Nothing officially makes its own pair of over-eraille wireless Bluetooth headphones. The company confirmed the news in a video of almost four minutes where the London -based design team discussed its objectives for still unknown audio equipment.
The news does not follow anything earlier this week that he will associate himself with the British Institution Hi-Fi Kef on new audio products, although there was no mention of this company in the video.
Although the details are rare, we have learned a handful of key elements that can distinguish the headphones nothing in the ear from competitors like Apple and Sony.
In fact, the video begins with the designers who reflect on what “XM6” means, perhaps referring to the trio of characters of the rather difficult name of the most recent and, for the moment, headphones of the head of the industry, the Sony Wh-1000xm6.
Above all, however, the team focuses on the choices they make for the first over-ear lighter of nothing.
Price
The price is a huge consideration. Calling Apple $ 549 AirPods Max, which cost approximately two latest generation phones, the team said they wanted to produce cheaper headphones, those who cost much less than Iirpods Max.
As for how less, well, a designer mentioned the price, but at that moment, his voice was in a mute and his mouth was covered with a small message saying that nothing should keep certain secrets.
Of course, nothing has a form in this area. We have allocated to its budget headphones the nothing ear (a) a five -star review and consider them as among the best headphones you can buy, and they only cost $ 99 / £ 99 / $ 169 in.
Meanwhile, the Nothing Ear headphones, now in their third generation, are slightly more expensive – but we have always proclaimed them as “well out of their price class”.
Ease of use
The designers complain that with most headphones, the buttons all feel the same, and it is impossible to know if you touch the volume, pause or Bluetooth controls. It seems that nothing does it differently, conceiving all the buttons to be “completely distinct”.
Hope is that there will be “no doubt about the control that you are about to touch, [so] You don’t make mistakes and we get away from this musical listening experience. “”
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Special meeting
Nothing of the designers say that they can do things with headphones that large companies cannot, because large technological companies “simply cannot take risks; they must think of all this global program … and millions and millions of users”.
Nothing, on the other hand, maintains that he can simply have an idea, build it, test it and “put it there”. To be fair, that’s certainly how it seems with nothing unusual and emblematic smartphones.
Make the best sound
Nothing already has a significant experience and a fairly good assessment in the audio space. Its wireless headphones are currently near the top of our best wireless headphones for 2025.
As for the quality of these earphones on the ears at the moment, a designer has said nothing: “I’m already impressed. They are not over, but you know, I think that could be among the best surveys on the market.”
Not just in their price range either; Nothing believes that these headphones “strike above their weight”.
Nothing goes even further, because the team reflects that these headphones are as good as those that you could pay twice as much, and then adds that they are “better than Airpods Max, and it was always the goal”.
A clue
An interesting point to remember is that even if nothing does not share the price, they seem to note that these headphones are as good as those that cost twice as much, then mention the AirPods at $ 549 Max. Does this mean that Nothing can list for $ 275?
Although no name has been mentioned, we are ready to guess that “the ear” will be in the name and that the full name could be “nothing ear (pros)”.
These are all the details that we gleaned from the unusual announcement video of nothing, the only other treat being that these headphones will send this summer.
It is too early to say if they will really beat AirPods Max or approach Sony’s excellent audio quality. But given the audio history, it will surely be a launch to watch.
