Microsoft - Xbox Wireless Headset – Starfield Limited Edition

I have the official Xbox wireless headset. Super amazing and quality and mic is better than my turtle beach ones that I got 3 years ago. Also very comfortable for me. You might need to change location to your local site tho https://www.xbox.com/en-US/accessories/headsets/xbox-wireless-headset

Bought the Starfield edition when they came out and returned them the same day they arrived. Audio quality was mid but the mic was absolutely horrible according to multiple friends I was in party with when setting them up

Ok so then it’s the same issue that we all have. I have the original black and I also bought the Starfield version and for whatever reason the Starfield version does it more often. Sometimes restarting the game or the Xbox fixes it

I avoided them for years bc I thought they would be useless for me. I gave in and bought the wireless xbox headset for my series x out of curiosity and I loved it so much that I ended up buying the 3d pulse for ps5. Thought they were pretty cheap sounding/feeling, so I went with steelseries p7+ and they've been great. Xbox cans are my favorite bc they have a good amount of low end and the dials are so easy to use. I also bought the starfield variant as a backup. I have a fully discreet atmos setup that set me back a few grand, but sometimes the closeness of the cans are better bc they can be more immersive.

I love their wireless headset but it does have a history of the mic breaking off. I've read many comments about it.... It's some weak point in the plastic. Another part later broke but I was able to tape it. Although my starfield version of this headset hasn't broken yet.

I have the older one. I love it, but I have a lot of MS rewards,.so I cashed some in and bought this new set. Got it today. Got it charged, got it connected....and no sound from the Xbox. Connected to my phone, got sound, none from Xbox. I contacted MS, they had me reset it, hard reset it, hard reset the console, nothing. They wanted me to wipe my Xbox minus the games, I said no way, so I connected to a 2nd Xbox, no sound, I connected my old headset to the other console, connected right away and sound. They said I should just return it. I didn't even get to use it. Ugh.

Yes. It connected just fine, before and after the update. Make the connection sound, says on the Xbox it's connected, says headset assigned. Just no sound from the Xbox..either Xbox, audio worked perfectly from my phone. I only connected my phone because I was curious why I heard no audio from Xbox.

I’m have no issues with mine and I’ve used it regularly for 2 years. The only thing is now the leather on the ear parts is cracking and coming off but that is to be expected.

Had mine for at least 3 years and they’re working flawlessly.

The audio latency is still terrible like the first gen, for anyone wondering.

Rtings clocked the latency of the original at 122ms, meaning there is about 1/10th of a second delay between when you see something happen on screen and when you hear it through the headphones. Haven't seen any measurements of the new model yet, but having tried both it doesn't seem to have improved, and it's generally worse than other wireless headsets on the market. That's great that you don't notice. Some of us are sensitive to it.

Really good headset I had one for years, won’t break as long as you don’t drop it often and take good care of it.

Had mine for about 2 years. Been solid for me. No issues whatsoever. I’d recommend them

I’ve had people say I sound strange compared to my other headset. Otherwise it’s great. I still use them for single player games but I use steelseries when I’m playing multiplayer games.

Bought mine new for Christmas and my mic broke off just a few days ago. I'm an adult so I was gentle with it. Cheap plastic is all.

I have broken microphone in the same place

I also have similar issues and they are practically unusable

This headset blows. I have had the Astro A30 for 2 years till my friend stepped on them. I got these and they absolutely blow for call of duty. Sounds like you are in a closet playing. Game audio is horrible. I’m returning them and buying a new pair of a30’s tomorrow. DO NOT BUY.

The nob fell off on mine. I used super glue and glued it back It does hold on a tiny plastic stick so no surprise it fell off Other than that, killer headphones. I use them everyday

I fuckin love mine

For 100$, it's a great value. At least that's what I got mine for.

it does not turn on the Xbox anymore.

I have the headset for a few days now. It does not turn on the Xbox.

Awesome!

I have a pair that are in perfect working order. My son has a pair that he is rough as guts with and has broken a couple of times. I have been able to fix what he has broken with glue or tape. The polyurethane leather on the ear cushions and headband have seen better days.

Had mine for 2 years. Never once had a problem with them. They sound great. Volume and chat volume on the ear cuffs is really nice. They feel lighter than a lot of other headsets and its impossible to find another headset neat the quality for the same price. I use them with my Xbox, pc, and occtionallymy phone. Highly suggest them!

I have several. I have a Razer Kairi Pro headset and the official Xbox wireless headset. They are absolutely worth it imo. Not necessarily for multiplayer and chilling out, but some games for story/atmosphere they're brilliant. Dead Space was ten times better with the headset than without.

I've beat the living crap out of mine and their still going strong. As mentioned they're VERY bass heavy and the sound can be a bit much.

