Sony WF-1000XM6 Leaked by Retailer

2 February 2026 TheWalkmanBlog 0 Comments

We have a retail leak of the upcoming Sony WF-1000XM6. Thanks to Mr_Snail10 from reddit for posting the link, excellent find. Say hello to the new WF-1000XM6.

Update 2

Dealabs and Billbil-kun have posted the specifications for the new model. If correct, then the new model may not be much of an upgrade from the WF-1000XM5 if we only go off the specs.

There is no mention of any new SoC or DSEE Extreme, and the battery life looks to be the same (8h + 16h). We have a 10-band EQ, like the new Clip received, and a new QN3e chip for processing. There are 4 mics per earbud, which was clear from the leaked photos. Granted the 8 hour battery life is with 4 NC microphones and improved ANC, so that is the trade off perhaps. There is also new new driver, but no mention of size.

Update 1

We lack any specifications for the new model, but in meantime, I tried to make a size comparison using the photos from the retail leak. As there are no dimensions for the case, we cannot use that as a reference, so I had to go another route. I ended up using the 2 photos below, which are roughly the same angle.

I rotated the photos and re-sized the photos, to match up the tips, which almost match in size and shape. Whether they are identical remains to be seen.

If my size comparison is correct, then the new WF-1000XM6 earbuds are not that much larger than the WF-1000XM5. And now for the case. Using the earbuds as the size reference, I sized up the cases.

From the photo, we can see the WF-1000XM6 case is narrower when compared to the WF-1000XM5. This does seem to match the box dimensions I wrote about way back in July 2025, which showed a narrower box but also a tad taller and deeper. Edit, while perhaps not accurate, I tried estimating the size of the WF-1000XM6 case using the dimensions of the WF-1000XM5 case using the above photo. The case width came out to around 56.8mm. If we assume the width to be ‘close’, then the depth of the case could be around ~25.9mm. Finally the height based off the photo would be around 35.2mm. This would mean we are looking at a potential case dimension of 56.8 x 35.2 x 26 mm. Whether this is accurate remains to be seen.

While examining the WF-1000XM6 case photos, I did notice that the LED is still present on the front, but behind the plastic. It is not that visible but it is there. Here is a zoomed in shot.