Wyze Noise-Cancelling Headphones Wireless Headphones Review

The Wyze Headphones have a very non-descript look. They're mostly made of black plastic and faux-leather and have a matte finish on their ear cups. They don't have a visible logo anywhere and should be casual enough for most uses.

The Wyze Headphones are comfortable. They're lightweight and don't clamp your head too much. They also have good padding on the ear cups and headband but they can trap some heat, which can be uncomfortable over time.

Update 05/27/2021: We have retested these headphones using firmware update 2.1.133. Thanks to this update, you can now press the button on the left ear cup to toggle between ANC on, off, or transparency mode. However, there are no longer different ANC levels.

The Wyze Headphones have great controls. There are easy-to-use and clicky buttons located under both ear cups. You can press the '+' button to turn the volume up while the '-' lowers the volume. The middle button can be pressed once to play or pause audio as well as to answer or end calls. You can also double-press it to play the next track or triple-press it to skip to the previous track. The single button on the left ear cup allows you to toggle between ANC on, off, or Transparency mode, which allows you to hear ambient sound around you without turning off your audio. There are also voice prompts for this feature. In addition to these buttons, the right ear cup has a touch-sensitive surface. You can place your hands on this surface to also turn on and off transparency mode.

They have disappointing breathability. They don't really allow air to circulate around your ears and they trap in heat, which could make you sweat more than normal.

The Wyze Headphones have mediocre portability. They're bulky and although they can fold up to help reduce their footprint, their ear cups can't swivel into a more compact size.

They come with an acceptable pouch. It's made of a fiber cloth-like material, but its drawstrings don't completely close. There are two small pouches inside so you can store their cables. Unfortunately, it won't protect your headphones from water or impact damage.

They have a good build quality. They're made of mostly plastic, but have a metal band inside the headband. They feel sturdy overall, and their faux leather padding feels good against the skin. However, they don't have an IP rating for dust or water resistance, and the cables inside the hinges could be prone to damage over time.

They're fairly stable. If you're working at your desk, they shouldn't move around. However, they can fall off your head with more intense head movements. That said, their wireless design makes it harder for something to snag the headphones off your head.

• Wyze Headphones
• 1/8" TRS audio cable
• USB-C to USB-A charging cable
• Pouch
• Manuals

The Wyze Noise-Cancelling have an excited, v-shaped sound profile. They deliver a touch of extra bass, so genres like EDM and hip-hop sound thumpy and boomy. However, vocals and lead instruments can sound a little dark while sibilants like cymbals are piercing. Luckily, they have a graphic EQ and presets to help customize their sound.

The Wyze Headphones have great frequency response consistency. While their bass range is very consistent across multiple users, there's a bit more variation in the treble range. As treble delivery can vary according to fit and positioning, you may need to adjust them on your head to get the same listening experience each time.

The Wyze Headphones have excellent bass accuracy. There's some overemphasis across the range, resulting in extra thump, punch, and boom. It shouldn't be too overwhelming, though.

The mid accuracy is excellent. There's a slight dip in the low-mids, which thins out vocals and lead instruments. While the mid-mids are very neutral, which helps keep instruments present in your mixes, the high-mids are also underemphasized, slightly weakening the detail and clarity of vocals and instruments.

The treble accuracy is sub-par. The low-treble is underemphasized, so the upper harmonics of vocals and instruments sound dark and veiled. However, the mid-treble is overemphasized, making sibilants like S and T sounds piercing and harsh. That said, treble delivery can vary across users according to fit and positioning, and our results represent the average response.

The peaks and dips performance is disappointing. There's a dip in the low-bass, which reduces thump and rumble while a peak between the mid and high-bass adds punch and boom. The following dip in the low-mids thins out vocals and lead instruments while another peak in the high-mids makes them honky. The upper harmonics of these instruments take another hit with the recessed low treble, which darkens and veils them. The peak in the treble makes sibilants like cymbals harsh.

