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:Sound qualityCons mentioned:Touch controls
Great choice prev gen noise cancelling headphones
||Posted . Owned for 1 month when reviewed.This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.These are comfortable on the ear, have excellent noise cancellation, and top sound quality when using Tidal Hi-Fi Plus listening. I give them a four-star rating because I can't get used to the touch sensitive controls and I still prefer physical buttons on the edge of an ear cup. Also they infrequently loose Bluetooth connection at random times, however I suspect his is my phone and not the headphones. They were a welcome upgrade from my older pair of Sony headphones with older USB-micro connection. Definitely worth the purchase when on sale.
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Posted .Hello JimmyKyle,
Nice! We're glad that you are pleased with the awesome sound quality, comfortability and noise canceling capability of our WH1000XM4. Thank you for choosing Sony and enjoy! - Marco
- Pros mentioned:Comfort, Sound quality, Weight
good choice
||Posted . Owned for 1 month when reviewed.This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.Very comfortable, light and great sound. Noise canceling works great.
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Posted .Hello rick,
Nice! Thank you for giving our WH1000XM4 5-star rating for your sharing your feedback. We are pleased to hear that you are satisfied with the lightweight design, comfortability, awesome sound quality and nice noise canceling capbility 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! Enjoy! - Marco
- Pros mentioned:Battery life, Comfort, Sound quality
Awesome
||Posted . Owned for 3 weeks when reviewed.This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.I have ear buds but these Sony over the ear are much more comfortable for long wearing. Sound quality is very good! Battery life is extremely exceptional!
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Posted .Hi Shopper! Glad to hear that you are happy with the sound quality, battery life and comfort 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. If you haven't already, please check our Sony Headphones Connect app which will let you fine-tine your music to your liking! Thank you for choosing Sony! -Carl
- Pros mentioned:Battery life, Sound quality
Sony-Wireless noise-cancelling headphones
||Posted . Owned for 2 weeks when reviewed.This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.Quality is good, noise cancelling is supper! Battery life is amazing and it charges very fast. I will and have recommended this to family and friends.
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Posted .Thank you for your wonderful review of the Sony WH-1000XM4 headphones, KyleM!
We're thrilled to hear that you are enjoying the superb noise-cancelling feature, impressive battery life, and fast charging capabilities. Your recommendation to family and friends means a lot to us. We appreciate your support and are delighted that our product has met your expectations.
Enjoy your listening experience, and thanks for choosing Sony!
Gus
- Pros mentioned:Battery life, Comfort, Sound quality
Best headphones owned
||Posted . Owned for 8 months when reviewed.This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.Comfortable, doesn’t hurt head/ears, sound quality is amazing, battery life amazing
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Posted .Hi Brian,
We appreciate the 5-star rating and we're happy to hear that you like the sound quality, comfortable design 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. Thank you for choosing Sony!
-David
- Pros mentioned:Comfort, Sound quality
Headphones
||Posted . Owned for less than 1 week when reviewed.This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.These are great.Sound fantastic. I love how they feel on.
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Posted .Hi JamesG,
We're so glad to hear that your Sony headphones sound fantastic and feel great to wear. Thank you for sharing your amazing 5-star review! Exceptional audio and all-day comfort are key hallmarks of the WH1000XM4, and it’s wonderful to know they’ve made such a positive impression.
Thank you for choosing Sony—wishing you a truly enjoyable day!
DiegoV.
- Pros mentioned:Battery life, Sound qualityCons mentioned:Touch controls
Really good but can do without the touch buttons.
||Posted . Owned for 1 month when reviewed.This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.Really good, love the fact it uses USB C like all my other devices and allows wired audio cable for my desktop that doesn't have Bluetooth. Noise cancelation and battery is pretty impressive. Can do without the touch buttons, the slightest bump pauses, skips... the music/Video.
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Posted .Hi Allen808, Awesome! We are so glad to hear that you are happy with the sound quality of your new WH-1000XM4 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. We also took note of your feedback as this can help improve our products in the future. Thank you for choosing Sony! -Carl
- Pros mentioned:Battery life, Comfort, Sound quality
Best headphones ever!
||Posted . Owned for 1 month when reviewed.This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.Amazing headphones! Great sound with lots of options in the app. Very comfortable to wear for long periods of time. And the battery life is phenomenal!
