Sony WH-1000XM6 headphone specs and details leak early

Sony’s WH-1000XM5 (left) and last-gen WH-1000XM4 (right).

Sony volition motorboat a successor to its WH-1000XM5 sound cancelling headphones connected May 15th, according to leaked accusation reported by Dealabs and Android Authority.

Details of the caller headphones model, called the WH-1000XM6, travel from a present pulled Amazon Spain listing for the merchandise that was first spotted by a Reddit user. The XM6 volition diagnostic an upgraded noise-canceling processor called the QN3 HD, which according to Dealabs, volition beryllium 7 times faster than the QN1 spot contiguous successful Sony’s XM5. The upgrade should effect successful amended sound cancelling and possibly dependable quality.  It besides looks similar it has an AI-powered six-microphone beamforming strategy for calls, and inactive comes with a headphone jack.

Unfortunately the Trump administration’s tariffs look to beryllium affecting the terms of the caller XM6. Dealabs says it volition motorboat for $449.99 successful the US — $50 much costly than the $399.99 XM5s, which our elder reviewer Chris Welch has called the champion wireless headphones for astir people. The XM5, however, is lone somewhat amended astatine sound canceling than the XM4 that launched successful 2020, truthful the XM6 volition request a genuinely generational betterment to warrant the higher price.