LinkBuds S
With LinkBuds S, you’re always connected to your everyday worlds. Ultra-small and light, they can be worn comfortably around the clock, keeping you in touch with people and places. LinkBuds S switches automatically to optimized ambient sound or high-quality noise cancelling for listening without distractions.
LinkBuds series are comfortable enough to wear all the time and smart so they adapt to your life—keeping you connected to the people and entertainment you love.
Make it personal with a choice of four premium matte colours—including blue-marble colour Earth Blue—all with matching case.
See how LinkBuds S bridges your everyday life with all-day comfort, natural ambient sound or noise cancelling. Plus Adaptive Sound Control and immersive sound quality for music and calls.
Small, light and smart with a secure and stable fit to keep you connected and in control of your day.
Approximately 4.8 grams in weight, Linkbuds S are the world’s smallest and lightest, noise-cancelling, Hi-Res truly wireless headphones. We’ve kept the size down by developing a compact driver and integrating the Bluetooth® Audio SoC (System on Chip) and high-quality noise-cancelling processor in one single chip. It’s 40% smaller than the WF-1000XM4.
LinkBuds S combines a shape that perfectly matches the human ear with an ergonomic design for a more stable fit. We’ve designed LinkBuds S utilizing extensive ear shape data collated since introducing the world’s first in-ear headphones in 1982, as well as evaluation of the sensitivity of various types of ears to ensure an ideal shape that is comfortable for many people.
These earbuds give you the best of both worlds—Sony’s best transparent ambient sound in truly wireless headphones when you want to interact with your world, high-quality noise cancelling when you need to focus. LinkBuds S automatically switches between Ambient Sound Mode and noise cancelling depending on where you are and what you’re doing.
Adaptive Sound Control is a smart function that senses where you are and what you’re doing, then adjusts ambient sound settings for the ideal listening experience. Over time, it learns your behaviour and recognizes locations that you frequently visit, such as your workplace or a favourite café, and tailors sound to suit the situation.
If you’re looking for new entertainment options beyond music and calls, LinkBuds S use new sensor and spatial sound technology to deliver immersive sound for Augmented Reality games like ‘Ingress’ from Niantic.
When playing ‘Ingress’ using LinkBuds S, sensor and spatial sound technology deliver a new experience, with sound delivered from different directions according to the action in the game with head tracking.
Auto Play delivers music and audio notifications just when you need them. Music plays at your preferred timings, such as when you’re putting your headphones on or starting to walk for a break, uplifting your mood effortlessly. Audio notification reminds you of all your important events, so your phone can stay safely in your pocket. Link with Spotify, Endel and Apple Music apps to get your favourite music and relaxing soundscapes. Auto Play app is in Beta, which means its features and experiences might be changed and improved.
Easily connect with the people you know and the content you love. Make ultra-clear calls without noise, and listen to great sounding music without distraction.
With Precise Voice Pickup Technology that optimally controls microphones on the outside and inside of the earbud, and advanced audio signal processing, conversations are ultra-clear, even in noisy environments. Our noise-reduction algorithm was developed with AI machine learning using over 500 million voice samples to suppress ambient noise and extract your voice clearly.
A new 5 mm driver unit featuring a high-compliance diaphragm helps keep LinkBuds S small. Despite its size, it reproduces powerful bass and crystal-clear vocals, bringing out the best in all music genres. Rich mid-range sound gives clear reproduction of voices in music, movies and podcasts. And with enhanced noise cancelling, LinkBuds S provides less distractions too.
LinkBuds S supports High-Resolution Audio Wireless thanks to LDAC, our industry-adopted audio coding technology. LDAC transmits approximately three times more data than conventional Bluetooth® audio allowing you to enjoy High-Resolution Audio content in exceptional quality, as close as possible to that of a dedicated wired connection.
Using Edge-AI (Artificial Intelligence), DSEE Extreme™ upscales compressed digital music files in real time. Dynamically recognizing instrumentation, musical genres and individual elements of each song, it restores high-range sound lost in compression.
Our smart features make it easier than ever to access and enjoy your entertainment throughout the day.
A shortcut to your music with simple taps – with no need to touch your smartphone. You can enjoy your music in an effortless way.
