Sony WF-1000XM6 Teaser

Sony has dropped the WF-1000XM6 teaser on Sony.co.uk. The Sony Europe channel also has put up a video, see below. The date of the reveal is February 12 4pm GMT, confirming the leak from Dealabs and billbil_kun. The headset design has leaked, so check it out here.

The name in the image file on the Sony website is quite familiar,

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E6 was used by Sony back in May 2025, when I first wrote about the model appearing in the Sony Sound connect app. The photo in the teaser shows the earbuds inside the car from the top up.

Here are the times for other areas:

• Los Angeles – February 12 – 08:00
• New York – February 12 – 11:00
• London UK – February 12 – 16:00
• Berlin – February 12 – 17:00
• New Delhi – February 12 – 21:30
• Hong Kong – February 12 – 00:00
• Tokyo – February 13 – 01:00
• Seoul – February 13 – 01:00
• Melbourne – February 12 – 3:00

Update

Specifications from Dealabs and  Billbil-kun

• New QN3e processor (3x faster)
• 8 microphones (4 per earbud)
• 8h + 16h battery life
• New driver
• 10-band EQ
• New DAC and amp

The leak also mentions 360 Reality Audio with head-tracking as a new feature. but the current WF-1000XM5 already supports this. I checked back on the WF-1000XM5 firmware updates, and it seems that this feature was present from debut, so not a new feature.

Perhaps this new QN3e is one of the new CXD chips, CXD379x.