Speaking of switching off, Sony also made one small, but very important change – it improved the accuracy of wearing detection. Previously, the recognition of wearing the headphones was done by a single proximity sensor. Now WH-1000XM5 use a capacitive sensor, hidden on the entire surface of the headphones, behind the earpieces. Thanks to this, the headphones instantly stop the sound when we take them off the head, and thus save energy, although … then you do not have to worry. Sony declares 30 hours of working time and I believe them, because for almost two weeks of listening for about 2 hours a day, with ANC constantly on, I was not able to discharge them. When it’s time to charge, in this generation we will use fast charging using the USB-C Power Delivery standard.
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