Although it is almost a year since they released, I still have been going on and on it no ear and no ear (a), as if they were the warm new gadgets in the block. But it’s time to stop dwelling on the past, even if a model ranks among the best wireless earplugs and looks at the future.
Given that it has released new earplugs ever years, a regular Olympic ‘Santa Claus of Music, it seems that the technical company will not prepare a new pair of earlings for 2025-Isæres considering that the company is now pairing with British Hi-Fi Great Kef and has more sound products planned for release this year.
The company has been in operation with an annoying lack of a numbering system since the ear (2), so I just want to call these Nothing Ear (2025) for the purpose of making this article at least a little easy to read.
At the time of writing, the only hints we have about a new set of ear-branded buds and a budgetary compassion, are the hints of the Kef binding. So here’s what I want to see in the new buds, in the absence of specific leaks about features. I have tested both 2024 models-so-soch as well as Nothing Ear (Open)-and will draw on it to this wish list.
No ear (2025): clip to the hunt
- What is it? The latest generation of no earplugs
- When could it start? Probably later in 2025
- How much could it cost? Standard for about $ 150 / £ 130 / AU $ 250, the cheaper (a) version to about a third less lesser
No Ear (2025): Price and Release Date -Forests
So far we have looked at annual releases from nothing; The ear came out in April 2024 and the ear (2) (which came before the ear, despite the name) was released in March 2023.
Nothing has said that it works on a pair of over-ear headphones for release probably later in the year, but has not said anything about new earplugs specifically, that it has several new audio products that come from its partnership with KEF.
Based on the annual cycle, I had already expected to see the new earplugs. It is possible that the release of September 2024 by Nothing Ear (Open) has led the company to push its schedule with a few months, so let’s hope that the new buds will come in the middle of the year, or maybe towards the end.
And what about price? We haven’t heard anything on that front, but nothing hasn’t done much to change the cost of its buds between generations. Nothing Ear cost $ 149 / £ 129 / AU $ 249, while Nothing Ear (A) went for $ 99 / £ 99 / AU $ 192.
No ear (2025): what we will see
I did not go through any ear for Techradar and have used (A) in the best part of a year now as my ‘standard’ earplugs. So here is what I would love to look at a new-and-enhanced version of the duo:
1. A new no ear (a)
If you, like me, think that Nothing Ear (A) remains some of the best earplugs you can buy right now, you may be alarmed to know that there are no guarantees that a new version of this model returns.
In justice there is no reason why a new no ear (a) Won’t Came out, but remember that 2024 was the first year when we saw an (A) -style affordable alternative, after the company’s tendency to (a) smartphones. So it’s not a recurring product type that is guaranteed to return.
However, I hope it does because it has no ear (A) become the budget headphones I also compare rivals – and some updated by 2025 could dry the floor clean with the competition.
2. A longer battery life
My most important grip with no ear in my review, which I also encounter when I use the ear (A,) is that none of them have a particularly impressive battery life.
In context you get about five hours of listening with the standard model and an extra half hour with (A) – both figures while the ANC is on. By my personal standards, all under-six hours are understated-I really like to see eight hours on the spec list.
You may be wondering who is listening to music for 8 hours straight – but I think you would be surprised. After all, it is the length of an average work day, and that is the time you may want to listen if you are traveling or working on something that requires sound.
More than ear (A) has run out of juice when I need them: Once on a bus trip to my hometown, another time in the afternoon on a working day.
So I would very much like to see that something of nothing is new earplugs that offer a little more listening time before they run out of power.
3. Improved cases
Both Nothing Ear and Nothing Ear (A) came with cheap-feeling of plasticky charging cases. I can apologize (a) ‘s – the case is incredibly small and the products are cheap myself. But that is not quite the case with the flagship unit.
Nothing Ears case breaks a little in the hand, a real symptom of cheap plastic, and it doesn’t feel very premium to hold. It’s just a matter, you’re not intended to get too riled about it, but nothing is the decision to use through fronts in an attempt to induce the noughties style gadget-nostalgia shows that case design is important to it.
I have tested lots of much-buyer earplugs that come with cases that feel more premium, usually due to the material or structure, such as the Sony WF-C510. Nothing should note.
4. A slightly higher maximum volume
I know the whole point of active noise cancellation or ANC is to allow you to hear your music without having to do it at a hearing high volume. But to be pumped, sometimes you have to play your tunes high, and none of the 2024 -ear products allowed it.
It’s not that I was struggling to hear music (most of the time), just that the earbuds never let me turn the volume up to 11-it is also a problem I had with the open ear buds later in the year. Come on nothing let’s push the decibel count a little.
5. The (a) that has audio profiling personalization
They say beggars can’t be voters, but I’m about to choose a premium feature I will get to the affordable earplugs.
A significant difference between Nothing Ear (A) and its Premium siblings is that the latter had a healthy personalization feature – it was a light test that created a custom audio blend based on your unique sonic sensitivity. I tried it and I loved it.
Of course, a lack of features in no ear (a) is the price you pay for … yes, not paying a price. But it’s been a year – let’s also let the budget buyers enjoy it now. And maybe the higher end model will have a new flagship feature to pull people to it.
6. Funkies Colors on the Top-end model
I’ve been writing about tech for over six years now, and maybe the most common complaint I’ve made about something is how gadgets all too often come in only two boring color settings: white or black. I want some color!
Fortunately, no ear (a) one of the rare exceptions of funky-colored buds that come in a yellow option that Obviously I love to slides. But if you don’t like yellow you’ll be left blue.
I would very much like to see a few more color settings (Colorways, as Tech Nerds call them) available for coming generations. Admittedly, nothing is reluctant with color products, judging by its phones, but it offers its CMF-branded gadgets in a few more lively shades, so maybe it’s time to get inspiration from this budget area.
7. Keep the equalization
There is no indication that nothing will change the equalization in its nothing x -app … but I can see why it would.
Nothing X Equalizer is Pretty barebones after industrial standards- many rivals offer eight- or 10-band Equalizers so you can finely cuddle your audio profile down to the cord. However, nothing offers a three-band one so you can change bass, treble and middle, and that’s it.
Many audiophiles will find this inadequate, but I think it is besides that point – a simple EQ like this is really easy to use for people who are not audiophiles and it gives them a way to customize their music without having to sit through endless YouTube tutorials about what the different settings are doing. So I want to see something keep this feature the same.
