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The best wireless earbuds in 2026

The Sony WF-1000XM6 and the AirPods Pro 3 are level at the top: 84.6 and 84.4. On the three-model panel's six criteria the AirPods Pro 3 led at 85.5, with the narrowest disagreement on the page at 6 points ; release recency, 10% of each score since 27 September 2026, lifts the newer Sony (February 2026) past it by 0.2 . The AirPods Pro 3 at RM859 is the cheapest of the top three and leads three of the six criteria — comfort, microphone and value ; the Sony leads noise cancellation.

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