Customer Ratings & Reviews
- Model:
- WH1000XM4/S
- SKU:
- 10851334
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, Sound quality
Best one I’ve owned
||Posted . Owned for 2 months when reviewed.This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.Excellent quality, light and comfortable, noise canceling makes the experience even better plus the color is awesome
I would recommend this to a friendBrand response from SonyListens
Posted .Hi DPain, You definitely made the right choice! We're so glad to hear you are enjoying the incredible audio quality and amazing noise cancellation of these headphones. We're also thrilled to hear that you feel the WH-1000XM4 is the best headphones you've ever owned. The headphones blend sophisticated style with exceptional comfort. Super-soft, pressure-relieving earpads in foamed urethane evenly distribute pressure and increase ear/pad contact for a stable fit. And with a lighter-weight design, you'll barely notice you're wearing them. Thank you for your purchase and for the 5-star rating! -Jess
- Pros mentioned:Battery life, Weight
Love them!
||Posted . Owned for 1 month when reviewed.This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.Best headphones i’ve ever had. Super lightweight and the battery life on them is amazing.
I would recommend this to a friendBrand response from SonyListens
Posted .Hi Luis,
That's nice to hear that you appreciate the lighweight design and long battery life of our Sony 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! Enjoy! - Marco
- Pros mentioned:Sound quality
Worth the money
||Posted .This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.Noice cancellation is great. It's great for long rides in the car. The connection is also amazing. It stays connected to my laptop for around 50 meters or so.
I would recommend this to a friendBrand response from SonyListens
Posted .Hi Andrew, we're glad you like the noise canceling feature and connectivity of our industry-leading 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. Thanks for choosing Sony! ~Earl
- Pros mentioned:Sound quality
9/10 Almost perfect
||Posted . Owned for 1 week when reviewed.This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.I had to return my first pair since the right headphone was making a wind noise no matter the environment I was in while the ANC was active. Contacted Sony support and they said that this was normal behaviour, but for $350 I'd expect better. They refused to help me, so I returned those and purchased a second pair. I decided to get them again because I hope that I don't run into this problem again. These things are great! I've never had any really premium headphones before, so maybe I'm ignorant, but really, the should out of these is fantastic, the noise cancelling is pretty good, especially in day to day use, and being able to set a custom sound profile is the best. They added multi device support, so you can see listening to something on your computer, and answer a phone call without needing to switch anything, it's all automatic. Tons of features, and for this price point, these are much better than the Bose offerings sound wise. I bought some Bose headphones to compare and these blew those away in every field except the build quality. These have a lightweighr, plastic feel, but you get used to them quick - I stopped noticing after a day or two.
I would recommend this to a friendBrand response from SonyListens
Posted .Hi RayKing, we're glad you're enjoying the amazing features of the headphones. We understand how important one's investment is. We hope that you'll have a better experience with your new pair of headphones. Thanks for your review and for choosing Sony. ~Ralph
- Pros mentioned:Sound quality
Decent headphones for the money, not enough bass
||Posted . Owned for 1 month when reviewed.This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.Bought these headphones after hearing lots of good things. Pricey but I was putting it on my best buy card so it’s cool. Out of the box these don’t sound that great honestly. After watching YouTube reviews and searching Reddit, after playing with the sound levels you can get these to sound really good. Only gripe I have really is there could be some more bass. Even with the bass at max it still seems a little lacking. The touch controls are great and easy to use. I really like the noise cancellation and the fact you can put your hand over one ear and it temporarily turns off noise cancellation is really nice. Overall good headphones that sound great but if you like lots of deep bass you might want to keep looking.
I would recommend this to a friendBrand response from SonyListens
Posted .Hi Michael,
We're glad that you like the touch controls, noise canceling, and user-friendly functions of the headphones. It's unfortunate that you are not having a complete experience because of the sound quality. For optimum performance, make sure that the software version of the headphones is updated (via the Sony Headphones Connect app). Bass quality may vary depending on the source content. You do have the option to use the equalizer function of the Sony Headphones Connect app to tailor-fit the sound quality to your needs. For more information, please refer to this link:
https://helpguide.sony.net/mdr/wh1000xm4/v1/en/contents/TP0002752772.html
Hope this improves your experience. In case you need further assistance, please email the below information to socialsupport@am.sony.com.
