Xbox Wireless Headset review: Premium audio at a reasonable price

This Xbox & PC headset offers performance and a feature set that belie its price point. As well as the ability to hook it up to your Xbox One or Xbox Series X/S without a dongle, it sports Bluetooth connectivity for mobile use. Its audio signature is big and bold enough, but without overblowing clarity, and it's as capable with gameplay as it is Netflix and music streaming.

Excellent audio for the price; Well built; Easy to pair and use; Dolby Atmos and other object-based surround support; Bluetooth on board for mobile connectivity;

The microphone is decent but not spectacular; Have to manually adjust your speaker volume when wearing the headset - or both will play;

Xbox Wireless Headset Review

Microsoft tosses its hat into the wireless gaming headset ring with the Xbox Wireless Headset. This $99.99 headset is designed to work with the Xbox Series X and Xbox Series S, along with the different Xbox One models, and it features Bluetooth so you can connect it to other devices, too. The headset looks and feels nice for the price, and it features powerful, bass-heavy audio. The bass can be a bitheavy without tweaking the headset’s EQ, and the Bluetooth connection isn’t nearly as good as the Xbox wireless connection it uses with the consoles (or with Windows 10 PCs, with an optional adapter). Still, if you take Xbox Wireless Headset as an Xbox-specific headset first and foremost, it’s an excellent pick that earns our Editors’ Choice award. Simple and Comfortable The Xbox Wireless Headset has a surprisingly simple design. It's nearly all-black, with flat, matte plastic surfaces on the earcups and headband that evoke the Xbox Series X. The large, circular earpads are padded w...

The Xbox Wireless Headset offers powerful sound and a lightweight, comfortable fit, though you might want to turn down the bass a bit.

Lightweight and comfortable; Robust sound; Bluetooth connectivity; Remembers multiple wireless signals

Bluetooth lacks high-end audio codecs; Bass-heavy sound requires EQ adjustments