Most gaming headsets make a deal with the devil. You get great sound but your ears turn into saunas. You get a boom mic that makes you sound like a radio host but the clamping force gives you a headache by hour two. You get wireless freedom but the battery dies mid-session. Something always gives.
The G325 is Logitech’s answer to that problem. It’s a budget headset built around one core idea: get out of the way and let you play. No boom arm, no RGB lighting draining the battery, no heavy over-engineered frame pressing against your skull. Just a lightweight, wireless headset that connects fast, sounds good through the Lightspeed dongle, and lasts long enough that charging becomes an afterthought.
I put it on for the first time and immediately thought the clamp force was too tight. One small adjustment to the headband length and that was the end of the problem. After that, I forgot I was wearing it. The cloth earcups are breathable and soft, I never broke a sweat during any session, and there was no ear pinching or pressure building up through long plays. At $79.99, I went in expecting to find the catch. I’m still looking for it.
Comfort and Fit
The G325 is light. Noticeably, immediately light. You feel it the moment you put it on, and you stop feeling it about twenty minutes later. Once I dialed in a slightly shorter headband setting, the fit locked in clean with no pressure points. Tom’s Guide called it the most comfortable budget headset you can buy, crediting the low weight and breathable knit fabric headband that relieves pressure on the top of your head. One reviewer at Gaming Trend said they regularly forgot to take them off when getting up mid-session because they simply didn’t feel them. That matched my experience exactly.
One honest limitation: the G325 doesn’t isolate outside sound. The open knit fabric lets ambient noise in, and it lets your audio out. GamingShogun noted that at 50% volume, someone nearby will hear what you’re listening to. For me, that’s a non-issue. I game at home in a quiet room and actually prefer not being fully sealed off. But if you’re gaming in a loud environment or sharing a space with people who’d rather not hear your game, factor that in.
Battery Life
Logitech rates the G325 at 24-plus hours. I charged mine to 80% to preserve battery health long-term and calculated out roughly 20 to 22 hours of real use from that charge. That’s honest performance. GamingShogun’s full-charge testing landed at about 23 hours before the low-battery warning appeared, which confirms the math holds. To set the 80% charge cap, you’ll need to configure it through G Hub on your computer using the Lightspeed dongle. I hadn’t seen that option surface intuitively, so it’s worth knowing you have to go looking for it.
Lightspeed vs. Bluetooth
Over Bluetooth, the audio is fine. Functional. Nothing special. Put it next to a pair of in-ear headphones like Beats Powerbeats and the G325 over Bluetooth doesn’t match up in volume or clarity. That’s not a knock unique to this headset. Bluetooth compression at this price point just has limits. Plug in the Lightspeed dongle and the headset becomes a different animal entirely.
The G325 delivers 24-bit dynamic audio over the Lightspeed connection, Logitech’s proprietary 2.4GHz wireless technology. The practical gap between the two modes comes down to latency. Bluetooth introduces 40 to 70ms of delay. Lightspeed runs at roughly 1ms. That difference is audible in games. Audio feels locked in rather than slightly behind the action. A reviewer testing on Nintendo Switch 2 via Bluetooth described the sound as fine but quiet even at max volume, then called the Lightspeed experience on PC immersive, picking up small environmental details they had never noticed in the same games before. Playing Arc Raiders through the Lightspeed connection, I heard the same thing. Cleaner, sharper, more present. Bluetooth is fine for music and casual use. For gaming, use the dongle.
The Mic
No boom arm. The G325 uses dual beamforming microphones built directly into the earcups, and a gaming buddy noticed the difference right away when comparing it to my other headset, which has a boom arm that connects into the PS5 controller. My voice came through clearly enough, but it wasn’t as crisp.
That gap is physics more than a design failure. GamingShogun put it plainly: a boom mic sits roughly an inch from your mouth, while the G325’s mics sit five inches away on your ears, which means higher gain and more background noise entering the signal. Logitech applies AI-powered noise reduction to compensate, but it can’t fully close that distance. For casual gaming and party chat it’s perfectly usable. For streaming or anyone who needs broadcast-quality comms, look elsewhere.
Controls
Power switch, volume rocker, mute button, and a Lightspeed-to-Bluetooth toggle, all on the left earcup. I fumbled for a few buttons early on but it clicked fast. The volume rocker earns its keep on console, where adjusting game volume without navigating menus is a small but real quality-of-life win. Same goes for TV use.
The Logitech G mobile app gives you a 10-band EQ, mic settings, and AI noise reduction controls. The iPhone app is functional but basic. I experimented with mic sensitivity settings and couldn’t reliably notice a difference across levels, so I’d treat the app as a nice-to-have rather than a core part of the experience. More serious customization lives on the PC side through G Hub.
The G325 comes in black, white, and lilac. I’ve been testing the white for three weeks and it’s held up well with no discoloration or wear showing on the earcups or headband.
Specs
- Colors: Black, White, Lilac
- 24-bit dynamic audio
- 32mm drivers
- Dual beamforming built-in microphones with AI noise reduction
- Lightspeed 2.4GHz wireless and Bluetooth 5.2
- 24-plus hour rated battery life
- USB-C charging
- Compatible with PC, PS5, Xbox, Nintendo Switch and Switch 2, and mobile
- Weight: 212 grams