Reset the MAC address in network settings. It’ll fix it for a day or two. Not a perfect solution but a short term fix

The mic materials are sooooo weak, mine broke after 2 months but managed to fix it through Microsoft's assistance. Now I'm reaaaaaly really carefull with how I move it because I don't know if the materials of my actual headset are better or the same. This said, the sound is good but it boosts many frequencies that distort the original sound. I'm constantly on the EQ monitor from the Accesories app to fix this and I found it practically impossible, but at least I got it near my desired result as an augio engineer. Now let's talk about the best part. BUTTONS. Just one, the power on button. Simple and effective. So, you'll wonder how we can control volume and party mix. Well, that's the best part IMO of this headset. Each side of it is a knob. You just twist each ear knob. The right ear is for volume, and the left ear is for the party mix. Easy and functional. No other headset makes it this simple and perfect. Also it can connect both to console or PC (through radio frequency) and a portable device (through bluetooth) at the same time. So, the sound might not be the closest to the original, but the connectivity and the ease to control it makes it my favourite headset to use on Windows and XBOX at this very moment. Just remember to be very careful with the microphone movement. Ve extremely carefull.

This is my biggest gripe with it. I also use it on my PC when I game on there and it turns my Xbox on, which then turns my TV on.

The plastic ring broke for me like your second picture. That faux leather type binding around the ear cups has also started peeling on one side. I understand the first issue as my head is kinda big but the second feels disappointing. No way to fix these either- wish they were designed in a way I could pop out certain pieces and replace them. When the structure gives, the electronics inside become e-waste. Baby these if you buy them.

Won’t need these as mine as still flawless

I loved it for my Xbox One but it would not stay connected to my Series X. Switched to Razer which had better sound quality.

They suck, bad connection with xbox, bad connection with smartphone , bad connection with pc vía USB (im not making the de mic work)

Had mine 4 months, still working perfect. I will say as my first wireless headset I find myself forgetting to charge it, but it still lasts fairly long at about 12 hours

They are okayish for the price. Not really a good investment if sound quality is your thing.

I’ve had mine for a few years now with absolutely zero issues

Yeah the wireless are nice I’ve had them since the series x came out. Still working well and no issues

I had all the same plastic breaking issues as in the pictures in under a year and I was pretty careful with them.

Solid headsets for the price. It has solid build too so those pics are well of people who treat their property like animals would honestly. I can't even fathom it unless you just routinely throw throw your headset around in fits of rage after getting clapped in COD I imagine. It simply won't happen if you actually take care of your electronics. More likely you'd get a defect headset that doesn't work out the box or something before you break the plastic like that and even that would be extremely rare.

You already have lots of good advice. I'll just say I bought two, one for me one for my daughter. Both ear cups broke off on hers after two years. Mine after 3 years are fine. She was probably aggressive with her's, or dropped them. I have had some weirdness where it wouldn't charge, but there is a button combo that will put them into a factory reset and then they were fine. Only happened once but I thought they were defective. I do like that you can pair them to two devices, then use the other ear cup to mix volume levels between them. I would pair it to my Xbox, and my PC running discord. Then I could choose to hear the game audio from the Xbox, or the chat audio from the PC at the same time. If you are chatting on Xbox it will mix audio from the chat, and game. They aren't great, but are very good, and you can find them on sale for $50 occasionally which I think is a really good deal.

same problem

Avoid turtle beach, they're crap and break easily. Avoid razer, I found the sound quality to be awful, returned them after 2 days. I use the wireless xbox official ones, good sound and have done me well so far, but if you don't need a mic I would just invest in a normal pair of headphones.

Sound quality it pretty good, but the plastic is cheap. I had mine for about a month and one of the plastic sides broke when I was taking them off.

I have the same microphone crack. Really pissed me off.

For Xbox, they are great since they are wireless and can be used with or without the controller.

Yuppp, same here bought mine last year and still look like new

Good headphones. Wish they were bigger. They kill the top of my head

If you ever game while laying down or have your head back in a headrest like a recliner, it increases the chance of the plastic snapping where the microphone is, I've had about six of these and since I play mostly laying down, they all crack in the same place but the one I use just when I'm sitting up, never cracked yet!!

Broke after 1 year of use. Like, literally fell apart. Bought the same one again because despite the durability, I like it alot. Not great with glasses tho, but could be worse. Won't buy it a third time tho

Had mine for a couple years now. Love it. No issues, long battery life. Can connect to the xbox and my phone at the same time. Highly recommend.

I got this headset last week and the sound is good while playing games but is scratchy on the Home Screen menu and every app. Any idea how to solve this?

I have a crack like the one in picture 2. Not sure how it happened. Best pair I ever had for gaming. I wish that boom was removable. I am debating on trying to get them fixed or purchase a second pair..