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Posted .Hi Audiogeek, Thank you for the amazing review! Good to know you like the great sound quality, app customization, comfortable fit, and long-lasting battery life of your new Sony 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. -Sam
- Pros mentioned:Sound quality
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.
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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, Sound quality
Comfy noise cancelling!
||Posted . Owned for 3 weeks when reviewed.This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.Love the noise canceling feature! Clean design and super comfortable!
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Posted .Hi BradB,
Thank you for the purchase and we're glad to hear that you love 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:Comfort, Sound quality
My Absolute Favorite
||Posted . Owned for 1 year when reviewed.This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.Got them as a Christmas gift and they were so perfect for me. I had a lot of compliments while wearing them. They are really comfortable to wear in any kind of weather, wouldn't recommend working out in these, they slip out of your head pretty easily, but overall these work amazingly well. The noise cancellation is really good. Definitely worth the price.
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Posted .That's awesome, Daisy! We're glad you're happy with your purchase. Make sure to keep your device's firmware up to date to enjoy all its features. Thanks for choosing Sony! -Craig
- Pros mentioned:Comfort, Sound quality
It doesn’t get any better than this
||Posted . Owned for less than 1 week when reviewed.This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.Ok, hands down this is the best pair of cans I have ever had. Had a chance to try everything at it and it just works. Sound and noise cancelling is tops in its class. The only thing I would knock is possibly the build quality (it is light for a reason). However, that could also be a positive because you can wear these for hours and hours and not have to worry about fatigue. I had fatigue issues with a Bowers & Wilkins set I use to have. The best build quality of them all, but it was a bit heavier. As long as you take care of these Sony cans, use the case always for storage, you shouldn’t have a problem. Enjoy these. Sony just keeps getting better and better.
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Posted .Hi Chinnman, you definitely made the right choice with these headphones. It will definitely be worth it. Sony’s industry-leading noise cancellation evolves to further immerse you in your music. The addition of Sony’s proprietary HD Noise Canceling Processor QN1 masterfully eliminates the noise around you. Listen all day with up to 30 hours of battery life. Quick charging gives five hours of playback with just a 10-minute charge.
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. Thanks for choosing Sony.
~Ralph
- Pros mentioned:Comfort, Sound quality
makes going back to the noisy office tolerable.
||Posted . Owned for 3 weeks when reviewed.This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.XM4’s have noise cancelling optimized to human voices, specifically, tenor voices of my coworkers who have endless conversations that occasionally involve…work. Comfortable, nominal amount of ear sweat (they are closed-cushion after all) and while you can’t toggle a switch for moving bluetooth between two devices like the Bose QC35’s, it will auto-switch if you pause or mute one of two devices it is bluetooth-linked to. If you connect to a laptop for WebEx a lot, I found a headphone cable on Amazon by KetDirect with a microphone built into the cord, bypassing Bluetooth. But, it isn’t included from Sony.
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Posted .Hi Robert, thank you for the wonderful feedback! We're thrilled you like the superb noise canceling feature, comfortable fit, and easy multipoint Bluetooth connectivity of your new Sony 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! -Sam
- Pros mentioned:Battery life, Comfort, Sound quality
Great Sound!
||Posted . Owned for 1 month when reviewed.This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.Great Sound. Comparable to Bose. Comfortable. Long battery Life.
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Posted .Hello Snypar,
Wow! Thanks for the wonderful review and we are very happy to hear that you are pleased with the audio quality, comfortability and battery life of our WH1000XM4. You can now listen to your favorite vibe without the hassle of the outside noise. Thanks for choosing Sony! - Marco
- Pros mentioned:Sound qualityCons mentioned:Touch controls
Best headphones I've ever bought!
||Posted . Owned for 1 month when reviewed.This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.Overall great pair of headphones. My only complaint from it not being perfect is the bass. I have played around with the app settings for the equalizer and can't quite get it to my liking. I listen to a wide range of music (from hip-hop to rock). I had a previous set of Sony headphones that were very bass heavy but the overall clarity of those were trash. These hands down blow them out of the water. Since the weather is getting colder, will see how the touch controls work outside. I know the XM3 had issues with the touch controls. Hopefully don't follow in the same footsteps. Oh yeah, another thing on these being perfect. Phone calls on these are crap. I've only had 2 calls on them and both of those were horrible. Both ends sounded like we were lost in a tunnel. Not sure if it was my end or the other person. Perhaps an update will fix this. Not a big deal because I don't use these for phone calls really anyway. Mostly for working out and casual listening. Besides those 2 complaints, I would definitely recommend these!