LinkBuds S are even better with the Sound Connect app. The simple, intuitive interface lets you dial in your ideal sound and shortcut settings and can keep track of your recent listening history. Safe Listening even lets you check you’re in line with WHO healthy listening habits.
You can set Speak-to-Chat to automatically pause the music as soon as you speak to someone, so you can hear just ambient sound and conduct a conversation—handy if you want to keep your headphones on or your hands are full. And once your chat is over, your music starts playing again automatically.
Just take the earbuds out of your ears and the music stops—a proximity sensor knows when you are wearing one or both earbuds. Pop the earbuds back in and the music starts again.
Get hands-free help—Just say “Hey Google” or “Alexa” to activate your preferred voice assistant.Listen to music, connect with friends, get notifications, set reminders and more. You can even control your headphone features like noise cancellation with your voice, listen to and interact with emails in Microsoft Outlook and join Microsoft Teams meetings using Google Assistant or Siri.
LinkBuds S features intuitive touch control settings—for example, tap on the left earbud to change from Noise Cancelling to Ambient Sound and long tap for Quick Attention, or double tap on the right to skip to the next track.
LinkBuds S supports Google’s helpful new Fast Pair feature. It lets you easily locate where you left your headphones by tone sound, or checking their last known location in Google’s Find My Device app on your smartphone.
Swift Pair makes it quick and easy to pair your headphones with your Windows 11 or Windows 10 laptop, desktop PC or tablet. Pop-up pairing guidance appears on nearby Windows 11 or Windows 10 devices when pairing mode is selected.
For total convenience, these Bluetooth® headphones can be paired with two Bluetooth devices at the same time. So when a call comes in, your headphones know which device is ringing and connect to the right one automatically. You’ll also be able to quickly switch your headphones to either of the two devices at the touch of a button.
These earbuds are ready for LE Audio (Beta version), a next-generation Bluetooth® audio that enables ultra-low latency—ideal for gaming.
A) Conventional L to R Relay BT Transmission. (B) LinkBuds S L/R Simultaneous BT Transmission
For low latency and high sound quality, even around other interference, the Bluetooth® signal is transmitted to both ears at the same time. Thanks to the powerful Integrated Processor V1, you’ll enjoy stable, skip-free, wireless sound.
Your LinkBuds S are designed for both style and environmental consciousness.
LinkBuds S use recycled plastic materials from automobile parts.
No plastic is included in the packaging material for LinkBuds S, reflecting our commitment to reducing the environmental impact of our products.
Since the marble pattern is unique to each individual product, variations may occur between the photograph and the actual device.
Parts of the body and case of LinkBuds S in Earth Blue are made from factory-recovered plastic and reclaimed water bottles, in addition to recycled plastic materials from automobile parts. This gives them their characteristic marble pattern. Inevitable variations in the marble pattern mean that no two pairs of LinkBuds S in Earth Blue are quite the same.
Sony contributed a total of USD 1 million, including USD 500,000 from the sales of LinkBuds S to Conservation International over 2022–2023, to help protect an area of ocean equivalent to 11,350 square miles (29,400 square kilometres). This investment is helping to reinvigorate degraded marine areas and restore the ocean’s ability to provide for all of us.
Listen anytime, anywhere with IPX4 water resistance and enough battery power to last a whole day.
With an IPX4 water-resistance rating, splashes and sweat won’t stop these Sony earbuds—so you can keep on moving to the music.
You can enjoy a full working day of charge—6 hours—from your headphones and store another 14 hours in the case. That means a full 20 hours of listening every time you leave the house. In a hurry? Just 5 minute quick charging gives you up to 60 minutes of play time, and the Sony | Sound Connect app will even notify you when your charging case drops below 30%.
With its stylish rounded design and matching colours, the charging case perfectly complements LinkBuds S. It fits comfortably in your hand or pockets for life on the go.
Open up the packaging of your LinkBuds S and you’ll find 4 sizes of earbud tips to suit different ear shapes and a USB-C charging cable.
With 360 Reality Audio certified headphones and the Sony | Sound Connect app, optimize your experience by analyzing your individual ear shape, and enjoy the ultimate immersive music experience.
We believe technology should make the world more interactive, more creative, more entertaining, and more inclusive. By incorporating human-centric, inclusive design into our audio products, we deliver our Kando experience to all our users, regardless of age, ability or environment.
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