Love the headset, I have no clue how you can broke that mike. The only flaw to me was that after months (years?) of daily usage the ear pads slowly but surely got away.

Tried them out and they just weren’t loud enough. Ended up getting the LucidSounds wireless headset

My Xbox headset has been fantastic. i have had it a few years now and it still works like a dream. I think the secret here, is to not throw them around or treat them like shit.

Yeah I genuinely have no clue how people have broken the mic piece like that

BTW... now I use and in love with simple Microsoft Wireless Headset but still searching something else (In past I have Bang Olufsen for Xbox - forgot model - not bad but sold already) and now looking about SteelSeries Arctic Nova Pro XBox but scary spend 300+ euro for this toy 🤣 (sorry for my english...)

This is about the same experience I have as well.

They suck. I have had 2 and the pots in each ear are not set up to go fully to Zero. Bad design.

Sound is good mic is pretty meh and if you’ve got a bigger head they are not comfortable. Returned mine a while back.

I'm late but I was able to connect to my xbox and Bluetooth at the same time on my original pair of xbox wireless unless they changed it. It was weird I was in a party chat and my dad called and I heard all of them at the same time but obviously my dad couldn't hear the party it was pretty trippy 😅 I just got a pair of the new ones the first served me well but I believe the auto mute is just wonky because sometimes they say they couldn't hear me even tho I responded or maybe just because I don't have a very bass-y voice 😅😅 they're updating now about to try them out

Had mine for two years and take it when I travel. Never damaged or broken in my luggage for air travel and works the same as it did when I got it. I did hear about broken sets being shipped when I got mine two years ago but I did not receive a bad one. I use mine daily and charge it once a week. 10/10 from my perspective.

I wear this model of headset and I have no complaints about my glasses getting smushed into my head

The people in these photos must be treating their headsets like trash. I've always treated mine with care and it's absolutely flawless after 2 years of intense use.

Have had these for 2 years now. Work perfectly fine and nothings cracked or broken. Still hold out about 8-9h before battery gets empty.

One of the best headsets (and cheapest!) I’ve ever owned

Xbox Wireless has terrible range. I basically had to put the Xbox right next to my seating to stop dropouts. Some 2.4Ghz routers can also cause issues. It's sad, because the Xbox360 had flawless wireless that allowed me to hide my system in a closet. The Xbox One killed that setup with It's massively reduced range.

Have this set nice launch, it works perfectly. I have to admit though that at times I’m missing my old Turtle Beach X41, which had very good mic monitoring (where you hear your own voice, so you don’t speak so loudly).

I bought it 3 weeks ago and I can say that even though it says it long 20 hours, for my use it lasts less, I'm going to see if I can change it for another one that lasts longer.

It was good for about 2-3 years but I use it daily with pc for work on top of gaming and it literally started falling apart. The plastic from the mic fell off and then the sponge bit from one ear cup, and then other ear cup. It’s like the whole thing one day decides to self destruct and falls apart in one month.

Mine fell too

Mine fell off randomly one day. I take extremely good care of them too.

Best damn headphone I’ve ever used period

Contact customer service with pictures and ask for repair. I got a new headset to replace my old busted one when I complained. See what happens.

Yeah do it! Mine was out of warranty to. I tried and it worked. I was expecting a rejection but I got a new headset. Besides, what’s the worst that could happen.

same here. I just think the microphone quality isn’t great.

I beg u to try this eq out, honestly the one u used I've tried, and as kind of an audiophile, it absolutely rapes your ears and doesn't address the proper frequencies that need attention, which is the mids, the highs have no business needing such an insane amount of boosting when the headphones already come with an aggressively V-shaped frequency response. My eq sorta gives a volume boost, + completely eliminates the mudiness but still retains bass without stuff like bells and cymbals in games like ori to absolutely give u hearing damage

I've had mine for like 3 years, if not longer and I've had zero issues with it. Mind you, I take care of my electronics and don't huck them across the room when I'm done with them.

It sux, no matter how much you restrict outside noise, your party still hears it

They get too loud for me I have to use them halfway mess with eq and the chat game know on left

The best part imo (you can probably do this with other headsets too but love that I can do it with these:) sometimes I’ll play with my friends and they’ll sit on FaceTime with me if they don’t have a mic and I can connect my headset to my phone and my Xbox at the same time and have the FaceTime call come through my headset (mute button on headset works you don’t have to mute on ft to be muted buttttt if you’re using game chat it will come through their phone and their tv so they have to mute you or you have to mute yourself in game but essentially you can still talk to people in game while still hearing your partner& the party/game sound dial feature works with FaceTime as the party sound dial for making your game louder than your party : ) works super great for when I want to watch TikToks in pregame lobbies (through the headset) and don’t want it to be blasted for my whole party to hear when I don’t want to mute myself

