JBL Live Pro 2 TWS vs Sony WF-1000XM4

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Live Pro 2 TWS compared with WF-1000XM4

	JBLLive Pro 2 TWS	SonyWF-1000XM4
Overview
Released
Released	June 2022	June 2021
Sound
Type
Type	In-ear	In-ear
Noise cancelling
Noise cancelling	Yes	Yes
Transparency mode
Transparency mode	Yes	Yes
Driver size
Driver size	11 mm	6 mm
Impedance
Impedance	16 ohms	–
Bluetooth codecs
Bluetooth codecs	SBC and AAC	SBC, AAC and LDAC
Chip
Chip	–	Integrated Processor V1
Drivers
Drivers	11 mm dynamic; 20 Hz–20 kHz frequency response and 105 dB SPL sensitivity at 1 kHz	6 mm drivers with high-power neodymium magnets
Noise cancelling detail
Noise cancelling detail	True Adaptive Noise Cancelling, Ambient Aware and TalkThru; app leakage and ear-canal compensation confirmed by TechRadar	Feedforward and feedback noise-sensing microphones on each earbud; Ambient Sound Mode, Quick Attention, Adaptive Sound Control and automatic wind noise reduction
Audio features
Audio features	JBL Headphones app EQ and Audio/Video modes; SBC/AAC confirmed by What Hi-Fi?	DSEE Extreme upscaling; 360 Reality Audio with compatible services; Bluetooth frequency response of 20 Hz–20 kHz at 44.1 kHz sampling, or 20 Hz–40 kHz with LDAC at 96 kHz and 990 kbps
Hearing health
Hearing health	VoiceAware own-voice monitoring	–
Battery
Listening time (maker's claim)
Listening time (maker's claim)	Up to 8 hours	Up to 8 hours
With the case
With the case	Up to 30 hours	Up to 24 hours
Wireless charging
Wireless charging	Yes	Yes
Battery life detail
Battery life detail	Up to ten hours with ANC off, eight with standard ANC or six with True Adaptive ANC; maker's 40-hour total includes ANC off. What Hi-Fi? gives 30 hours including the case with ANC on. Each bud has a 65 mAh, 3.85 V battery; two-hour charging	With DSEE Extreme off, the manual lists AAC playback up to 8 hours with noise cancelling or 12 hours off; SBC up to 7.5 hours on or 11 hours off; LDAC up to 5 hours on or 6 hours off. LDAC with DSEE Extreme set to AUTO and noise cancelling on is up to 3.5 hours. The launch release claims 24 hours with the case with noise cancelling, or 36 hours off; talk time up to 5.5 hours with noise cancelling and 6 hours off.
Charging case
Charging case	580 mAh, 3.8 V battery; USB-C and Qi charging; maker gives four-hour wireless charging	USB-C and Qi wireless charging; about 1.5 hours to charge the earbuds and 3 hours for the case
Fast charging
Fast charging	Fifteen minutes supplies up to four hours	5 minutes of charging gives about 1 hour of playback
Design
Weight (each earbud)
Weight (each earbud)	4.8 g (better)	7.3 g
Water and sweat resistance
Water and sweat resistance	IPX5	IPX4
Bluetooth
Bluetooth	5.2	5.2
Two devices at once
Two devices at once	Yes	Yes
Controls
Controls	Touch and voice controls; automatic pause/resume confirmed by What Hi-Fi?, which found it over-sensitive	Touch controls for playback, volume and sound modes; Quick Attention lowers music volume while a finger is held on the left earbud; Speak-to-Chat pauses music and admits outside sound when speech is detected; wear detection pauses playback when an earbud is removed
Microphones
Microphones	Six beamforming microphones across the pair	Dual noise-sensing microphones per earbud; Precise Voice Pickup uses beamforming and a bone-conduction sensor for calls
Fit and ear tips
Fit and ear tips	Oval tubes and silicone tips in small, medium and large sizes; app seal check	Polyurethane foam Noise Isolation Earbud Tips in S, M and L; an app test checks the seal
Case weight
Case weight	48.4 g	About 41 g; the UK support specifications put this under an unqualified weight heading, while the manual distinguishes the case from each 7.3 g earbud with M tips fitted
Water resistance detail
Water resistance detail	IPX5 earbuds; no case rating inferred	IPX4 for the earbuds only, excluding the sound outlets, ventilation holes and microphone holes; the charging case is not water resistant
Works with
Works with	Two Bluetooth devices, Dual Connect & Sync and Google Fast Pair; Android voice-assistant requirements apply	Bluetooth A2DP, AVRCP, HFP and HSP; Google Fast Pair and Microsoft Swift Pair; the current manual describes two-device multipoint, which Sony's firmware notes list as an added feature; LDAC needs a compatible source
Colours
Colours	Black, Silver, Blue and Rose	Black, Silver; official press photo shows Silver
In the box
In the box	Earbuds, three tip sizes, USB-C charging cable, charging case, warranty and quick-start guide. Maker UK release confirms June 2022 availability, also reported by TechRadar	Earbuds, charging case, Noise Isolation Earbud Tips in S, M and L, USB-A to USB-C charging cable