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Additional Information regarding your experience with your 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. Thanks for choosing Sony!
-Ralph
- Pros mentioned:Sound qualityCons mentioned:Price
Sony wireless noise-cancelling headphones
||Posted . Owned for 3 weeks when reviewed.This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.Good quality and they do cancel / reduce noise. They are pricey though.
I would recommend this to a friendBrand response from SonyListens
Posted .Hi ColleenY, Great! You definitely made the right choice. We are extremely pleased you are enjoying the superb sound quality and excellent noise canceling feature of your WH-1000XM4. We're very grateful for this feedback! Thank you for choosing Sony! -Jess
- Pros mentioned:Battery life
Love
||Posted . Owned for 3 months when reviewed.This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.I use these for the gym, they stay on my head throughout my workouts (no slip), and the battery lasts for weeks
I would recommend this to a friendBrand response from SonyListens
Posted .Hi Lizz,
Amazing! We're glad that you are enjoying the fit 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
- Pros mentioned:Sound quality
Great sounding headphone set.
||Posted . Owned for less than 1 week when reviewed.This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.Good quality head set at an even better price. Using these as a replacement for the headset the dog ate. Great sound quality. The only downside so far is the limited talk time of about 3 hours, but these were never meant to be a headset to begin with. Great for going on a walk or just listening to Pandora though.
I would recommend this to a friendBrand response from SonyListens
Posted .Hi CraigW, Awesome! We are glad to hear that you are enjoying your new WH1000XM4. Thank you for choosing Sony! -Carl
- Pros mentioned:Comfort, Sound quality
Chic & Worth the Investment
||Posted . Owned for 1 month when reviewed.This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.Genuinely comfortable to wear for a long time. Noise cancellation is phenomenal. Very fashionable.
I would recommend this to a friendBrand response from SonyListens
Posted .Hi Talainbaea,
Thank you for the 5-star rating and we're glad to hear that you like the noise canceling and comfortable design 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!
-David
- Pros mentioned:Sound quality
Sony and Me are bestie
||Posted . Owned for 3 weeks when reviewed.This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.Lets talk about the pros and cons Pros: excellent cancellation literally I can’t hear outside noise, don’t worry there’s an option to turn off the cancellation. Great sound quality I can hear the music clearly not like the other headphones I had. This Sony headphones is the best headphones I ever gotten. Buyyy it guys it’s really worth it. Oh yea let’s talk about the cons um let me think… there’s none.
I would recommend this to a friendBrand response from SonyListens
Posted .Hello Ashleyip,
Thank you for sharing your wonderful experience with Sony WH1000XM4. We highly appreciate your review and we're glad that you are pleased with the noise canceling capability and sound quality of our XM4. 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
- Pros mentioned:Battery life, Sound quality
Sony headphones
||Posted . Owned for 1 month when reviewed.This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.Great headphones, high quality sound long lasting battery life would recommend
I would recommend this to a friendBrand response from SonyListens
Posted .Hi Charlie, Awesome! We're delighted to hear that you like the sound and battery life. Thank you for choosing Sony. Erin
- Pros mentioned:Comfort, Sound quality
Favorite headphones!
||Posted . Owned for less than 1 week when reviewed.This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.These are amazing. They fit comfortably over my ears and the sound quality is amazing
I would recommend this to a friendBrand response from SonyListens
Posted .Hello AndrewG,
Thank you for your purchase and we're glad that you are enjoying the amazing sound quality and comfortability 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
- Pros mentioned:Battery life, Sound quality
Excellent over the ear headphones
||Posted . Owned for 4 months when reviewed.This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.Fantastic headphones. Comfortable to wear and sound quality is some of the best I have listened to. Noise reduction system is one of the best I have listened to and the battery life is very good also.
