The Sony INZONE Buds have been out for a while now however we have now solely simply managed to get out fingers on them. Whereas they might appear like your common Bluetooth earbuds, that is removed from the case.
First, let us take a look at the packaging. Like different not too long ago Sony gadgets, the packaging is fully made out of paper. You get the earbuds, a brief charging cable, and 4 units of silicone suggestions in several sizes.
The INZONE Buds are gaming-centric earbuds that work primarily utilizing a USB dongle that plugs into your PC or PS5. It operates on the two.4GHz band and has a claimed latency of solely 30ms. The dongle can be plugged into tablets and smartphones with a USB-C port for audio.
The INZONE Buds do technically help Bluetooth however in a restricted kind. There’s solely help for Bluetooth LE and the one codec accessible is LC3. Although LC3 was to be the successor to SBC, solely a handful of gadgets help it proper now, that means most individuals will not really have the ability to use these earbuds with Bluetooth.
The INZONE Buds do help ANC, which is not a common-place function in gaming audio gear. In addition they function the identical 8.4mm drivers because the WF-1000XM5 with Sony’s 360 Actuality Audio function. Sony claims 11 hours of battery life with ANC when utilizing the USB dongle and 18 hours when utilizing Bluetooth. That final determine is particularly unbelievable for a pair of TWS earbuds however as talked about earlier than, it solely makes use of Bluetooth LE with LC3 so only a few gadgets can really use it.
However that is all for now. We’re already engaged on the total evaluate and it needs to be dwell shortly.