The Best Wireless Gaming Headsets for 2025

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Wired gaming headsets are great, but their cords can get in the way during intense gaming sessions. There's a solution: wireless gaming headsets, which free you from those annoying cables. We've tested gaming headsets for more than 10 years, carefully listening to game and music audio quality, making test recordings using the built-in microphones, playing games to evaluate spatial audio, and digging into apps that enable extra features such as EQ settings. The SteelSeries Arctis Nova Pro Wireless is our top pick, thanks to its excellent performance and build quality, active noise cancellation, flexible transmitter, and dual-swappable batteries. The Razer Barracuda X, meanwhile, offers powerful sound and a clear mic at a much lower price. Those are just two of our favorites in the best wireless gaming headsets category. Read on for more.

Which Wireless Headsets Are Compatible With PlayStation and Xbox?

Compatibility is the most important aspect of buying a gaming headset, especially if you're a console gamer. Headsets with 3.5mm connectors work with pretty much anything, but wireless headsets generally use USB transmitters that require compatibility with your system of choice.

Most wireless headsets work with PCs out of the box, but PlayStation/Xbox Series compatibility tends to be an either/or matter. Due to how the two consoles use USB, support for the PS4 and Xbox One are generally mutually exclusive. You should check a wireless headset's product page or packaging to see if it's compatible with PlayStation or Xbox. Also, if you have the newest consoles, double-check to confirm that the headset is compatible; a PS4 headset might not work with a PS5 out of the box. Recent headsets that work with the PS4 tend to also work with the Nintendo Switch, which is a nice bonus (though without a USB-C transmitter you need either an adapter or to use your Switch docked).

Bluetooth is a nice backup for gaming headsets but rarely the main wireless connection method. It lacks the strong audio quality and latency performance of a 2.4GHz connection, so most wireless gaming headsets have their own transmitters/receivers. Many gaming headsets let you swap between Bluetooth and the USB transmitter connected to your gaming device, but they rarely send audio through from both sources simultaneously.

Which Wireless Gaming Headset Has the Best Mic?

All gaming headsets have microphones, but not all microphones offer the same performance. A good headset mic should provide clear voice communication at a minimum, but it probably won't be broadcast quality. Some headsets have excellent mics that you can use for streaming, commentary, and even podcasts. Others simply let you be heard in voice chat, but might have wireless artifacts, sibilance, or subpar clarity.

If you're serious about streaming or recording, you should consider a dedicated USB microphone. Good mics cost $50-$150, and offer far superior audio quality than nearly any boom mic. You need to be careful with a separate microphone's positioning and configuration, but it's worthwhile if you want to work professionally. See our story on how to make your podcast sound better for general tips that apply to all recording and broadcasting scenarios.

As for the best wireless gaming headset, you can't go wrong with any of the options we've tested here. Choose the one that meets your budgets and needs, and start playing.