Smarter listening experience

Talk and hear only ambient sound

You can set Speak-to-Chat to automatically pause the music as soon as you speak to someone, so you can hear just ambient sound and conduct a conversation0 — handy if you want to keep your earbuds on or your hands are full. And once your chat is over, your music starts playing again automatically1.
An illustration of two people talking, one of whom is wearing WF-1000XM4

Adaptive Sound Control automatically adjusts to whatever you do

Adaptive Sound Control is a smart function that senses where you are and what you’re doing, then adjusts ambient sound settings for the ideal listening experience. It even recognises locations that you frequently visit, such as your workplace, the gym, or a favourite café, and switches to sound modes that suit the situation.
Sat nav style streetmap showing points of interest