Sony Pulse Elevate: Portable PS5 Speakers with Planar Drivers

Sony announced the Pulse Elevate on its PlayStation blog as a new portable wireless speaker system designed for the PS5. The company highlighted planar magnetic drivers, PlayStation Link lossless low-latency audio, roughly 12 hours of battery life and AI-enhanced noise cancellation for voice calls.

Sony said the speakers will arrive later this year, following the company’s 27-inch PlayStation monitor, which ships August 27. The company did not provide a price or an exact release date.

The Pulse Elevate is designed to be repositioned around a room and recharged by placing units back on their docks. Sony indicated the speakers will offer about 12 hours of portable use per charge.

For console audio, Sony is using PlayStation Link as the transport. The company described PlayStation Link as delivering lossless, ultra-low latency audio between the speakers and PlayStation hardware. Sony has not confirmed whether the speakers will support Bluetooth connections for other devices or which Bluetooth version they will include.

The speakers use planar magnetic drivers, a design that uses a flat diaphragm driven by magnetic fields rather than a cone-shaped dynamic driver. Sony claimed the technology reproduces sound with “near-perfect accuracy along the entire audible spectrum.”

The Pulse Elevate will support voice calls and include AI-enhanced noise cancellation that filters background sounds while preserving the speaker’s voice, according to Sony.

Sony did not release detailed technical specifications such as total power output, frequency response range or full connectivity specifications. Pricing, retail availability and full spec sheets are expected to be announced closer to the product’s launch window later this year.

The Pulse Elevate joins other recent PlayStation accessory announcements from Sony. Final assessments of audio quality, latency and feature performance will depend on hands-on reviews after the product becomes available.