Everyone Agrees That Sony’s New Earbuds Rock - DTNS 5205
Daily Tech News Show
Tom Merritt
4.8 • 1.5K Ratings
🗓️ 12 February 2026
⏱️ 32 minutes
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The rest of the news is people in the tech world jockeying for political advantage.
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| 0:00.0 | This is the Daily Tech News for Thursday, February 12th, 26. We tell you what you need to know, |
| 0:10.5 | give you the important context and help each other understand. Today, Sony released new wireless |
| 0:16.2 | earbuds. That's nice and also. Why did Tom make us make it the big story i'll explain it all i'm tom barrett i |
| 0:23.2 | went to it now let's start with what you need to know with that big story stand by it |
| 0:30.6 | so he introduced its new top end wireless earbuds the wf 1000 xm6, you may rightly say that wireless earbuds are fairly commonplace. |
| 0:41.3 | So why the heck would I want to make it the big story? And then you'll wave at all the Apple and |
| 0:46.6 | Google and AI news out there. I'll be honest. It was the only story today that every outlet I |
| 0:52.7 | consult, Google News, tech meme, actually not on our own |
| 0:56.5 | subreddit. That was the one exception. But everywhere else, it was posted high up in its coverage. |
| 1:02.1 | And the coverage is basically positive. Don't you want a dose of positivity today? If no, no problem. |
| 1:10.5 | That's why God made X. For the rest of you, let me tell you why |
| 1:14.6 | folks appear to rave about the Sony WF 1000XM6 earbuds. And it's certainly not because of that |
| 1:20.8 | catchy name. It's also not the price. These are 250 pounds UK or $330 US. That's $30 more than the previous model from 2023. |
| 1:30.0 | But they look cool. |
| 1:32.3 | Buds themselves are 11% slimmer. |
| 1:34.9 | They have a rounder design and that allows them to put in a couple extra microphones, |
| 1:40.1 | eight microphones to be exact. |
| 1:42.3 | That includes some beam forming. |
| 1:44.1 | That gives you better voice clarity on calls. |
| 1:46.3 | Improved bone conduction sensors will detect when you're speaking better. |
| 1:50.7 | Also has an upgraded noise cancellation chip that works even with your looser in-air fits. |
| 1:55.4 | Not quite as good as the bows, according to ZDNet, but pretty good. |
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