But to answer your question I’ll typically go to another room close by and my headset will disconnect from my tv , the signal strength for staying connected to phones is further than the connection to the Xbox but I can’t be 100% about it because I don’t recall if I’ve ever tried bringing the controller with me to the next room or if that would make it stay connected because I think youre connecting to your controller rather than the Xbox, but on another note when you switch accounts while in a party you don’t have to invite your ALT account to the party to keep talking , my bf has a wireless headset as well but prefers mine because he doesn’t like having to carry the usb stick for his around everywhere’s and that’s one of my favorite things about it

It says the mic was upgraded and also has better auto mute and voice isolation

Having to plug your headset into your controller is so outdated and annoying. Saying charging a headset is disruptive is like saying charging a controller battery is disruptive. Just plug it in when youre not playing. Not hard for those with brains

If you cant remember to charge your headset once every 20 hours of playtime then I hate to break it to you, your brain is the inconvenience not the product

I would not buy mine again. It's not bad but it's also not great. Nothing broken but the headset sits super tight (and I don't even have a big head), the mic is meh, the sound is ok/good, but the adjustment wheels for the volume are complete ass

I really love that you can control overall volume and game/chat-balnce by twisting the earpiece- no searching for teeny tiny scrollwheels, but the whole earpiece is the scrollweel.

Seems to happen to mine more often when the battery is getting lower. I haven't tested that out yet, but it feels like when I'm somewhere below 40% or 50% it happens more often. And when the battery is really low, it happens so much I have to stop using it and recharge it. Hey, maybe it's a feature not a bug. 

I hope the range is better. Mine started to drop out when I was 4 feet away.

I tried the Xbox Wireless Headset and although the features were great, no amount of EQ could get them to sound good. They sound TERRIBLE out of the box and mediocre at best with a HEAVY EQ. The Pulse Elites are way better if you want simultaneous bluetooth and quality sound. Plus you get a charging dock.

Some People don’t take care of their shit and they’ll blame someone else for their carelessness. Take care of your stuff and they’ll work for a very long time. Had these since release. Work as they did day 1. Sound good. Bass was too loud out of the box but luckily you can adjust

This. I have a (very powerful) range extender 1,5 meters from the Xbox, and when I turn my head anti clockwise (for instance, to check my smartphone) I have cutouts. If I move away or move the range extender, I don't have problems. It depends on the band, on the channel, on other radio interfaces. But the headset is one of the best

Suuuuper tight. That was why I returned mine

I have both a wireless (the Xbox wireless headset)and a cheap $30 wired headset off Amazon. I only use the wired one if I forget to charge the wireless headset. The wireless is more convenient to me since you don't have to deal with thr cord getting in the way and in you wanna get up and do something quickly like going to take a quick piss you don't have to take your headset off.

Yeah, impossible that a product has a genuine flaw right? Everyone must certainly be lying lmao. I had it for a year, no problems, never dropped, never slept with it, never left the house, then the mic piece just broke off by me pressing the mute button.

Same…. Super glued the crack and good as new

I just found them to be too big overall compared to the SteelSeries. I like to lean back in my Lazyboy when I'm playing and with these the earcups always ended up pushing forward so I'd have to lean forward when playing. The SteelSeries headphones are a lot more narrow so that doesn't happen.

Mine are great, but just like pic 2, my mic just fell off randomly one day. Superglue did the trick but it was super weird

Legit just fell off one day I am not joking

Hey! I just got my headset, but the sensitivity is way too high—you can literally hear everything in my room. Do you have the same problem?

My friends hear the fan of my Xbox, my neighbors and everything else. In addition, the noise reduction does not work.

Mine does the same too. It's so frustrating.

Most of the pics of them destroyed have got to be from kids or something. I, being an absolute nobody, fully endorse this product lol. I’ve had mine since release and they’re still going strong. They’re really good.

Treated mine like a newborn baby, mic snapped exactly there within a week. It's a known design flaw. Microsoft replaced it straight away. Replacement has been fine.

At the price point, they are very good. Everyone doesn’t spent $250-$500 on the headset so they can hear footsteps .023 seconds sooner. I mean, *I* do. But I am willing to accept that others don’t.

Best headset at good price, I’ve had other premium ones but Xbox Wireless is great product for price

Xbox wireless headset literally beats most expensive headsets and it's only $100.

I had the newest turtle beaches, the ones for $200, last year and they sucked and often refused to connect. I took them back to best buy, and the guy recommended the Xbox headset. Had them ever since.

I wouldn't, I got mine and it stopped charging in 2 and a half months and the microphone broke off, right after it died

I've had mine for years and it is still great. I've never had any sense that it was going to break. Don't treat your things like they are trash and they usually won't fall apart like trash