When wearing your Sony WH-1000XM5, you may get a voiced notification depending on the current state of the wireless headset. To learn more about this voice guidance feature, as well as how to customize it, you can take a look at this guide from Seeking Tech.
What are the voice notifications you can get with the Sony WH-1000XM5?
You will get the following notifications based on the current status of the wireless headphones:
- The “Pairing” voice notification indicates that the WH-1000XM5 is ready to be paired to another device.
- The “Battery about %” voice notification will let you know how much of the battery charge is remaining.
- The “Battery fully charged” voice notification means that the battery of the headphones has been completely charged.
- The “Low battery” voice notification indicates that the battery charge is low, which means that you should consider recharging the device.
- The “Battery is empty” voice notification indicates that the battery charge has completely depleted. After this announcement, the headset will automatically shut down. If you want to turn your WH-1000XM5 on again, you will need to recharge its battery first.
- The “Speak-to-chat activated” voice notification means that the Speak-to-chat has been turned on.
- The “Speak-to-chat deactivated” voice notification indicates that the Speak-to-chat has been disabled.
- The “Google Assistant is not connected” voice notification means that the Google Assistant feature is currently not available.
- The “Either your mobile device isn’t connected; or you need to open the Alexa App and try again” voice notification indicates that the Alexa feature is currently not working for one reason or another.
- The “Launch Headphones Connect to activate Service Link” voice notification means that the Service Link feature is currently turned off when you are trying to use Quick Access.
- The “Function is not available during update. Please wait a moment until the update completes.” voice notification means that Quick Access can’t be used currently as the WH-1000XM5 is being updated to a new firmware.
- The “App assigned to the Quick Access is not launched on the mobile device” voice notification indicates that app that is assigned to the Quick Access feature is currently not opened on the connected device.
How to customize the voice guidance language or turn off voice guidance for WH-1000XM5
In order to change the voice guidance setting for the Sony WH-1000XM5, you will need to take the following steps:
1. Open the “Sony | Headphones Connect” app on your smartphone or mobile device.
2. Connect the Sony WH-1000XM5 to the same smartphone or mobile device.
3. On the dashboard of the app, select Notification & Voice Guide.
If you want to turn off voice guidance, then you need to move the switch next to it to the left. By default, this feature is turned on for the Sony WH-1000XM5.
If you want to change the language for voice guidance, then you need to select the drop-down menu underneath Notification & Voice Guide. The default language is English.