Sony may very well be near launching the successor mannequin to its well-liked WH-1000XM5 over-ear noise-canceling headphones, if a brand new FCC submitting is something to go by.
The corporate’s WH-1000XM5 cans, which we in comparison with Apple’s AirPods Max again in Might 2022, are thought of by many to supply among the greatest noise-canceling within the enterprise, offering nice sound, glorious consolation and lengthy battery life.
Now it seems that Sony needs to go one higher, with information that the corporate has filed for certification for the subsequent mannequin within the collection.
First noticed by The Walkman Weblog, the submitting exhibits a diagram of the headphones, which seem to function a brand new hinge which will or could not point out a return to the folding design used within the XM4’s. Elsewhere are what appear to be removable earpads, much like AirPods Max, and behind them is a “user-visible title plate” exhibiting the mannequin and serial quantity.
Specs-wise, apart from help for quick charging and Bluetooth 5.3, the submitting would not reveal a lot concerning the “Wi-fi Noise Canceling Stereo Headset,” however they’re made in Malaysia and described as an engineering prototype relatively than pre-production – similar to the XM5 submitting, which turned out to be correct.
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With a lot going for the present mannequin, it is tough to know what enhancements Sony is aiming for within the XM6’s, however anticipation for his or her launch is more likely to be excessive nonetheless. Evaluating the submitting’s brief time period confidentiality (STC) date to the XM5 submitting, The Walkman Weblog believes we will anticipate the headphones to be introduced round late April to early Might, 2025.