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Posted .Hi stilltrell, we appreciate your in-depth review of the headphones. Your feedback about its bass quality and call quality is greatly appreciated. Make sure to always check the Sony Headphones Connect app for software updates to improve its overall performance. We also hope you'll have a great experience using these headphones in cold weather. Just remember to use it with caution. Thanks for your review and for choosing Sony. ~Ralph
- Pros mentioned:Comfort, Sound quality
A loyal Bose Headphone Customer Makes the Switch
||Posted . Owned for 3 weeks when reviewed.This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.I have been a loyal Bose noise cancelling headphone customer since their first offering 20 years ago. I have owned 3 pair over those 20 years and I have always like the headphones but I have also always been frustrated by their byzantine approach to the controls on the headset. So when my last pair finally gave up, I made the decision to switch to the Sony WH-1000XM4's. I am SO glad I did. I love these headphones! Great sound quality, very comfortable, excellent adapting noise cancelling and intuitive tap/slide controls. No more fumbling around to raise/lower volume, just slide your finger up/down on the outside of the headset.
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Posted .Hi SteveinNWA, welcome to Sony family! We are thrilled to hear that you like the sound, comfort, noise canceling feature, and controls. 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:Battery life, Sound quality
Excellent quality, ideal for travellers
||Posted . Owned for less than 1 week when reviewed.This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.Wow, these have amazing sound quality! I tested them side by side with the XM5s and honestly I prefer these, for sound quality. The noise cancellation is good, maybe not as good as the XM5s but still much better than my in-ear buds-live. I used them for about 5-6 hours at airports and on planes and they handled airport and plane noises well, with a brief loss of cancellation during plane landings, so no big deal. The battery stayed almost fully charged too, so these guys are no joke, unbeatable for frequent flyers!
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Posted .Hi ClayT, thank you for choosing and purchasing our industry-leading noise canceling headphones. We're glad you like the sound quality of the 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! ~Earl
- Pros mentioned:Battery life, Sound quality
The noise cancelling is great!
||Posted . Owned for 1 month when reviewed.This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.These headphones sound great delivering a rich sound for a phone in its price range. But the noise cancelling is top notch. Even without music playing it filters out most outside noise but when the music plays it is almost like being in an isolated room. The headphone battery life is long (I have gone 10hrs, off and on, on a single charge). The only ding I have against these headphones is that it plays a tone every time it automatically changes listening modes (indoors, outdoors, walking, sitting still etc) but this can be disabled in the settings. I would highly recommend these anyone who wants good sound combined with great noise cancellation.
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Posted .Hi WalshB,
Awesome! We're glad that your investment is worth it. 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.
~Ralph
- Pros mentioned:Bass
I love these sony headphones
||Posted . Owned for 4 months when reviewed.This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.I love these headphones. They are a good value and offer excellent bass response.
I would recommend this to a friend - Pros mentioned:Battery life, Sound quality
Game changer for air travel!
||Posted . Owned for 11 months when reviewed.This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.Wow! These headphones are a game changer on long, international flights! Blocks out almost all sounds. It really makes a flight less stressful without all the noises. I also like the feature to turn off noise cancelling (just touch the right earpiece) if you need to hear an announcement or talk with the flight attendant. Highly recommend for flights!
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Posted .Hi TechReviewer1, Great! You definitely made the right choice. We're glad you're enjoying all the improvements we made on these headphones. Your assessment is spot on! These headphones are are perfect for travel or the daily commute. Sony’s industry-leading noise cancellation evolves to further immerse you in your music. The addition of Sony’s proprietary HD Noise Canceling Processor QN1 masterfully eliminates the noise around you. Thanks for choosing Sony! -Jess