The Wyze Wireless Gaming Headset is Wyze's first pair of gaming headphones. This wireless-only headset has a detachable mic and a wireless USB dongle for a low-latency connection with PCs and PlayStation consoles. Unfortunately, it's not compatible with Xbox consoles, but the headset's Bluetooth connection will let you use it for mobile gaming and watching videos.
Our Verdict
The Wyze Wireless Gaming Headset is okay for neutral sound. The sound profile is v-shaped and excited, with an emphasized bass and treble range, making it well-suited for pop and rock. Unfortunately, the overemphasis in these ranges makes bass audio sound muddy and hollow, while sibilants feel piercing. The high-mid range also suffers from some underemphasis, negatively affecting game dialogue clarity. Sadly, there aren't any sound customization features, like a companion app with a graphic EQ or presets, to let you fine-tune the mix to your liking.
- Comfortable and well-built.
- Easily inconsistent sound delivery depending on fit.
The Wyze Wireless Gaming Headset is mediocre for commuting and travel. The closed-back over-ear design fails to block out any background noise in the bass range, like plane or bus engines, and can barely isolate you from passenger chatter. Fortunately, it's comfortable for extended trips, and the long battery life will last you the whole ride. You can also remove the boom mic and use the internal mic while on the go. However, if the road's bumpy, it'll likely move around your head.
- Long battery life.
- Easily inconsistent sound delivery depending on fit.
The Wyze Wireless Gaming Headset is alright for sports and fitness. Stability is mediocre, so it'll move around during moderate exercise and fall off during intense workouts. It's also quite bulky and doesn't have any protection against water, dust, or dirt.
- Comfortable and well-built.
- Low clamping force results in mediocre stability.
The Wyze Wireless Gaming Headset is okay for the office. It doesn't have ANC and isn't the best at passively isolating you from background office chatter. However, the long battery life and decently comfortable fit will benefit you during long workdays. Fortunately, their mic can easily separate your voice from moderate and loud background noise, so virtual meeting attendees will hear you clearly.
- Long battery life.
- Comfortable and well-built.
- High latency via Bluetooth.
- Microphone makes your voice sound far away.
The Wyze Wireless Gaming Headset is decent for wireless gaming. Its Bluetooth connection is too high for gaming, but the wireless USB dongle will let you play on PC and PlayStation without any sync issues. It's also comfortable enough for long sessions, and the boom mic makes your voice sound clear and understandable, if not a little quiet. Fortunately, the long battery life will last you throughout many long play sessions.
- Long battery life.
- Comfortable and well-built.
- Microphone separates your voice from background noise in very loud environments.
- High latency via Bluetooth.
- Not compatible with Xbox consoles.
- Microphone makes your voice sound far away.
The Wyze Wireless Gaming Headset is a wireless-only gaming headset that you can't use for wired gaming.
The Wyze Wireless Gaming Headset is decent for phone calls. If you're using the detachable boom mic, your voice sounds clear and understandable but quiet and unnatural. Using the integrated mic also makes you sound soft and far away. Fortunately, it can easily separate your voice from background noise in moderately noisy and loud environments.
- Microphone separates your voice from background noise in very loud environments.
- Microphone makes your voice sound far away.
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Differences Between Sizes And Variants
The Wyze Wireless Gaming Headset only comes in one color: 'Black'; you can see our unit's label here. If you come across another variant please let us know in the comments, and we'll update our review.
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The Wyze Wireless Gaming Headset is Wyze's first entry into the gaming space, and as such faces heavy competition from more established brands. This budget headset has a respectably long battery at nearly 37 hours continuously, nearly the same as the more expensive Astro A30 Wireless. Latency via the wireless USB dongle is also very low, much lower than the pricier HyperX Cloud Alpha Wireless. Where its budget price starts to show, however, is in its cheaper build quality, unstable fit, and lack of premium features, like a companion app with graphic EQ and presets to fine-tune the sound to your liking.
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The Logitech G433 are better, yet less versatile, gaming headphones than the Wyze Wireless Gaming Headset. The Logitech headphones have a more neutral sound profile with more bass than the Wyze, which you'll appreciate if you play FPS and action games. They're also more comfortable and slightly more stable, so they won't fly off your head if you jerk around in your chair during a match. However, you can only use the Logitech wired, which limits your range of motion. As such, they're less ideal for use while out and about since their cable can get snagged. Their lack of an integrated microphone also means you won't be able to take calls without the boom mic in.
The Wyze Wireless Gaming Headset is more versatile and better for everyday use than the Wyze Noise-Cancelling Headphones. While the Noise-Cancelling Headphones are better-built, more comfortable, and have a more intuitive control scheme, you can't use them for gaming since their latency via Bluetooth is too high, and their wired connection doesn't let you use the mic. The Wireless Gaming Headset's mics work better than the Noise-Cancelling Headphones', making your voice sound more natural and full, though still very quiet. The boom mic is also detachable, allowing you to wear this headset around town and at the office. However, since it lacks the Noise-Cancelling Headphones' active noise cancelling (ANC) feature, it struggles to isolate you from any substantial background noise.
The HyperX Cloud Alpha Wireless are better gaming headphones than the Wyze Wireless Gaming Headset. For starters, the HyperX's battery lasts over ten times longer than the Wyze, letting you use them for countless play sessions without needing a recharge. You can also fine-tune their mix via the companion app's graphic EQ and presets, which the Wyze lacks. The HyperX are also better built and more comfortable, with a higher clamping force that results in better stability during intense matches. However, the Wyze can also connect to devices via Bluetooth, making them more versatile for use on the go.
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