Sony headphones are poor choices for your PC, but this unofficial app fixes it

Sony offers a great deal of control over the sound its wireless headphones make, but to be able to utilize those, you must rely on the official Sound Connect app. There’s no official way to manage settings for your Bluetooth headphones from your PC, but thanks to some devoted worker bees, we have unofficial ways to make your headphones work better on the PC.

A few months ago, we learned of an app that lets you control crucial settings of your Sony wireless headphones. Unfortunately, that app only works on Mac, and if you’ve been looking for alternatives with similar functionality on other platforms, such as Windows or Linux, we have another app for you. It’s an unofficial app, called Sony Device Center, created by developer marconvcm.

Just like the unofficial Sony Bridge app for Mac that we discussed earlier, the Sony Device Center app gives you all controls available in Sony’s mobile apps. These include support for noise cancellation and ambient sound levels, a full 10-band equalizer supported on headphones such as the WH-1000XM6, Clear Bass, DSEE, battery level, and Speak to Chat.

The app is available to download for free via GitHub, with the installation instructions for both Windows and Linux posted on the repo. It also supports older headsets that connect over Sony’s v1 connection protocol, including devices such as the WH-1000XM4, WH-1000XM3, WH-1000XM2, WH-XB900N, and MDR-XB950BT.

Android devices support Sony’s proprietary LDAC codec for hi-res audio, but Windows doesn’t support it natively. You might have some luck with installing a modified A2DP driver, given your PC’s hardware is not too old.