Over-ear headphones with the longest battery life
Wireless over-ear headphones ranked on battery capacity and ANC battery efficiency.
Battery life
Over-ear headphones with the longest battery life
30 products
Bowers & Wilkins
Bowers & Wilkins Px8 Wireless Headphones
From £529
Apple
Apple AirPods Max 2 Wireless Over-Ear Headphones
From £499
Bose
Bose QuietComfort Ultra Bluetooth Headphones (2nd Gen)
From £332
Bowers & Wilkins
Bowers & Wilkins Px7 S3 Wireless Headphones
From £399
Sonos
Sonos Ace - Noise Cancelling Wireless Bluetooth Headphones - Up to 30 hours battery life - Spatial Audio - Dynamic Head Tracking - Black
From £299
Bowers & Wilkins
Bowers & Wilkins Px8 Flagship Noise Cancelling Wireless Over-Ear Headphones with Bluetooth 5.0 & Quick Charge
From £350
Beats
Beats Studio Pro – Wireless Bluetooth Noise Cancelling Headphones – Personalised Spatial Audio
From £349
Sony
SONY WH-1000XM6 Flagship Noise Cancelling Over-Ear Wireless Bluetooth Headphones
From £349
Apple
AirPods Max 2
From £499
Apple
Apple AirPods Max
From £424
Beats
Beats Solo 4
From £199
Beats
Beats Studio Pro
From £349
Bose
Bose QuietComfort SC
From £189
Bose
Bose QuietComfort Ultra
From £300
Bose
Bose QuietComfort Ultra Bluetooth Headphones
From £349
Bose
Bose QuietComfort Wireless
From £209
Bowers & Wilkins
Bowers & Wilkins PX7 S2
From £134
Bowers & Wilkins
Bowers & Wilkins PX7 S2e
From £229
Bowers & Wilkins
Bowers & Wilkins Px7 S3
From £372
Bowers & Wilkins
Bowers & Wilkins Px8
From £477
Bowers & Wilkins
Bowers & Wilkins Px8 S2
From £629
Sennheiser
Sennheiser ACCENTUM Plus
From £139
Sennheiser
Sennheiser HD 599 SE
From £86.99
Sennheiser
Sennheiser MOMENTUM 4 Wireless
From £150
Sony
Sony ULT WEAR
From £114
Sony
Sony WH-1000XM4
From £174
Sony
Sony WH-1000XM5
From £200
Soundcore
Soundcore Space Q45
From £110
Bose
Bose QuietComfort Ultra Bluetooth Wireless Noise Cancelling Headphones for music with Spatial Audio
From £300
Sennheiser
DiscontinuedSennheiser HD 560S
Reference - specs only
Battery life guide
How to choose battery life
Battery life on wireless headphones ranges from 18 hours on the Apple AirPods Max to over 50 hours on the Sennheiser Momentum 4 Wireless. Battery life depends on driver size, chipset efficiency, and active noise cancellation behaviour.
ANC and battery
Active noise cancellation drains battery faster than passive listening. The Bose QuietComfort Ultra runs 24 hours with ANC on. The same headphones run 30 hours with ANC off.