![]() ![]() You can also opt to hear some of your voice during calls and to use head gestures for incoming calls or to activate Auto Play. Options for this are currently limited to Spotify and Endel, though. All of the playback controls are now on the right side by default and Sony gives you two “quick access” slots for connected services by double and triple tapping on the left earbud. Four taps on the left lowers the volume while four on the right raises it. What’s more, Sony has added a quadruple tap action for volume control, so you no longer have to sacrifice something else to get that function on your earbuds. Google Assistant can also control certain features of the WF-1000XM5, including enabling ANC or ambient sound, with a spoken cue. The M5 supports hands-free access to Google Assistant and Alexa, so you can play music, send messages, get notifications, set reminders and more without touching the earbuds or your phone. You can disable multipoint connectivity, select which voice assistant you want to use and change the on-board controls, including which noise settings you want to cycle through. The System tab is next, which is where you’ll find most of the WF-1000XM5’s controls. Lastly, 360 Reality Audio setup/ear analysis, Bluetooth connection priority and DSEE Extreme upscaling (on/off) are under this section. Sony has added a Find Your Equalizer sound test too, and the beta feature lets you select which sample settings sound best before building your ideal mode. The Sound tab is where you’ll also find the EQ, with both manual adjustments and presets available. It’s a nice feature, but it’s still just as susceptible to being triggered by a cough as ever. Speak-to-Chat is also here, Sony’s handy tool that pauses the audio when it detects your voice. And with ambient sound, you can adjust the level (1-20) and opt to have voices filtered in, with other noise suppressed, via a dedicated passthrough setting. Under the Sound tab, the app gives you access to noise control (noise canceling, ambient sound or off) right up top. With Adaptive Sound Control enabled, you won’t have to reach for your phone or tap the WF-1000XM5 to get to your preferred settings each time you go from sitting to walking or vice versa. You can set it to activate ambient sound (transparency mode) when you start a run. Adaptive Sound Control is quite handy even if you just use the activity side of the function. As always, the latter requires you to give the app access to your location data so it knows when you’re at home versus when you arrive at the office. This is the feature Sony has offered for a while now that automatically changes your noise control preferences based on your activity or location. Once inside, tools range from the basics – things like managing Bluetooth multipoint connections, media playback and changing the on-board controls – to more complex items like Adaptive Sound Control. Like most Sony earbuds, the company’s Headphones Connect app is where you customize and activate features or dial in the sound profile. On the M4, you had to put the buds in both ears and then hold your fingers on the touch controls for 5 seconds to put them in pairing mode. That has been replaced by a single dot and the company added a pairing button around back beside the USB-C port. The LED status and pairing indicator on the previous model was a thin strip on the front. The WF-1000XM4’s was already compact, but Sony slimmed the new version down while giving it a rounder shape. Smaller earbuds also means a smaller charging case, but not drastically so. The combination of the smaller earbuds and the revamped tips give the the WF-1000XM5 a much more comfortable, more secure-feeling fit than the M4. However, the company says the ear tips are more flexible this time around and it included an extra small size to cater to more ear shapes. That switch on the WF-1000XM4 didn’t offer the best fit for me. Once again, the company opted for squishy foam like it did for the previous model. Sony also slightly updated the ear tips for the M5. For this reason, the new model fits in my ears the best of any 1000X earbuds thus far and they never feel like they’re in danger of falling out. Thankfully, the company continued to slim things down with the WF-1000XM5, trimming another 25 percent off the previous model in terms of overall size and losing 20 percent of the weight. The 2021 model had a different shape and were smaller, but they were still quite big and their weight on the outside of your ear could lead to an awkward fit. Even with all of the excellent things the WF-1000XM3 offered, those buds were huge and they looked more like Bluetooth headsets. For the WF-1000XM4, Sony made big changes to the design of its flagship earbuds. ![]()
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