When will the PULSE Elevate Wireless Speakers be released?

Sony announced the PULSE Elevate wireless speakers back in September 2025. The only release information is from Sony’s own website, stating a 2026 release. So when will the speakers finally launch?

Unfortunately I do not know the exact date. The only information we have is the FCC short term confidentiality end date, which is May 18 2026. This means that Sony will have to reveal the external photos, internal photos, and the manual to the public.

With the design revealed last year, the FCC external documents will not reveal anything new, so it will not matter if there is no release announcement before the end date. Of course, once May 18 rolls around, the manual, along with the specifications, and the internal photos will have to be revealed. Naturally, I suspect Sony could announce the availability and price in the next few weeks.

There is a rumoured PlayStation State of Play on April 16th according to NateTheHate2 on twitter. But this might be just a game oriented event with no hardware announcements.

There have been several import filings for the speakers, like to the US, Germany, and Japan.

Checking the filings for Japan for example, we can see the buyer is Inventec Appliances Corp.

And the seller (supplier) is also Inventec, Inventec Vietnam to be precise. I am confident that Inventec is the manufacturer, as they are the ODM responsible for the PULSE Explore earbuds and PULSE Elite Headset.

Looking through the FCC filing for the speakers, it looks like there are 3 antennas in each speaker, two antennas for 2.4GHz proprietary connection and one for Bluetooth.

The internal battery is 3.6V, but no capacity is provided. The filing does seem to reveal the Bluetooth SoC, either an Airoha Ab1565 or AB1568. Although technically the same chip, just different memory. The PULSE earbuds use an Airoha chip, the AB1565M, so Sony sticking with Airoha makes sense.

There is no information about what chip Sony is using for the 2.4 GHz connection. The speakers will be using the PS Link for this 2.4 GHz proprietary connection, like the other PS devices.

Recent information about the rumoured State of Play on April 16th is that it will be 3rd party oriented, and not Sony, with Sony holding their own event later in May/June. Sony revealing availability and price in May makes more sense, as a June date would be past the FCC end date. Sony could ask for an a FCC authorization withdrawal as they did with the LinkBuds line, on account that that product was delayed. But somehow I do not see that happening with the speakers.

From the details above, I have a hunch that we could see Sony announce availability and price in May, with retail availability in Summer 2026. If anyone has any price and availability details for the speakers, please contact me.

Update 1 – July 3

I honestly believed Sony would announce the price and availability for the PULSE Elevate speakers before the end of the FCC date in June, but no they did not. Considering the design was already revealed by Sony in the announcement, it did not really matter if the FCC filing would reveal the design. This has happened in the past with some of Sony’s wireless headsets, but they were not announcement beforehand.

Some good news for anyone waiting for the speakers, they did appear on Bluetooth’s SIG website recently, so hopefully this means a retail release is close by.

The speakers are also up on the PlayStation UK website with regards to product security updates, and is listed as being supported until April 2030.

The online guide is not working yet, but will be going up after announcement.

The FCC internal photos reveal that Sony is using a different Bluetooth chip. The software test tool says Airoha AB1566/68, but Sony is using an Airoha AB1585. Perhaps the software name does not matter, and Sony was always going to use the AB1585.

We also now know the 2.4 GHz proprietary connection chip. Skyworks SKY76361. I recall seeing the Skyworks logo on the CFI-ZWA3 dongle (thanks LG), so Sony has used the chip before. So it looks like PS-Link in the speakers is using a dedicated 2.4 Ghz 3/6 Mbps connection, low latency of < 9ms, and up to 8 channels of uncompressed audio. Both the PS-Link and Bluetooth connection can be used at the same time.

The internal battery according to the manual is 2400 mAh (3.6V), so a pretty decent capacity. Each speaker weights 1.3 Kg, and the dock is 35.8g.

With the Bluetooth SIG appearance, I think retail availability should be coming soon.