Sony’s latest ANC headphones are a good pair of headphones, with some key improvements over the previous model under the hood. But how do they square up against their noise-canceling nemesis? Pros Incredible comfort Improved vocal clarity 30-hour battery life Great codec support Cons Fragile-feeling articulating hinges Limited soundstage Bose QuietComfort Ultra Headphones The Bose QuietComfort Ultra Headphones are the …
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With a barrage of new Apple and Google devices around the corner, our reviews team is clearing their desks of new products before the pre-fall deluge begins. There’s a well-rounded mix of in-depth testing this time around, including a detailed preview of watchOS 26 and more VPN trials. Kick off the weekend by catching up on all of the reviews …
Read More »Sony Made Only $20M From Netflix’s ‘KPop Demon Hunters’
According to a new report from Puck, Sony Pictures is watching from the sidelines as one of the summer’s biggest cultural phenomena unfolds. KPop Demon Hunters, an anime-style musical about a K-pop girl group that doubles as a team of monster fighters, has become a runaway hit on Netflix, yet the studio that developed and produced it is seeing little …
Read More »Fairgame$ Has Been Canceled, Too, According to Michael Pachter, Who Says Sony Has ‘Lost Its Way’
Wedbush Securities analyst Michael Pachter is back with another episode of his Pachter Factor podcast, and he brings some interesting news: Fairgame$ might have been canceled. While discussing Sony’s switch toward live service games, which he criticized because of wrong moves such as buying Bungie for a lot more than they were worth in his opinion, the analyst casually said …
Read More »‘We’ll Continue to Evolve the PS Store’: Sony on Making PS5, PS4 Shopping Better
Image: Push Square With over 80% of all PS5 and PS4 purchases made through the PS Store this past quarter, you can see why Sony’s storefront is a massive point of importance for the platform holder. The problem is, it’s got a long way to go before it catches up to much better digital storefronts, like the gold-standard Steam. In …
Read More »I spent 10 hours on trains listening to the Sony WH-1000XM6 – and it convinced me to upgrade my beloved XM4 headphones
Sony‘s ability to deliver a five-star pair of wireless noise-cancelling headphones is undeniable; just look at its legendary WH-1000XM series, each of which has scored five stars, stretching back to 2017’s WH-1000XM2. Fast forward to the present day, and it has a handful of options from the range still on sale – one such model being the WH-1000XM4 from 2020. …
Read More »Your Sony Bravia TV is finally getting its Android TV 14 upgrade
Aamir Siddiqui / Android Authority Unlike Android on smartphones, the Android TV operating system follows a much longer product development cycle. It’s not uncommon for TV updates to arrive months after a major platform update is released (if at all they arrive). Case in point is Android TV 14, which launched in mid-2024, but has barely arrived on devices other …
Read More »Sony Bravia Theater Bar 6 review: Great sound, greater frustration
Unlike two of its , Sony waited until April to unveil its latest soundbars rather than debut them at CES in January. And even then, the in the company’s 2025 lineup remain untouched. Instead, the : a 3.1.2-channel Dolby Atmos soundbar that comes with a wireless subwoofer and a modest set of features. However, the caveats here are real headscratchers, …
Read More »I compared the best headphones from Apple, Sony, Bose, and Sonos: Here’s how the AirPods Max wins
Jada Jones/ZDNET In the past few years, Bose, Sony, Sonos, and Beats have released premium headphones to compete with each other and Apple’s AirPods Max. I’ve worn all of the AirPods Max’s top competitors, and they each excel in different categories. But for an older dog in this fight, the AirPods Max are still kicking. Since their 2020 release (and …
Read More »The Sony Bravia 10 is the TV I’m most excited to see in 2026 — and it could make OLEDs look obsolete
Sony makes some of the best TVs on the market, but its most exciting yet isn’t bound for debut until 2026 with a model called the Sony Bravia 10. This next-generation TV leverages RGB LEDs to deliver exciting performance enhancements over its rivals. It will purportedly take advantage of MediaTek’s MT9131 chip alongside Sony’s XR Backlight Master Drive algorithm to …
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