Waiting for the Sonos headphones? They just got their strongest release date hint so far

The wireless cans could finally land within six months

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If you’ve been holding on for the long-awaitedSonos headphones, your patience could soon be rewarded – the wireless audio giant has dropped a strong hint that its Bose andSonyrivals will land by October.

In aSonos2024 earnings call on February 6 (transcribed byThe Motley Fool), the company’s CEO Patrick Spence teased that “we are just months away from announcing our highly anticipated new product in a multi-billion dollar category, which will be the first major milestone of our multi-year product cycle.”

While that isn’t too specific about the product or the release window, Spence went on to add that this product cycle will involve entering “new categories” and the launch of new products “starting with the one we will be announcing and shipping in Q3”.

A Q3 release means sometime between July and September. And while don’t know for sure that this launch will be for the Sonos headphones, it does tally with the latest rumors and the company’s previous hints of a headphoneslaunch in the “second half” of 2024.

Last year,Bloombergreported on a leaked memo revealing that Sonos already had a dedicated headphones team, which had apparently been working on a pair of headphones for “more than four years”.

That leak suggested that Sonos is also working on new home products and voice control tech, while we’re alsoexpecting to see a Sonos Arc 2 in 2024. But it seems Sonos' new headphones could also be challenging for a spot in our guide to thebest wireless headphonesin a matter of months.

Worth waiting for?

Rumors about a pair of Sonos headphones have beendoing the rounds since early 2019. Considering there are already some excellent wireless headphones out there, from theSony WH-1000XM4to theSennheiser Momentum 4 Wireless, it might seem strange that there’s still so much excitement about Sonos entering the space – but there are good reasons for this.

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Firstly, there’s the obvious fact that Sonos is still one of the most revered and popular audio tech brands out there. But the hype is also rooted in some concrete details likeSonos' 2022 acquisition of Mayht, a Dutch company that developed a new kind of speaker design. That technology, dubbed ‘HeartMotion’, apparently delivers similar audio power to a pair of speakers, only in a much smaller package.

It seems likely that Sonos will integrate some of this tech in its rumored headphones – and on paper, those ingredients could certainly create some of thebest noise-cancelling headphonesout there.

As we’ve discussed in our breakdown of4 things we want from the Sonos headphones, there’s lots of potential beyond outright sound quality too – including audio handoff with your Sonos speakers and advanced ANC (active noise canceling) with spatial audio tricks. So if you’re in the market for some premium wireless headphones, it could be worth waiting a few months to see what Sonos has in store.

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Mark is TechRadar’s Senior news editor. Having worked in tech journalism for a ludicrous 17 years, Mark is now attempting to break the world record for the number of camera bags hoarded by one person. He was previously Cameras Editor at both TechRadar and Trusted Reviews, Acting editor on Stuff.tv, as well as Features editor and Reviews editor on Stuff magazine. As a freelancer, he’s contributed to titles including The Sunday Times, FourFourTwo and Arena. And in a former life, he also won The Daily Telegraph’s Young Sportswriter of the Year. But that was before he discovered the strange joys of getting up at 4am for a photo shoot in London’s Square Mile.

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