I would recommend this to a friendBrand response from SonyListens
Posted .Hi SJKSJK,
You made the right choice! 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, Sound quality
Best headphones for office and leisure use.
||Posted . Owned for 11 months when reviewed.This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.Great sound quality. Enjoyed using it. Battery life is amazing
I would recommend this to a friendBrand response from SonyListens
Posted .Hi Aniket, we're glad you are enjoying the sound quality and battery of our product! Thanks for choosing Sony. ~Earl
Better than Xm5
||Posted . Owned for 6 months when reviewed.This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.Easily the best Sony headphones. Just as good as the xm5 and looks better
I would recommend this to a friendBrand response from SonyListens
Posted .Hi there, thanks for sharing this with us! We are honored to hear that you think the WH-1000XM4s are the best. It's awesome to know that you think they are just as good as the newer models and that you like the design.
We appreciate you choosing Sony!
Best regards,
Estefany
- Pros mentioned:Sound quality
Multipoint doesn't work with iPhone + Mac
||Posted . Owned for less than 1 week when reviewed.This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.I own the previous model (WH-1000XM3) and love them but I bought the XM4's for their multipoint connection. I really wanted to simultaneously connect my personal iPhone 11 for music and work M1 MacBook for zoom calls. Unfortunately multipoint doesn't work for an iPhone and a Mac. Others reviewers have been okay with other device combinations, but whenever I played iPhone music I got silence (beautiful noise-cancelled silence I might add!) They didn't seem to want to switch from the MacBook even though it had no audio apps open. So I upgraded the XM4's firmware (via Sony's app), did multiple factory resets, paired and re-paired - but always the same. Spent a day at it, but ultimately returned them. If you don't need multipoint get the XM3's: They're incredibly comfortable and the ANC is unsurpassed.
I would recommend this to a friendBrand response from SonyListens
Posted .Hi Unhappyfridgeguy, While we are glad to hear that you are happy with the overall performance of your new WH-1000XM4, we are sorry to hear that the Multipoint feature does not work properly. Please use this link to troubleshoot the issue that you are experiencing.
https://helpguide.sony.net/mdr/wh1000xm4/v1/en/contents/TP0002935899.html?search=multipoint
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- Pros mentioned:Battery life, Sound quality
Sony head phones
||Posted . Owned for 3 weeks when reviewed.This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.sounds great on the air plane. rich full sound good battery life
I would recommend this to a friendBrand response from SonyListens
Posted .Hi KirkC, fabulous! We are truly happy to learn that you're satisfied with the amazing sound quality and long-lasting battery life of your WH1000XM4. Thank you very much for the perfect star review and for choosing the best brand, Sony! - Romeo
Some of the best over the ear at headphones
||Posted . Owned for 11 months when reviewed.This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.Bought these for my daughter for over the year headphones she had an older pair that finally went out. She had them for years. We replaced them with these because she researched all the Sony headphones and these among the best after she got them, she absolutely fell in love with them and uses them constantly
I would recommend this to a friendBrand response from SonyListens
Posted .Hi ErainaJ,
We are thrilled to hear that your daughter is completely in love with her new WH-1000XM4 headphones! It is wonderful to know that her research confirmed these are an outstanding choice and that she is using them constantly. We are also incredibly pleased that her previous Sony pair provided years of excellent service—that speaks directly to the quality and durability we engineer into our products.
Thank you for being a loyal Sony family and for the fantastic five-star review!
Best regards,
Dominick
- Pros mentioned:Sound quality
AMAZING
||Posted . Owned for 3 weeks when reviewed.This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.I really like the active noise cancellation feature and the sound is great. Would recommend purchasing.
I would recommend this to a friendBrand response from SonyListens
Posted .Hi Ang31,
That's wonderful to hear! We're thrilled that you're enjoying the WH-1000XM4 headphones so much, particularly the active noise cancellation and the excellent sound quality. It means a lot to us that you'd recommend them. Thank you for sharing your 5-star review! We strive to create products that deliver an exceptional audio experience, and your feedback truly validates our efforts.
Thanks for choosing Sony, have an amazing day!
DiegoV
Amazing Headphones
||Posted .This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.The best headphones money can buy. I’ve had my first pair for 6+ years and the only wear is on the ear cuffs.
I would recommend this to a friend