BEST FOR features

SONY WF-1000XM4

You know a pair of true wireless earbuds is fully featured when its control app offers you the chance to submit a picture of your ears so it can trim its spatial audio algorithm to best suit you. And given that this is just a small part of the functionality on offer here, it’s obvious the WF1000XM4 are perhaps the most adaptable earbuds around. £199, sony.co.uk

SONY LINKBUDS WF-L900

If you like small, light, comfortable and fine-sounding in-ear headphones, but you also like to know what’s going on in the outside world, Sony has answered your prayers. The WF-L900 are the usual high-achieving Sony true wireless earbuds – except they have a hole that sits over your earcanal. What’s the opposite of noise cancellation? Noise encouragement? £129, sony.co.uk

LG TONE FREE T90Q

There’s no room for a kitchen sink when designing true wireless earbuds, because if there was LG would have fitted it. Instead you’ll have to make do with Dolby Atmos spatial audio compatibility, EQs tuned by UK hi-fi specialist Meridian, head-tracking technology and a charging case that kills earbud bacteria using UV light. Oh, and great sound too, of course. £199, lg.com

BEYERDYNAMIC FREE BYRD

Beyerdynamic has had a long, hard think about its first pair of true wireless earbuds – and the Free Byrd are worth the wait. Good battery life, extensive Bluetooth codec compatibility, robust moisture resistance and the long-established Beyerdynamic sound – meatily punchy but delicate and precise at the same time – combine to produce a fine package. £199, europe.beyerdynamic.com