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Unreleased Sony WH-1000XM6 Headphones Appear in FCC Filing

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Sony could be close to launching the successor model to its popular WH-1000XM5 over-ear noise-canceling headphones, if a new FCC filing is anything to go by.

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The company’s WH-1000XM5 cans, which we compared to Apple’s AirPods Max back in May 2022, are considered by many to offer some of the best noise-canceling in the business, providing great sound, excellent comfort and long battery life.

Now it appears that Sony wants to go one better, with news that the company has filed for certification for the next model in the series.

First spotted by The Walkman Blog, the filing shows a diagram of the headphones, which appear to feature a new hinge that may or may not indicate a return to the folding design used in the XM4’s. Elsewhere are what look like detachable earpads, similar to AirPods Max, and behind them is a “user-visible name plate” showing the model and serial number.

Specs-wise, aside from support for fast charging and Bluetooth 5.3, the filing doesn’t reveal much about the “Wireless Noise Canceling Stereo Headset,” but they are made in Malaysia and described as an engineering prototype rather than pre-production – just like the XM5 filing, which turned out to be accurate.

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Image credit: The Walkman Blog

With so much going for the current model, it’s difficult to know what improvements Sony is aiming for in the XM6’s, but anticipation for their release is likely to be high nevertheless. Comparing the filing’s short term confidentiality (STC) date to the XM5 filing, The Walkman Blog believes we can expect the headphones to be announced around late April to early May, 2025.

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