Forget AirPods Pro: Sony's new earbuds do noise cancelling for $50 less

Forget AirPods Pro: Sony's new earbuds do racket cancelling for $l less

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With the Sony WF-SP800N, Sony is looking to follow upwardly on its excellent Sony WF-1000xM3 with a more sport-focused set of buds. The company's latest headphones could be serious rivals to the likes of the AirPods Pro and Jabra Elite 75t Active, thanks to noise-cancellation, a water-resistant design and long battery life -- all for $199.

The SP800N sport a sleek pattern that look a bit similar the WF-1000xM3, but with added wing tips for a more secure fit while yous run or striking the gym. The buds are IP55 rated, meaning that they tin endure sweat or a quick splash of h2o during a workout, and are designed to be cleanable.

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Here's everything you lot need to know about the Sony WF-SP800N, which could soon be the best sports headphones all the same.

Sony WF-SP800N specs

Toll: $199
Noise-cancellation:
Battery Life: 9 hours (noise-cancelling on); xiii hours (noise-cancelling off)
H2o resistance: IP55

Sony WF-SP800N price and release date

The Sony WF-SP800N is available now and retails for $199. The buds come in two color options: black, and an especially attractive light bluish.

Sony WF-SP800N battery life

The SP800N'southward real killer feature just might be the battery life. These buds are rated for an impressive 9 hours of battery with racket cancelling on and 13 hours with the feature off. You'll likewise get an extra 18 hours from the charging case with noise cancelling on, and an additional 26 hours with it off.

That estimated endurance crushes the AirPods Pro's 5 hours (4.5 hours with noise cancelling), and is a bit longer than the seven.5 hours that the Jabra Elite Agile 75t is rated for. We expect forward to putting the SP800N's battery life to the exam in the real-world to see if information technology truly lives upwards to its assuming claim.

Sony WF-SP800N special features

Other key SP800N features include Extra Bass for boosting the depression end, as well as 360 Reality Sound, which allows you to create your ain personalized sound profile via the Sony Headphones Connect app. The buds support Alexa and Google Banana for smart assistant controls, as well equally intuitive tap controls designed to brand information technology easy to quickly pass up your audio.

The SP800N also delivers Adaptive Audio Control, which automatically changes the amount of ambient sound that comes in based on your environment. That sounds similar a hybrid of the Google Pixel Buds 2's Adaptive Sound feature and the Samsung Galaxy Buds Plus' power to allow in ambient noise, which should make Sony'south new buds ideal for hearing your surround while working out.

Sony WF-SP800N outlook

At $199, the SP800N offer noise cancellation for $fifty less than the AirPods Pro -- non to mention more than than twice the battery life. Couple that with the earbuds' slick, workout-friendly design, and Sony could be coming for Apple and Jabra's throne in the sports headphones arena.

Mike Andronico is Senior Author at CNNUnderscored and was formerly Managing Editor at Tom's Guide. When not at work, you lot tin can usually catch him playing Street Fighter, devouring Twitch streams and trying to convince people that Hawkeye is the all-time Avenger.