Jabra Elite 85h Review – The Jabra Elite 85h is Jabra's wireless, active noise cancelling, flagship headphones that comes with a new feature called Smart Sound. With Smart Sound, the headphones can detect where you are by listening to your surroundings continuously, and then activate a sound profile...

The Jabra Elite 85h boasts the features and performance to give Bose and Sony's noise-cancelling headphones serious competition. But is it a category leader

Best battery life of any noise-cancelling headphone; Great sound reproduction; Intuitive controls and listening modes; Digital assistant support for Siri; Google Assistant; and Alexa; Companion app with personalized sound options; Strong build quality

Bass distorts in listening modes; Bulky and heavy

Active Noise Cancelling headphones can be pretty amazing, or pretty terrible, depending on how well they actually cancel noise in real-world situations, so when Jabra sent over their Elite 85h Active Noise Cancelling Bluetooth headphones ( Rs.

Good sound quality; Excellent battery life; Bluetooth 5.0; Premium and sturdy build; USB-C

No aptX support; Bass sometimes distorts at high volumes; ANC is not at par with competitors like Sony's WH-1000XM3

The Jabra Elite 85h headphones are a seriously good product. They boast a good sound quality, with some super smart features, and a classy-looking design. But do they truly take out the likes of the Sony WH-1000XM3 headphones Well, it depends.

The Jabra Elite 85h is a good alternative Bose and Sony noise-canceling models for slightly less money, particularly if you value call quality.

The Jabra Elite 85h offers impressive noise-canceling performance, strong sound and excellent battery life with USB-C charging; They're comfortable to wear and are loaded with convenience features, including one-button access to Google Assistant, Alexa and Siri voice assistants.

A little heavier than their Bose and Sony competitors, they're not quite as comfortable; May not fit large heads.

When Jabra first announced its new Elite 85h ($300, £280 or about AU$435 converted) over-ear premium wireless headphones, it touted how it would be equipped with always-on (hands-free) voice assistant control using Amazon's Alexa or Google Assistant. Alas, that feature didn't make it into the final product -- apparently it affected battery life too much -- but the Elite 85h is nevertheless an excellent noise-canceling headphone that sounds very good, is comfortable to wear and also works great as a headset for making calls.

The Jabra Elite 85h is a good alternative Bose and Sony noise-canceling models for slightly less money, particularly if you value call quality.

The Jabra Elite 85h offers impressive noise-canceling performance, strong sound and excellent battery life with USB-C charging; They're comfortable to wear and are loaded with convenience features, including one-button access to Google Assistant, Alexa and Siri voice assistants; It delivers best-in-class call quality with a customizable sidetone option.

A little heavier than their Bose and Sony competitors, they're not quite as comfortable; May not fit large heads.

When Jabra first announced its new Elite 85h ($300, £280 or about AU$435 converted) over-ear premium wireless headphones, it touted how it would be equipped with always-on (hands-free) voice assistant control using Amazon's Alexa or Google Assistant .

The Jabra Elite 85h offers impressive noise-canceling performance, strong sound and excellent battery life with USB-C charging; They're comfortable to wear and are loaded with convenience features, including one-button access to Google Assistant, Alexa and Siri voice assistants.

A little heavier than their Bose and Sony competitors, they're not quite as comfortable; May not fit large heads

Jabra impressed us last year with a mix of quality and value on the Elite 65t. The Elite 85h is a well-built audio workhorse with amazing battery life and capable ANC, but the overall audio quality isn't as good as the Sony 1000XM3.

Premium cans that offer unique features on top of great sound quality and noise cancellation

Great sound quality; great noise cancellation; comfortable; user friendly features

Expensive; both sound quality and noise cancellation fall just short of being the best in the field; Expensive; both sound quality and noise cancellation fall just short of being the best in the field

With excellent products like their most recent QC35 II and WH1000xM3 models , Bose and Sony have had a stranglehold on the premium noise-canceling headphone world for a few years now. But that's not to say other companies aren't nipping at their heels with compelling products of their own.

Class-leading battery life; Feature-packed app; Clear; focused sound; Comfortable

No power button; No aptX or LDAC