Sony WF-1000XM4

Stuff says ★★★★★

The finest true wireless noise-cancelling earbuds around – this is the complete package £199 / stuff.tv/wfxm4

A worthy successor to the XM3 buds that sat atop this list for what seemed like decades, Sony’s latest true wireless noise-cancelling in-ears are smaller, smarter and better.

With the arguable exceptions of call quality and app slickness, the WF-1000XM4S aren’t quite the best at anything; but they’re so close to being the best at everything that their all-round game is untouchable. No other wireless earbuds are so consistently accomplished across the board.