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Performance and battery life: playing with your noiseįor £90, you’d be forgiven for expecting the Xbox Wireless Headset to underwhelm on the audio front, but you might be surprised at just how much thump the 40mm drivers in this thing are packing. At the time of writing, we’re yet to work out whether this can be disabled. One more thing to note: when paired with your Xbox and within range, the headset will turn the console on when you power it up, which can be more than a bit annoying when you’re not planning to play it. The app also lets you adjust the sensitivity of an auto-mute function on the mic (you can just mute yourself with the button if you prefer), as well as the mute light’s brightness and own voice monitoring.
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If you head to Xbox Accessories app on your Xbox or Windows 10 PC you’ll find a multi-mode EQ with a bass boost function, although as we’ll get to in a second, you probably won’t need it.
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For the latter two you’ll need an app on your console and a running subscription, but there are free trials, and we can definitely appreciate the added immersion of Dolby Atmos-supported games like Ori and the Will of the Wisps and Gears 5, even if the sound placement is all happening virtually.
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Microsoft talked up surround sound gaming a fair bit in the leadup to the Xbox Series X’s launch, so it’s no surprise that the Xbox Wireless Headset supports a trio of spatial audio standards, including its own Windows Sonic tech, Dolby Atmos and DTS Headphone:X. This is hardly a revolutionary feature, but it’s handled fantastically well here, and really impressive given the sub-£100 price tag. You’re able to adjust game audio and chat using the left dial, so it’s very easy to fine-tune. This makes it possible to listen to music or a podcast while you’re whizzing around in Forza Horizon 4without losing the in-game audio feed, or chat to friends on Discord while you play.
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The headset connects wirelessly and near instantly to your Xbox Series X|S or Xbox One via the brand’s own wireless protocol (you simply hold the pairing button on your headset and then do the same on the console), but it’s also Bluetooth 4.2-enabled, which allows you to have a simultaneous connection with your phone or tablet.
The Xbox Wireless Headset’s other standout feature is its multipoint connection. The bendable boom arm is also well designed, allowing you to easily flick the mic away from your face and out of the way when not in use. The sidearms require a bit of effort to adjust too, so they won’t do so while you’re wearing them, which is good. The steel headband doesn’t feel heavy on your head (the whole thing weighs in at a relatively lightweight 312g), and while we’d prefer it if the ear cups swivelled like those of obvious rivals from the likes of SteelSeries, we reckon the headset will still fit most head shapes. The Xbox Wireless Headset is more than comfortable enough, but your ears will definitely heat up under those cushions during longer gaming sessions. Unlike the Surface Headphones, though, you won’t find any touch-sensitive controls here, so there’s no way of play/pausing music or skipping a track, or taking a call on the headset. There are two buttons on the headset, which are your mic mute and power/pairing button, but otherwise everything you can control using the headset itself is done using the dials. It’s a really intuitive system that we’re surprised hasn’t been pinched yet by Microsoft’s competitors in the general-use headphones space. They work fantastically well, with the right dial allowing you to precisely adjust the volume, and the left your connected audio feeds (more on that in the next section). That’s because Microsoft has attached a rotating dial to the side of each ear cup, which will be familiar to anyone who has used either iteration of the Surface Headphones. When you first inspect the Xbox Wireless Headset you’ll notice that it’s low on buttons. And let’s talk about those dials, because they’re up there with the new headset’s best features.
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