Never off
With LinkBuds, you are always connected with your everyday life. Comfortably wear them around the clock as you hear sounds around you transparently, feeling nothing on your ear, while you remain in touch with people and places, without ever having to pause your personal soundtrack. LinkBuds bridge your daily life and the entertainment you love, wherever you go, whatever you do.
Keep every world on
LinkBuds connect all your worlds perfectly with an open ring design that allows you to hear calls, music and other online content anytime, as well as the ambient sounds around you transparently, feeling nothing on your ear. Small and light with super-fit styling for hours of comfortable wearing, they ensure you’re always connected to your life, so you’ll never miss a thing.
Connected and aware
A newly developed ring-type driver unit, with the centre of the diaphragm open for audio transparency, allows you to clearly hear the sounds around you. You’ll hear when someone calls your name during a call and can chat with friends while listening to music.
Super small and light
Approximately four grams in weight and extremely small, LinkBuds are a marvel of miniaturization. Unlike conventional earbuds, the protective surface covering the speaker diaphragm is integrated within the housing, saving space.
Comfortable and secure fit
LinkBuds combine a shape that perfectly matches the human ear with an ergonomic design for a more stable fit. We’ve designed LinkBuds utilizing extensive ear shape data collated since introducing the world’s first in-ear headphones in 1982.
Hear calls and music clearly
Make calls without noise for crystal-clear conversations. Listen to music in high sound quality with compressed tracks restored by our Digital Sound Enhancement Engine (DSEE) so your favourite bands and artists always sound great.
Ultra clear, noise-free calls
With precise voice pickup technology with advanced audio signal processing, the person on the other end of the call will hear your voice clearly, even when you are in noisy situations. 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, natural sound
Enjoy well-balanced, high-quality sound with a clear mid-high range. Our Integrated Processor V1 reproduces all the detail in your music with minimal distortion for an authentic listening experience. A specially designed 12 mm ring driver with high-compliance (low-recoil) diaphragm provides rich, well-balanced sound.
Simply tap near the ear
LinkBuds may be small but that doesn’t mean they’re difficult to use. With Wide Area Tap, you can use double or triple taps in front of either of your ears to control your music playback—so there’s no need to touch the LinkBuds themselves to operate.
Automatically adjusts sound volume to your environment
Adaptive Volume Control is a smart function that automatically optimizes volume based on where you are. Enjoy lower volume in quiet places and higher volume in noisier environments.
Listen all day, charge in minutes
You can enjoy a full working day of charge—5.5 hours—from your headphones and store another 12 hours in the case. That means a full 17.5 hours18 of listening time every time you leave the house. In a hurry? Just a 10-minute quick charge gives you up to 90 minutes of play time, and the Sony | Headphones Connect app will even notify you when your charging case drops below 30%.
Small, perfectly formed case
Ultra-small with a stylish rounded design, the charging case fits comfortably in your hand or pockets for life on the go. Open with a simple button press.
What's in the box
Open up the packaging for your LinkBuds and you’ll find five sizes of fitting supporter to suit different ear shapes, and a USB-C charging cable.
Key Features:
- Open ring design with audio transparency links to your online and offline worlds
- Ultra small, light weight and super fit
- Hear calls and music clearly
- 5.5-hr battery life, total 17.5-hr with charging case, quick charging
- Splash-proof and sweat-proof with an IPX4 rating
Specifications | |
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BATTERY LIFE (WAITING TIME) | Max. 10 hrs |
BATTERY LIFE(CONTINUOUS COMMUNICATION TIME) | Max. 2.5 hrs |
BATTERY LIFE (CONTINUOUS MUSIC PLAYBACK TIME) | Max. 5.5 hrs |
BATTERY CHARGE METHOD | USB Charging (with Case) |
DSEE | Yes |
WATERPROOF | Yes (IPX4) |
FREQUENCY RESPONSE (BLUETOOTH® COMMUNICATION) | 20–20,000 Hz (44.1 kHz sampling) |
MAGNET | High-power neodymium magnets |
HEADPHONE TYPE | Open, Dynamic |
WEIGHT | Approx. 4.1 g ×2 |
BLUETOOTH® VERSION | Bluetooth Specification Version 5.2 |
EFFECTIVE RANGE | 10 m |
FREQUENCY RANGE | 2.4-GHz band (2.4000–2.4835 GHz) |
PROFILE | A2DP, AVRCP, HFP, HSP |
SUPPORTED AUDIO FORMAT(S) | SBC, AAC |
SUPPORTED CONTENT PROTECTION | SCMS-T |