Sony headphones leak reveals new model to follow the WF-1000XM4

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Sony headphones leak reveals new model to follow the WF-1000XM4

(Image credit: @mirai160525/The Walkman Web log)

The Sony WF-1000XM4 seems likely to launch in 2021, judging past how thoroughly the design has leaked. Now, a filing with Due south Korea's version of the FCC has suggested it may not exist the only new pair of Sony headphones coming soon.

Equally reported past the Walkman Web log, Sony filed with the Korea Communications Committee for a new "low ability wireless device," using a similar codename scheme as the WF-1000XM4 wireless earbuds.

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Specifically, this new device has the production code YY2952. Sony headphones have previous uses produce codes with an "HDX" prefix. But this apparently inverse for the WF-1000XM4, which we know from previous leaks to have the codename YY2948.

And while the filing doesn't specifically mention headphones or earbuds, phrase "low power wireless device" could easily mean it uses Bluetooth connectivity as opposed to a more than power-hungry wireless arrangement similar Wi-Fi. The filing as well calls the product a "wireless device for wireless information communication organization," which could refer to how wireless headphones tin be used every bit calling headsets when paired to a phone.

Combined with the product code similarity to the WF-1000XM4 and it's a pretty safe bet that this is a new pair of wireless headphones. Given Sony fabricated the awarding on May 17, that leaves enough of time for a release in belatedly 2021.

(Image credit: Regan Coule/Tom's Guide)

Withal, information technology'south non clear exactly what kind of wireless headphones this device would be. We're already getting the WF-1000XM4 every bit Sony's flagship earbuds and likely AirPods three competitor, so mayhap it could be a follow-upwards to a cheaper pair like the Sony WF-SP800N. It could even be a replacement for the Sony WH-1000XM4, our superlative all-time headphones pick, though given Sony recently launched a new white version this seems less likely.

"YY2952" sounds like information technology could directly follow the budget on-ear Sony MDR-ZX220BT, which has the production code HDX-2852. Merely this might not be how Sony'south new coding scheme works, as the WF-1000XM4's YY2948 code has little in mutual with the preceding Sony WF-1000XM3 lawmaking of HDX-2916.

We'll have to wait and see for this one, though at least the WF-1000XM4 looks a lot more than imminent.

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James is currently Hardware Editor at Rock Paper Shotgun, merely before that was Audio Editor at Tom's Guide, where he covered headphones, speakers, soundbars and anything else that intentionally makes noise. A PC enthusiast, he also wrote computing and gaming news for TG, usually relating to how hard it is to discover graphics menu stock.

Source: https://www.tomsguide.com/news/sony-headphones-leak-reveals-new-model-to-follow-the-wf-1000xm4

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