We’re closing in on the second birthday of the Sony WF-1000XM5, which means it’s time we started looking forward to their successors: the WF-1000XM6. These would be the new entries in Sony’s line of premium earbuds, which has typically seen biannual releases, and rumors have said that Sony is looking to update both the WF-1000XM6 earbuds and Sony WH-1000XM6 headphones at the same time this summer.
The Sony WF-1000XM6 would therefore be the brand’s latest attempt at a hostile takeover of our guide to the best earbuds, and it’s about time – the XM5 only exist on that list in our ‘honorable mentions’ category, which is a sad surprise given Sony’s heritage in audio (and the fact that its cheaper earbuds like the WF-C510 are on there), but they just weren't the slam dunk we expected.
