Few {hardware} startups have ramped as much as a full product line as shortly as Nothing. The London-based agency introduced on Tuesday one more tackle earbuds with the Ear Open. Because the identify recommendations, these are open-ear units, designed to take care of a way of situational consciousness, moderately than the drown-out-the-world strategy of energetic noise cancelation.
The brand new buds run $149, the identical worth as the corporate’s Ear 2 and $50 greater than the price range Ear A, and $20 greater than the new AirPods 4 (sans ANC). Additionally just like the Ear 2, the brand new Open present voice-based entry to ChatGPT queries courtesy of the Nothing X app.
Like different open-ear headphones, the brand new pair are designed for cases when the wearer wants to listen to what’s happening round them. That may very well be a motorbike trip or a stroll by way of the town streets. Some sound leakage is inevitable with headphones that don’t have cups or inserts to offer passive noise canceling.
Of that, Nothing claims, “This open design is engineered with a Sound Seal System and directional speakers to minimize sound leakage, ensuring privacy while delivering a perfectly balanced soundstage.”
The Open actually preserve the give attention to fashion that has outlined Nothing’s merchandise for the reason that outset. They very a lot carry over the design language of the corporate’s Ear merchandise. That’s good, as open-ear headphones typically are likely to appear like they have been fished out of the bin at Greenback Common.
Nothing says the buds are 30% lighter than “typical earbuds.” They’ll additionally get eight hours of playback on a cost and a complete of 30 hours when the case is factored in.
Preorder opens Tuesday. They’ll begin transport to the U.S., Canada, the U.Okay., and Europe on October 1.
