelling is top notch too.
I would recommend this to a friendBrand response from SonyListens
Posted .Hi SherryP, Thank you for taking your time to review our product! We are glad to hear that you are happy with your purchase! The WH-1000XM4 is designed, 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
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
Some of the Best
||Posted . Owned for 1 month when reviewed.This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.Some of the best noise cancelling headphones on the market. Very comfortable, long battery life, and excellent sound.
I would recommend this to a friendBrand response from SonyListens
Posted .Hello SilasM,
Awesome! Thanks for purchasing our WH1000XM4 and we're thrilled to hear that you are pleased with the noise canceling capability, comfort, battery life and sound quality of our XM4. Thanks for choosing Sony and enjoy! - Marco
Worthy
||Posted . Owned for 1 week when reviewed.This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.These headphones worked out pretty well the function of some of the multiple point pairing is sometimes a bit sluggish while using screen readers as I am but the overall experience is not terrible at all they offer a decent way of changing the EQ which helps make music filled more rich I have been confused between these and the momentum 3 as before they came out the momentum threes had a good value proposition as you could use USB c and the only downfall for the momentum free was that it only offer 17 hours whereas the XM for offers anywhere from 20 to 30 hours give or take I do think that sometimes they slide off my ears a little too easily but well see how it turns after some adjustments as it might be the way it lays on my head another thing is that song called quality is not extremely the best but does sound pretty clear where people could understand what you are saying maybe some updates will tweak to make that better but the main thing is it is a good overall worthy opponent in the headphones arena and I would say between this and the momentum three those two seem to be really good headphones the only thing that the nc700 have to offer is better audio quality because it has more Mike's but the sun profile for the x and 4 is pretty good for listening to music and having clarity in using screen readers either on a laptop or a phone and still will have some experience learning more about it
I would recommend this to a friendBrand response from SonyListens
Posted .Hi TLHershi, you definitely made the right choice with these 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. To get the most out of your WH-1000XM4, download the Sony | Headphones Connect App. It includes Adaptive Sound Control—which automatically adjusts noise canceling based on your activity and an equalizer—which can be customized to fine-tune your music. Using our advanced noise canceling technology, we designed these headphones so you can block out noise and experience next-level silence. Plus, you have the ability to use the convenient smart features including Quick Attention, Google Assistant/Alexa/Siri compatibility, and touch controls. We appreciate your feedback about its name. Thanks for choosing Sony. ~Ralph
Best headphones I've ever owned.
||Posted . Owned for 1 month when reviewed.This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.Absolutely excellent pair of headphones. Fantastic noise canceling. Comfortable enough to wear for an 8-hour shift. More than 30 hours of battery life. Easy to use phone app. Convenient on-ear touch controls. Even a nice case.
I would recommend this to a friendBrand response from SonyListens
Posted .Hi ameriporean, Awesome! Glad to hear that you are happy with the sound quality and battery life of your new 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. Thank you for choosing Sony! -Carl
Extremely happy with these headphones!
||Posted . Owned for 3 weeks when reviewed.This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.Sounds fantastic! Noise cancellation is exceptional! Very comfortable! Battery used for 5 hours and still has 90% left!
I would recommend this to a friendBrand response from SonyListens
Posted .Hello JaniceS,
That's perfect! We are thrilled to hear that you are pleased with the noise canceling capability, audio quality, comfortability and long battery life of our 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
The best headphones on the market
||Posted . Owned for 1 month when reviewed.This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.The best pair of headphones I've ever owned in my entire life. Its light weight and durable for long wear and the sound quality is next level tech . Truly essential for any creative .especially if you have piercing its so comfortable over the ear.
I would recommend this to a friendBrand response from SonyListens
Posted .Hi Scarlet,
Awesome! We're glad that you found the perfect 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.
~Ralph
Worth the money
||Posted . Owned for 11 months when reviewed.This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.These headphones are the best. They sound great, they are comfortable, and they isolate well. My one and only gripe is that the touch controls aren't the best, but they aren't bad either. Very satisfied
I would recommend this to a friendBrand response from SonyListens
Posted .Hi theboble,
Thanks for sharing your 5-star review and experience with the WH1000XM4. We're glad that you like the sound quality, comfort, and noise canceling function of the headphones. The steps on these links may help you have a better experience with the touch sensor:
https://www.sony.com/electronics/support/wireless-headphones-bluetooth-headphones/wh-1000xm4/articles/00204192
https://helpguide.sony.net/mdr/wh1000xm4/v1/en/contents/TP0002758108.html
Hope this helps. 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
I love these headphonesss
||Posted . Owned for 1 month when reviewed.This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.Genuinely my favorite thing I own. The sound quality is the greatest I’ve heard to date and as a audiophile I don’t have any complaints. Battery life is also insane and I’ve never had connection issues. Now the price is steep but my first pair lasted me 2 years of daily use with no issues until one of the ear swivels broke. Even then the audio still sounded as good as the first day I got them. I recommend these headphones to all of my friends, so if you do have the money to purchase them I say go for it. I don’t think you’ll regret it.
I would recommend this to a friendBrand response from SonyListens
Posted .Hi Davi,
Thank you for the 5-star rating! We're glad to hear that you like the sound quality and battery performance 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. We appreciate the recommendation and thank you for choosing Sony!
-David
Small But NecessaryUpgrades from the Xm3
||Posted . Owned for 1 week when reviewed.This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.This headphone is my favorite. It provides the best noise cancelling in the market, has superb comfort, and an app that doesn't drink. It is definitely a bass heavy sound signature to start but the app allows for in depth eq adjustments. Included, you can now use the eq with ldac so that's a huge bonus. The touch controls work great, the headphones now pause when you take them off and auto start when you put them on. The call quality is far superior to the 3s. Overall, these headphones are well worth their price. I use them 5 to 6 hours a day at the office and am more than happy. Also I wear glasses and have big ears if you're worried about that. No comfort problems at all.
I would recommend this to a friendWorks Surprisingly Well within Apple’s echo system
||Posted . Owned for 1 week when reviewed.This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.I was debating between this and Apple’s AirPods Max but ultimately went with Sony because it’s cheaper. My main concern was how well it would work with Apple (volume control, Siri, switching devices, etc.). Given that Apple’s headsets use a special chip that allows for seamless switching, I thought it would be a mission just to get Sony to switch from my iPad to my iPhone. I was wrong. Sony has an app that you should install. This app allows you to pair 2 devices to the headphones, allowing for fast switching between the two. Noice cancelling is pretty good and the sound is way better than my Beats and AirPods Pro. One thing I don’t like is the touch controls. I had. To turn the feature off because I would accidentally activate Siri.
I would recommend this to a friendBrand response from SonyListens
Posted .Hi Mark, Thank you for taking the time to review the WH-1000XM4 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! Jay
Super Good for students or working at home
||Posted . Owned for 3 weeks when reviewed.This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.Super good and lightweight, just treat it with care because it feels like it can break or fault if dropped. Sound is great along with battery life
I would recommend this to a friendBrand response from SonyListens
Posted .Hi Jade, That's great! We're thrilled to hear you like the lightweight design, amazing sound quality, and long battery life of your Sony WH1000XM4. The WH-1000XM4 headphones have a robust design which helps prevent any type of breakage under normal use. 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. -Sam