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Android Authority
16-05-2025
- Android Authority
Nothing doesn't like any of the headphones on the market so it's making its own
Oliver Cragg / Android Authority TL;DR Nothing is developing its first pair of over-ear headphones. The designers working on the product make comparisons to Sony's WH-1000XM6 and Apple's AirPods Max. These headphones will launch sometime this summer. Nothing has a decent amount of experience in making audio products, with releases like the Ear, the Ear Open, and the Ear A. However, these are all earbuds; the London-based company has never made a pair of over-ear headphones. Now, Nothing wants to use its experience to break into the headphone category. Over on Nothing's YouTube channel, the company has published a new video revealing that it is working on over-ear headphones. While discussing Sony's recently launched WH-1000XM6, the designers talk about the design and how they 'don't like a single' over-ear headphone currently on the market. They also mention how expensive premium headphones, like Apple's AirPods Max ($550), are and how easy it is to mix up the control buttons while the device is on your head. The team is looking to design over-ear headphones that say 'something about you when you're wearing' them. They also want to improve button interaction, so you know exactly what buttons you're touching when the product is on your head. And it seems that Nothing is attempting to make the sound quality comparable to premium headphones while keeping the cost down. The employees add that the headphones are 'some of the best sounding on the market, certainly in their price range, if not punching above their weight.' As for when these headphones will be available, the team says they'll come out this summer. The Nothing Phone 3 is expected to launch in Q3 2025, meaning that there's a chance these headphones could launch alongside the company's next phone. Got a tip? Talk to us! Email our staff at Email our staff at news@ . You can stay anonymous or get credit for the info, it's your choice.
CNET
16-05-2025
- CNET
Nothing Teases New Over-Ear Headphones That Are 'Better Than AirPods Max' But Cost Much Less
Every since Yanko Design created some concept photos of Nothing over-ear headphones back in 2022, Nothing fans have been hoping they would become a real product, especially after Nothing founder Carl Pei called the designs "crazy cool" in a social media post. Well, now Nothing has posted a video of its product design team discussing over-ear headphones entitled "We're making over-ear headphones." They'll be released this summer, according to the video, and rival the AirPods Max in terms of sound quality but cost a lot less. Read more: Best noise-canceling headphones of 2025 To a certain degree, the designers spend much of the video trashing premium over-ear cans and come across as super arrogant. "We don't really like a single over-ear headphone that's on the market," one designer says. And at the start of the video we hear them mocking the name of the new $450 Sony WH-1000XM6 and commenting about the headband being a little "fatter." Although Yanko Design's post from 2022 refers to the headphones as the Nothing Head (1), which would be a pretty logical name for the headphones (or simply Nothing Head), the video doesn't mention what the name for the new Nothing over-ear headphones will be or how much they'll cost. Presumably the headphones will have some of the same translucent elements that help distinguish the company's earbuds from other noise-canceling buds on the market. Its $150 Nothing Ear buds are on CNET's list of best wireless earbuds and best noise-canceling earbuds and its $130 Nothing Ear (Open) buds are on our list of best open earbuds. I look forward to testing the Nothing over-ear headphones when they're released this summer. Hopefully, they live up to the hype and are as good a value as the designers say they will be.
