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Sony · LinkBuds

LinkBuds Fit

Released October 2024

The LinkBuds Fit are Sony's light noise-cancelling earbuds with soft fitting supporters, the successor to the LinkBuds S, made to stay in during exercise and all-day wear.

Model history · 2 models, 2022–2024
  1. 2022LinkBuds SCompare
  2. 2024LinkBuds Fit
Type
In-ear
Noise cancelling
Yes
Battery
5.5 h
With case
21 h
Best codec
LC3
Weight
4.9 g

What reviewers say

Reviewers agree these are very comfortable and secure, with powerful sound and good connectivity. What Hi-Fi? found the bass a little heavy-handed, the touch controls needing too much force and the choice of three tip sizes meagre; SoundGuys found noise isolation weak because the soft tips seal less well.

From whathifi.com and soundguys.com

Specifications

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Sound

Type
In-ear
Noise cancelling
Yes
Transparency mode
Yes
Spatial audio with head tracking
Yes
Driver size
8.4 mm
Bluetooth codecs
SBC, AAC, LDAC and LC3
Chip
V2
Drivers
8.4 mm Dynamic Driver X
Chip
Integrated Processor V2
Noise cancelling detail
Noise cancelling with Auto NC Optimizer; Ambient Sound Mode with Auto Ambient Sound; Speak-to-Chat; wind noise reduction structure
Audio features
LDAC up to 990 kbps (Hi-Res Audio Wireless); DSEE Extreme upscaling; 360 Reality Audio with head tracking; LE Audio (LC3); BGM effect; equaliser in the app

Battery

Listening time (maker's claim)
Up to 5.5 hours
With the case
Up to 21 hours
Wireless charging
No
Battery life detail
Up to 8 hours with noise cancelling off (AAC); with LDAC, 3.5 hours with noise cancelling on or 4.5 hours off; with SBC, 5 hours on or 7.5 hours off; with LC3, 4.5 hours on or 7.5 hours off; 21 hours in total with the case (Sony doesn't say with which settings); talk time up to 4 hours
Charging case
USB-C; about 3 hours to fully charge the case, 2 hours for the earbuds; 47.2 × 47.2 × 32.6 mm
Fast charging
5 minutes of charging gives about 1 hour of playback

Design

Weight (each earbud)
4.9 g
Water and sweat resistance
IPX4
Bluetooth
5.3
Two devices at once
Yes
Controls
Wide Area Tap on the earbud or the face in front of the ear (by default the left switches noise cancelling and Ambient Sound Mode; the right plays and pauses and skips tracks; tap three times on either to answer or end calls; tap five or more times for volume), reassignable in the app; head gestures to answer calls; voice control; Quick Access; IR sensors pause music when an earbud is taken out
Microphones
Microphones on the outside and inside of each earbud, with Precise Voice Pickup Technology and AI noise reduction for calls
Fit and ear tips
Air Fitting Supporters and Soft Fitting Earbud Tips in SS, S, M and L (M fitted); either earbud can be used on its own
Case weight
About 41 g
Water resistance detail
IPX4 for the earbuds, excluding the sound outlet, ventilation holes and microphone holes; the charging case is not water resistant
Works with
Sony | Sound Connect app for iOS and Android; multipoint connection to two devices; LE Audio with compatible devices; Auto Switch with the LinkBuds Speaker; Google Assistant and Amazon Alexa; Google Fast Pair and Microsoft Swift Pair; Bluetooth 5.3 Class 1, about 10 m range
Colours
Black, White, Green, Violet (Olivia Rodrigo edition); Pink added in June 2025
In the box
Earbuds, charging case, USB-C cable (USB-A to USB-C), Soft Fitting Earbud Tips in SS, S, M and L, documents

Pros and cons

Pros

  • Integrated Processor V2 and 8.4 mm Dynamic Driver X, as in the WF-1000XM5
  • LDAC and LE Audio (LC3), multipoint and head-tracked 360 Reality Audio
  • Wide Area Tap lets you tap in front of the ear instead of on the earbud

Cons

  • Up to 5.5 hours per charge with noise cancelling on, shorter than the LinkBuds S
  • No wireless charging
  • The charging case isn't water resistant

Closest rivals

Model
TypeNoise cancellingBatteryWith caseBest codecWeightReleased
NothingEar
In-earYes5.2 h24 hLDAC4.62 gApr 2024
beyerdynamicAMIRON 100
In-earYes6 h35 hAAC4.15 gNov 2024
SamsungGalaxy Buds3 Pro
In-earYes6 h26 hSamsung Seamless Codec5.4 gJul 2024

Previous model: LinkBuds S.

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