• Connect your online and offline worlds
• Unique open ring driver links your content and what’s happening in your surroundings
• Crystal-clear conversations with high quality sound
• Integrated V1 Processor for balanced high-quality sound
• Precise Voice Pickup technology for crystal clear phone calls
• Up to 5.5 hours of battery and a total of up to 17.5 hours with the charging case
• IPX4 splash-proof and sweat-proof design
• Ultra-small and light for a fit that stays all day
• Control audio by tapping in front of your ears
• Adaptive Volume Control optimizes sound to your environment

Every world. Always on.

Link your online and offline worlds with headphones that keep you in both. The all-new Sony LinkBuds feature a comfortable open-ring design that naturally blends ambient sound with digital sound. Stay authentically connected to everyday life while listening to music, taking calls, gaming, and more, all with dynamic sound.

All your worlds, always connected

See how LinkBuds keep you connected and in control of your everyday music by combining superior fit, open-ear styling with high call and sound quality.

At a glance

Keep every world on
LinkBuds are comfortable enough to wear all the time and smart enough to adapt to your life – keeping you connected to the people and entertainment you love.

Hear calls and music clearly
Calls and music come through exceptionally clear, delivering an authentic listening experience.

Stay connected to the world around you
LinkBuds keep you connected and in control of your everyday music by combining comfortable open-ear styling.

Be ready for the day ahead
With IPX4 water resistance and long battery life, LinkBuds keep you ready for whatever life brings.

Every world. Always on.

LinkBuds are comfortable enough to wear all the time and smart enough to adapt to your life – keeping you connected to the people and entertainment you love.

Ultra-small and light

Approximately four grams in weight and extremely small, LinkBuds are a marvel of miniaturization. Ultra-small and light for a fit that stays all day

Hear calls and music clearly

Calls and music come through exceptionally clear, delivering an authentic listening experience.

Crystal clear calling

Precise Voice Pickup technology performs advanced voice signal processing that allows the person on the other end of calls to hear you clearly, even through noisy surroundings. Our noise reduction algorithm was developed using AI machine learning using more than 500 million voice samples to suppress ambient noise and extract your voice clearly in a wide range of environments.

Authentic and natural sound

Our Integrated Processor V1 reproduces all the detail in your music with minimal distortion for an authentic listening experience. Enjoy well-balanced, high-quality sound with a clear mid-high range.

Give your favorite music a boost

When an original musical source is compressed our Digital Sound Enhancement Engine faithfully restores music to high-quality sound that’s closer to the original recording.

Stay connected to the world around you

LinkBuds keep you connected and in control of your everyday music by combining comfortable open-ear styling.

Wide Area Tap

Even with the small size of LinkBuds, they’re still incredibly easy to operate with Wide Area Tap. With this feature, you can double or triple tap the area in front of either ear to control your music playback. You never even need to touch LinkBuds to operate them.

Adaptive Volume Control

Adaptative Volume control automatically optimizes volume based on your environment. LinkBuds adjusts to lower volume in quieter places and higher volume in noisier situations.

Speak to Chat

With the Speak to Chat feature, the LinkBuds will automatically pause your audio as soon as you speak to someone so you can effectively have a conversation without taking the headphones out and will resume playing your audio.

Control with your voice

One simple button press connects you instantly to your smartphone’s voice assistant so you can find directions, play music, communicate with contacts and so much more.

Find your headphones with Fast Pair

Enjoy fast pairing capability through LinkBuds support with Google’s new Fast Pair feature. Quickly and effortlessly pair your LinkBuds with your Android device with just a simple tap. You can also easily locate your headphones by pinging them or checking their last known location on your smartphone.

Easy pairing with your computer

Swift Pair makes it quick and easy to pair your LinkBuds 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.

Quick access to your favorite music

With Quick access, you can configure LinkBuds to resume Spotify playback with just a couple of taps – no need to touch your smartphone.

Mobility through technology

Sony and Microsoft have come together to develop technology that helps people better navigate through the world. LinkBuds support the Microsoft Soundscape app. The unique integration enables innovative experiences for richer 3D audio-based navigation, thanks to the uniquely transparent, open ear audio design, while sensors embedded in LinkBuds allow for a true heads-up and hands-free experience.

Made with the environment in mind

Your LinkBuds are not only designed to be stylish but also with the environment in mind, using recycled plastic materials for aesthetic parts and plastic-free packaging.

Recycled plastic materials

LinkBuds use recycled plastic materials from automobile parts.

No plastic in individual packaging

No plastic is included in the packaging material for LinkBuds, reflecting our commitment to reducing the environmental impact of our products.

Be ready for splashes and the day ahead

Listen anytime, anywhere with IPX4 spalsh resistance and enough battery power to last a whole day.

IPX4 splash-proof and sweat-proof design

With IPX4 splash resistance and long battery life, LinkBuds keep you ready for anything that life brings.

A clearer, more stable Bluetooth signal

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.

Listen all day, charge in minutes

Use the LinkBuds during your entire workday. With up to 5.5 hours of battery life and a total of up to 17.5 hours with charging case, you’ll always have your digital world with you. Quick charging gives you up to 90 minutes of playback after just a 10 minute charge.

Small, perfectly formed case

An ultra-small, stylish, rounded charging case design allows the charging case to fit comfortably in your hand and your pocket.

What's in the box

Open up the packaging for your LinkBuds and you'll find 5 sizes of fitting supporter to suit different ear shapes, and a USB-C charging cable.

So immersive. So real.

Immerse yourself in sound all around you. As real as if you are there at a live concert or with the artist recording in a studio. With 360 Reality Audio, music has never been so immersive and so real. These headphones let you enjoy 360 Reality Audio.

Designed with the environment in mind

Learn more about energy-saving features and our commitment to the environment for a more sustainable future.

Specifications

Battery

BATTERY LIFE (CONTINUOUS COMMUNICATION TIME)

Max. 2.5 hrs

Battery Charge Method

USB Charging (with Case)

Battery Life (Waiting Time)

Max. 10 hrs

Battery Life (continuous music playback time) (Buds+Case)

Max. 17.5hrs (5.5hrs+12hrs)

Bluetooth® Specification

Bluetooth® version

Bluetooth Specification Version 5.2

FREQUENCY RANGE

2.4 GHz band (2.4000 GHz–2.4835 GHz)

Profile

A2DP, AVRCP, HFP, HSP

Supported Audio Format(s)

SBC, AAC

Supported Content Protection

SCMS-T

Charging Case

Dimension

Approx. 1.63 x 1.91 x 1.22" (41.4 x 48.5 x 30.9 mm )

Weight

Approx. 1.2 oz (34 g)

General Features

Frequency Response (Bluetooth® Communication)

20 Hz–20,000 Hz (44.1 kHz sampling)

Headphone Type

Open, Dynamic

Magnet

High-power neodymium magnets