Sony WF-1000XM4 vs Sony WF-SP700N

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WF-1000XM4 compared with WF-SP700N

	SonyWF-1000XM4	SonyWF-SP700N
Overview
Released
Released	June 2021	April 2018
Sound
Type
Type	In-ear	In-ear
Noise cancelling
Noise cancelling	Yes	Yes
Transparency mode
Transparency mode	Yes	Yes
Driver size
Driver size	6 mm	6 mm
Bluetooth codecs
Bluetooth codecs	SBC, AAC and LDAC	SBC and AAC
Chip
Chip	Integrated Processor V1	–
Drivers
Drivers	6 mm drivers with high-power neodymium magnets	Closed dynamic 6 mm drivers with CCAW voice coils and neodymium magnets
Noise cancelling detail
Noise cancelling detail	Feedforward and feedback noise-sensing microphones on each earbud; Ambient Sound Mode, Quick Attention, Adaptive Sound Control and automatic wind noise reduction	Digital noise cancelling; Ambient Sound Mode offers Normal and Voice settings
Audio features
Audio features	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	EXTRA BASS tuning and app equalisation; Quick Sound Settings recalls preferred equaliser and ambient settings. Bluetooth transmission range 20 Hz–20 kHz at 44.1 kHz sampling is not a measured acoustic frequency response.
Battery
Listening time (maker's claim)
Listening time (maker's claim)	Up to 8 hours	Up to 3 hours
With the case
With the case	Up to 24 hours	Up to 9 hours
Wireless charging
Wireless charging	Yes	–
Battery life detail
Battery life detail	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.	Maker claim up to three hours playback with AAC, whether noise cancelling or ambient listening is on or off. Manual specifies SBC at two hours with either enabled and 2.5 hours with both off. Up to 3.5 hours talk time; eight hours standby with noise cancelling or ambient mode and 35 hours with both off. SoundGuys measured 2.58 hours at 75 dB SPL.
Charging case
Charging case	USB-C and Qi wireless charging; about 1.5 hours to charge the earbuds and 3 hours for the case	Micro-USB charging; approximately 1.5 hours for the earbuds and three hours for the case. The fully charged case provides approximately two further full charges, for nine hours total at the three-hour AAC claim.
Fast charging
Fast charging	5 minutes of charging gives about 1 hour of playback	Fifteen minutes charging provides approximately 70 minutes playback
Design
Weight (each earbud)
Weight (each earbud)	7.3 g (better)	7.6 g
Water and sweat resistance
Water and sweat resistance	IPX4	IPX4
Bluetooth
Bluetooth	5.2	4.1
Two devices at once
Two devices at once	Yes	No
Controls
Controls	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	Physical buttons for playback, tracks, calls and noise modes; TechRadar reports no earbud volume control. The maker manual confirms calls and the call microphone use the left earbud.
Microphones
Microphones	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	Polyurethane foam Noise Isolation Earbud Tips in S, M and L; an app test checks the seal	–
Case weight
Case weight	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	Approximately 45 g; maker earbud weight is approximately 7.6 g each
Water resistance detail
Water resistance detail	IPX4 for the earbuds only, excluding the sound outlets, ventilation holes and microphone holes; the charging case is not water resistant	IPX4 splash resistance applies to the earbuds; the charging case is not water resistant
Works with
Works with	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	Bluetooth A2DP, AVRCP, HFP and HSP; no multipoint. NFC pairing via the case with compatible Android phones. Sony announced Google Assistant support as a future update; its current manual documents Google Assistant and Alexa with updated software. Sony's US announcement was 8 January 2018 and stated spring availability; Japan specifies 28 April 2018, while Sony Europe's announcement specifies June. April is retained at month precision, without treating a review date as a verified first-sale day.
Colours
Colours	Black, Silver; official press photo shows Silver	Black, White, Pink and Yellow
In the box
In the box	Earbuds, charging case, Noise Isolation Earbud Tips in S, M and L, USB-A to USB-C charging cable	–