Sony surprised us by sending prototype WF-1000XM5 earbuds for review — and not telling us at first. Here's what happened, and an update to our review.
As the Barenaked Ladies famously sang, it’s been one week. One week since Digital Trends and the rest of the techno-review world published the first reviews of the Sony WF-1000XM5 wireless noise-canceling earbuds. Or at least, these were supposed to be the first reviews. As it turned out — and at first unbeknownst to any of these publications — Sony didn’t send out full production versions of the XM5.
Recommended Videos Sometimes, prototypes are so polished and perfected that they’re indistinguishable from the final product. But that was not the case with the XM5. In critical areas like active noise cancellation, call quality, and Bluetooth connections, the prototypes exhibited less-than-ideal performance.
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