Sony Wf-1000Xm4 Controls (2024)

FAQs

How do you answer calls on Sony earbuds WF 1000XM4? ›

Incoming call

You can use the touch sensor on either the left or right unit to perform the following operations. When only one unit of the headset is worn on your ear, operate the headset on the unit that is worn. Tap the touch sensor twice quickly to answer a call.

Play/Pause: Tap the touch sensor control panel twice quickly (with an interval of about 0.4 seconds). Skip to the beginning of the next track: Swipe forward and release. Skip to the beginning of the previous track (or the current track during playback): Swipe backward and release. Fast-forward: Swipe forward and hold.

Play/Pause: Tap the touch sensor. Skip to the beginning of the next track: Tap the touch sensor twice quickly (with an interval of about 0.3 seconds). Skip to the beginning of the previous track (or the current track during playback): Tap the touch sensor 3 times quickly (with an interval of about 0.3 seconds).

Tap the touch sensor control panel twice quickly to answer a call. Hold your finger to the touch sensor control panel to reject a call.

Put on the headset with the power turned on. Press and hold the CUSTOM button for about 2 seconds until you hear the voice guidance say, “Optimizer start”. Test signals will be heard during the optimization. When the optimizing process is finished, you will hear the voice guidance say, “Optimizer finished”.

Open the Equalizer menu and you'll see six frequency band sliders: five run vertically and are identified from low to high frequencies as 400Hz, 1kHz, 2.5kHz, 6.3kHz, and 16kHz. The bass slider doesn't identify a specific frequency but runs horizontally along the bottom and is just called Clear Bass.

When you finish talking, tap the touch sensor on the left or right unit of the headset twice (with an interval of about 0.3 seconds) to end the call. If you received a call during music playback, music playback resumes automatically after ending the call.

Connect the headset to a smartphone or mobile phone via a Bluetooth connection beforehand. When you hear a ring tone, tap the touch sensor on the left or right headset unit twice quickly (with an interval of about 0.3 seconds between taps) to receive the call. A voice will be heard from the headset.

What is the custom button on the WF 1000XM4? ›

WH-1000XM4

Press the CUSTOM button to use Google Assistant. Press and hold the button to input a voice command. Press the button twice quickly to cancel the voice command.

Try going into the "Control Panel" and select "Devices and Printers". Right click on the WH-1000XM4 and select "Properties". In the "Services" tab, check the box next to "Handsfree Telephony". After I got that selected, my microphone worked fine.

You can enjoy a hands-free call with a smartphone or mobile phone that supports the Bluetooth profile HFP (Hands-free Profile) or HSP (Headset Profile), via Bluetooth connection. If your smartphone or mobile phone supports both HFP and HSP, set it to HFP.

The Sony WF-1000XM4 wireless Bluetooth earbuds offer quite the phone call experience. Whereas most wireless earbuds offer pretty abysmal call quality, these buds offer reliable, high-quality calls with noise cancellation measures that actually work.

When the microphone is not set up, the Speak-to-Chat mode activates when it detects the speech of the person wearing the headset, and the sound from the headset is muted.