Sony WH-1000XM4 Wireless Headphones
One-minute review The Sony WH-1000XM4 Wireless Headphones are a wonderful pair of wireless noise-cancelling headphones in every way. That's why they're still our pick for the best headphones of 2022, even though they were released in 2020. We love that they deliver exactly what they promise and then some, thanks to their exceptional noise cancellation and cutting-edge codec support. Jump to Price and release date Design Features Audio performance Battery life Should I buy them? Granted, they haven’t seen a massive overhaul aesthetically from the Sony WH-1000XM3 that were released back in 2018. However, the WH-1000XM4 headphones pack in a number of new improvements, including DSEE Extreme audio upscaling and multipoint pairing. The Sony WH-1000XM4s support Sony’s 360 Reality Audio format, which enables spatial audio on stereo headphones, plus the LDAC codec that can send a bitrate of up to 990 kbps. The unfortunate bit there, though, is that it no longer suppo...