As noted in our recent review of the Xperia Ear Duo, it’s difficult to think of any company - aside from maybe Jabra - that’s playing as deeply into the fast-growing true wireless earbuds space as Sony is. Between the experimental Ear Duo and last year’s WF-1000X, it’s clear that Sony are looking to cater to more than just that core customer looking to make the jump to true wireless. Thus far, Sony’s approach hasn’t been about offering one-size fits all true wireless products but instead opted for more-specialized fare.

The Sony WF-SP700N sports earbuds take the strengths of last year’s WF-1000X and mold them to a very different cause.

Noise-cancelling; Solid durability;

Battery life lags compared to competition; First-gen connectivity dropouts;

The Sony Sport WF-SP700N earphones are actually very good earbuds, well designed, comfortable and with respectable sound. Just don’t expect to get anything much out of the active noise cancellation.

Very solid Bluetooth connection; good sound; control app; good fit

A touch bright; active noise reduction doesn’t seem to work

Have tested these for 2 weeks now and like them sharply got them when I bought the new Sony xperia xz2 handset. What distinguishes these in-ears with others is that they have very much bass that I also like, so if you like a lot of bass buy these!

easy to use and set up even for a novice like me sound is great but dont work when you try to answer phone with them which could be me and not finding the setting on my phone .

The ambient sound is the selling point with me. I can hear cars coming, people talking, and my music, or media too. You stay in touch with your surroundings when you need to and you can zone out when its safe. The sound is Sony good when the world around shuts down.

Ambient sound; no wires; decent fit; easy to use

battery time

Headphones were meant to be wireless. Ears weren't meant to be bound and shackled to tangled wires. Now that we've had a chance to regularly use Bluetooth headphones over the past few years, we can't help but wonder how we were able to get along without them.

In November 2017, Sony rolled out the WF-1000X in India. The wireless headphones were the first in the world to include noise cancellation in a truly wireless form factor while reproducing good audio.

Active noise cancellation; IPX4 certification; Adjustable ANC

Flimsy charging case; No volume controls

Water resistant, truly wireless earbuds with noise cancelling

Awesome fit and sound quality

Awful battery life

We are coming into almost a year since Sony unveiled their first truly wireless earbuds last year with the Sony WF-1000X at IFA. Those earbuds came with a brushed metal charging case that had adequate battery life but provided some of the best bass in their category.

Summertime is no time for over-ear headphones (as the sweat smears on my QC-35 earpads will attest). So when Sony asked me to review its new truly wireless WF-SP700N earbuds, the timing was perfect.