Normally I end up turning extra features off, and am therefore more concerned with audio quality and the noise cancelling part. ![]() In these weird times I have admittedly not been to a single airport, and so haven’t been able to test this. A bit creepy, but if you’re going to be lazy in this world, you might as well just let all your devices know everything about you, so they can do just about anything for you… Having tried for a bit the features seem to be working as planned, and it’s pretty cool that the headphones can switch to ambient sound once you’re inside the airport so that you can hear the public announcements. The headphones actually receive GPS and Wi-Fi hotspot data from the connected device, and thereby know if you’re at the office, at home or the airport – and can adjust the noise processing accordingly. Let’s just hope annoying people you’re trying to avoid don’t actually see that your headphones has this feature: “Don’t pretend you didn’t hear me!”Īdaptive sound control regulates noise cancelling and ambient sound according to behavior and position. ![]() That way you can easily hear the person you’re talking to, without having to remove the headphones. Once you start talking to someone, the music will automatically pause and ambient sounds are amplified throught the headphones. Photo: Geir Nordby, L&B Tech Reviews Speak to chat The Sony WH-1000XM4 headphones are very similar to the predecessors, and the comfort is also nearly identical. The person on the receiving end will hear you just fine. There’s still some room for improvement, and I don’t think the Jabra Elite 85h have anything to fear in this department, but the WH-1000XM4 are among the better headphones in this regard. The voice quality has improved a great deal, with clearer and more open treble and hence distinguishable speech. Practical if you want to use them for music or video conferences on your computer, but want to answer phone calls without dis/reconnecting. For one thing, we’ve finally gotten Bluetooth 5, which lets us connect the headphones to two devices simultaneously. There have been some small yet important improvements in the features department, though. To be fair, the predecessor has now received the same functionality through a software update. Because the button now also can summon the voice assistant. Also, a button has changed name from NC/AMBIENT to CUSTOM. They are practically identical, except for the model name on each side of the headband, and the small NFC symbol on the left earcup now being in the same color as the headphones themselves (black or grey). You’d be forgiven for not being able to tell the two models apart at first glance. Well, finally the WH-1000XM4 are here, and earlier in the summer months I received a pre production sample for review. Are we talking real improvements, or just more or less useful new functions? After all, Sony should have been able to make some laboratory magic during the last couple of years. Which is why we were excited as kids at Christmas when we heard about the successor. If you only care about the audio quality with music and don’t need the most effective noise cancellation, there are better options, even though the Sonys don’t lag far behind. Which in turn has less effective noise cancelling. Turn off the Noise Canceling function and Ambient Sound Mode.One compromise is the suction-like feeling in your ears, which is significantly worse than with competitors such as the Bose NCH 700. If you are bothered by wind nose by doing this, set the Noise Canceling function and Ambient Sound Mode to OFF. In the Sony | Headphones Connect app, move the slide bar to Wind Noise Reduction in the Ambient Sound Control setting. The Automatic Wind Noise Reduction feature will not start working with only a slight amount of wind.You will notice that the Noise Canceling function becomes weaker in a windy environment with this setting. When the headphones detect wind over a certain amount of air volume the Automatic Wind Noise Reduction feature turns off some of the microphones used for noise canceling.If you are bothered by wind noise, even though the Automatic Wind Noise Reduction is enabled, set the Noise Canceling function and Ambient Sound Mode to OFF. In the Sony | Headphones Connect app, tap Sound → Ambient Sound Control, and then select Automatic Wind Noise Reduction. If this is the case, check the following: ![]() When the Noise Canceling function or Ambient Sound Mode is enabled, the wind noise may be louder depending on the environment. Check the Applicable Products and Categories section of this article before starting these steps. IMPORTANT: This article applies only to specific products and/or operating systems.
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