The Wyze Headphones have an excellent imaging performance. Weighted group delay falls below the audibility threshold, resulting in a tight bass and transparent treble. The L/R drivers on our unit are well-matched in phase, frequency, and amplitude, so objects like voices and instruments are accurately placed and localized within the stereo image. However, these results are only valid for our unit, and yours may perform differently.

The Wyze Headphones have a poor passive soundstage. Although their soundstage is perceived as natural and wide, it sounds like it's coming from inside your head, rather than from out in front of you. Since they have a closed-back design, their soundstage is also perceived as less spacious than open-back headphones.

The weighted harmonic distortion performance is decent. There's a couple of peaks in the treble range at normal volume, but it shouldn't be too noticeable. The rest of the ranges at this volume and all of the ranges at a high volume fall within good limits, which should result in clear and pure audio reproduction.

These are the settings used to test these headphones. Our results are only valid with these settings.

Update 05/27/2021: We have retested these headphones using firmware update 2.1.133. While it didn't change their frequency response curve, there has been an improvement to 'Noise Isolation'. However, the ANC doesn't have different levels anymore and can only be turned on and off. We also had a hard time matching passes as it was difficult to form a consistently good seal. As a result, we have updated our review. The Wyze app has also been updated to v2.19.15, which allows you to turn the ANC on and off in the app.

The Wyze Headphones have a great noise isolation performance. They have an active noise cancelling (ANC) feature and are able to cut down more overall noise than the Wyze Buds Pro Truly Wireless. That said, they do an okay job of cutting down the rumble of bus or plane engines. While their ANC doesn't really offer much of an improvement on their passive isolation capabilities, these headphones do a much better job of cutting down office chatter and high-pitched noise like the hum of an AC unit.

The Wyze Headphones' leakage performance is decent. There's a bit of leakage between the mid to treble range, which sounds somewhat full. Luckily, if you're at the office and listening to your audio at a high volume, people around you shouldn't hear it.

The integrated mic's recording quality is poor. It lacks a lot of bass, so your voice sounds thin, unnatural, and somewhat distorted.

Update 12/09/2021: These headphones have been updated to test bench 1.5. In this update, we made changes to the way we test noise handling. We now use a subjective evaluation of our audio clips. This new method has resulted in different results than what we had reported in our previous test bench. As a result, the scoring of this box has changed, and we have updated our results.

The integrated microphone's noise handling performance is sub-par. The mic struggles to separate your voice from moderately noisy environments. If you need to take a call, it's better to do so from a quiet space.

The battery performance is excellent. They have over 22 hours of continuous playback time, which should last you through long days at work, and they have an adjustable auto-off timer to help conserve battery life when not in use. They're also advertised to have a 10-minute quick charge time, which is supposed to give you four hours of playback time. However, we don't currently test this feature. Also, battery life can vary according to usage.

Update 05/27/2021: The app has been updated to firmware version V2.19.15, which adds on and off controls for ANC. However, you can no longer adjust the ANC levels. We have retested the app and raised its score to 8.0 to better reflect its capabilities.

The Wyze app is great. It's available on iOS and Android. There's a 4-band graphic EQ and six EQ presets: 'Default', 'Bass', 'Movie', 'Voice', 'Game', and 'Custom'. You can check the battery level, adjust the auto-off timer, turn the ANC on or off, and turn off touch controls on the right ear cup.

The Wyze Headphones have great Bluetooth connectivity. They can be paired with up to two devices at a time, which is nice if you like to move between audio sources like your phone and laptop. However, they can only play audio from one device at a time and you need to pause audio from the other device for it to play from the desired device. These over-ears also have high latency on PC, but it's much lower on iOS and Android, which is suitable for streaming video. However, some devices and apps compensate for latency differently, so your experience may vary.

They come with a 1/8" TRS cable that you can use to passively listen to audio. However, you won't be able to use their mic. They also come with a USB-C to USB-A cable charging cable.

They're are only compatible with Xbox One and Xbox Series X consoles when using their 1/8" TRS cables. However, you can only receive audio as they don't offer mic support.