There are a couple of things about this model of truly wireless earbuds that are heads and tails better than the older Sony ones that I've been using pretty regularly for quite a while now. One of them is the charging case, it actually charges the headphones on the go, the old one serves as a charger as well but must be plugged in. Also, this case has a USB-C charging port, finally... one step closer to being done with Micro USB cables thank you very much. Another thing is that it is super easy to actually get the earbuds into the case and charging... they practically insert themselves in this case, a magnet will pull them right in and into the correct position, you barely need to be paying attention to do it. Contrast to the old case where I seem to question my sanity trying to figure out how to get the things into it even after using them for about two years.I can't seem to get this model to get picked up by the Sony Headphones app, and the manual doesn't mention an app at all so I guess they dropped that which is a shame because you lose the ability to easily apply firmware updates, do some quick EQ changes and even get the headphones nice and tied into things like Google Assistant. Other than that pairing the headphones to my phone was easy as usual. They report battery level to Android just fine, etc.These earbuds are rather bulky, there is no way around it. Even though they look like they're going to be uncomfortable or even not stay in your ears, they're actually quite comfortable and really haven't budged since I put them in. I do find they look a little funny when wearing them as they "stick out" just a bit, but they really don't stand out that much that I find it unacceptable.Sound quality is generally good, but not awesome. Overall I find a lot of music has a slightly muddied tone to it compared to my best wireless headphones. That said, the bass is very strong with these headphones and in a way that doesn't distort with the tracks I've listened to even with the volume cranked up to max. And volume wise, these do get more than loud enough, louder than I'd ever care to listen to for any extended period of time. If your musical tastes lean towards bass heavy stuff, I think you'll be more than satisfied with what you get out of these headphones at least relative to other earbud type wireless headphones.So while they're not perfect - mainly being that they are rather feature sparse particularly for Sony who usually gives you more bells and whistles than you ever care to have, and I don't think they'll satisfy those of you with "Golden Ears" - I think they're solid performers that get a lot of the basics right for the money.
