![]() ![]() You get support for SBC, AAC, and LDAC along with Bluetooth 5.2 connectivity. The WF-1000XM4 use relatively small 6mm dynamic drivers. Despite the oddball shape, they don't put any undue pressure on any other part of my ears and after I swapped out the foam tips I was able to wear these for hours at a stretch. That aside, I didn't have issues with having the WF-1000XM4 in my ears. The sizes currently being offered simply aren't enough and the foam being used is too thick and stiff for comfort. Sony could have made things easier by either offering more sizes for the foam tips or offering silicone tips in addition. However, I've heard reports from other users and reviewers as well of the WF-1000XM4 being uncomfortable to use in the long run. I always say in these reviews that comfort is a subjective topic and your mileage will vary. These tips provided just as good passive isolation as the foam tips and were light years ahead in terms of comfort. I just plucked the silicone ear tips from another pair of earbuds and put them on the WF-1000XM4. ![]() This forces me to stick with the medium size, which tends to put quite a lot of pressure on my ears as it tries to expand. The default medium size swells up to be a bit larger than my ear canal and the small size just isn't big enough. ![]() Unfortunately, I found the foam ear tips on the WF-1000XM4 to be quite uncomfortable. In comparison, the WF-1000XM3 came with three pairs of foam tips and four pairs of silicone tips in different sizes. As mentioned before, you get three sizes but there's no silicone option. Sony has made an interesting choice to ship the WF-1000XM4 with only foam ear tips. Since we are on the topic of tips, now is a good time to talk about comfort. The packaging has specific indentations made to accommodate the small and large earbuds, which always amuses me because if you were to, say, swap the default medium tips with the small ones, then the now spare medium tips won't fit inside the indentation for the small tips so you'll just have to put them somewhere else. Inside you get the earbuds along with a small USB-C charging cable and two additional pair of foam ear tips (small, large) alongside the one pair already applied on the earbuds (medium). The WF-1000XM4 come in a very interesting minimal gray packaging that looks like a mini egg carton. All of this leads to a fair bit of struggling every time I'm trying to take them out. The earbuds are also held in place by surprisingly strong magnets. There's not much room to maneuver your fingers as the case lid gets in the way and there's little gap between the earbuds. Only part of the earbuds stick out and they are all smooth and rounded with little grip. Definitely an oversight on Sony's part.Īs for the case, I found it surprisingly difficult to pull the earbuds out at times. I've often come back to the audio still playing when I had removed the earbuds and placed them on the desk even though I wasn't wearing them. Yup, the location of the sensors on the back is such that if you place the earbuds a certain way on a surface it will block the sensor and make the earbuds think they are back inside your ears. Speaking of which, does anyone want to see a magic trick? On the inner side of the earbuds are the optical proximity sensors that detect when the earbuds are placed inside your ears and play/pause the audio accordingly. You can just touch lightly on these to activate the gestures, which certainly beats prodding your ears the way most other earbuds require. The outer shell of the earbuds have large touch-sensitive areas for gestures. It's certainly distinctive but whether it's attractive is something for you to decide. They have a strange globular design with steampunk gold vents for the microphones. The WF-1000XM4 continue Sony's tradition of oddly shaped earbuds. I wonder if regular users even acknowledge these names.Īside from that, I do have some other thoughts on the WF-1000XM4 (sigh) as well, particularly related to the sound quality and comfort aspect of these earbuds. Sony really doesn't make this easy for us. And it's not like you can call them WF, either. Like how there's no easy way to shorten the name you can't just call them 1000XM4 because then someone will confuse them with the WH-1000XM4 over-the-ear headphones. Having spent some time now with the WF-1000XM4, I had some thoughts to share myself. Our review from last year echoed similar sentiments, with my colleague coming out very impressed from his experience with the earbuds. Widely praised for their audio quality and especially their active noise cancellation feature these quickly become an industry benchmark. The Sony WF-1000XM4 TWS earphones have been on the market for a while now and have built up a reputation for themselves. ![]()
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