Nothing ne développe pas actuellement sa propre paire d’écouteurs sans fil over-ear en Bluetooth. La société a partagé cette mise à jour dans une courte vidéo de près de quatre minutes où l’équipe de conception basée à Londres évoque leur vision pour le futur produit audio.

Cette annonce intervient peu après la nouvelle selon laquelle Apple collabore avec la célèbre marque britannique de hi-fi KEF pour créer de nouveaux équipements audio, bien que cette collaboration n’ait pas été mentionnée dans la vidéo.

Bien que les détails soient limités, nous avons appris certains éléments clés qui pourraient différencier les écouteurs over-ear de Nothing de ceux de concurrents comme Sony.

Fait intéressant, la vidéo commence avec les designers explorant la signification du nom « XM6 », qui fait probablement référence aux derniers écouteurs haut de gamme de Sony, le Sony WH-1000XM6.

Dans l’ensemble, l’équipe se concentre sur les choix de design et les innovations qu’elle met en œuvre pour les premiers écouteurs over-ear de Nothing, ce qui promet une addition passionnante au marché de l’audio sans fil.

Price

Price is a huge consideration. Calling out the AirPods Max from Apple, which cost about as much as two last-gen Nothing phones, the team said it wants to produce cheaper headphones, ones that cost far less than AirPods Max.

As for how much less, well, one designer mentioned the price, but in that moment, his voice was muted and his mouth was covered with a little message saying that Nothing has to keep some secrets.

Of course Nothing has form in this area. We awarded its budget earbuds the Nothing Ear (a) a five-star review and consider them to be among the best earbuds you can buy, and they cost a mere $99 / £99 / AU$169.

Meanwhile, the Nothing Ear earbuds, now on their third generation, are slightly more expensive – but we still proclaimed them to be "punching well out of their price class."

Ease of use

La facilité d'utilisation est essentielle pour les écouteurs. Beaucoup de modèles disposent de boutons qui ont la même sensation, ce qui rend difficile de distinguer si vous ajustez le volume, mettez en pause ou vous connectez via Bluetooth. L'objectif est de concevoir des boutons facilement identifiables, afin que l'utilisateur puisse repérer rapidement les commandes sans confusion. Cela garantit une expérience d'écoute fluide, vous permettant de profiter de votre musique sans changements accidentels ou interruptions.

Make it special

Nothing's designers say they can do things with headphones that the big companies cannot, because the big tech companies "just can't take risks; they've got to think about this whole global program...and millions and millions of users."

Nothing, by contrast, contends it can just take an idea, build it, test it, and "put it out there." To be fair, that's certainly how it seems with Nothing's unusual and iconic smartphones.

Make the best audio

Nothing's already got a significant experience and a quite good track record in the audio space. Its wireless headphones currently sit near the top of our Best Wireless Earbuds of 2025.

As for how good these over-the-ear headphones sound right now, one Nothing designer said, "I'm already impressed. They're not finished, but you know, I think these might be some of the best sounding on the market."

Not just in their price range, either; Nothing believes these headphones will "punch above their weight."

Nothing's confidence goes even further, as the team muses that these headphones are as good as those you might pay twice as much for, and then adds that they're "better than AirPods Max, and that was always the goal."

A clue

One interesting takeaway is that while Nothing isn't sharing the price, they appear to note that these headphones are as good as ones costing twice as much, and then mention the $549 AirPods Max. Does that mean the Nothing Headphones might list for $275?

While no name was mentioned, we're willing to guess that "Ear" will be in the name and that the full name could be "Nothing Ear (Pros)".

That's all the detail we gleaned from Nothing's unusual announcement video, with the only other tidbit being that these headphones will ship this summer.

It's too early to say if they will truly beat AirPods Max or approach Sony's excellent audio quality. But considering Nothing's audio track record, this will surely be a launch to watch.