Nothing just introduced the Ear and Ear (a), the company’s latest TWS earbuds, at its community update event from Japan. The Ear is the successor to last year’s Nothing Ear (2) with new 11mm drivers with improved stack layout, improving vibration amplitude of the Nothing Ear by 110% offering better bass.
This also offers a new ceramic diaphragm, has two vents for improved airflow for less distortion and an improved mic design for wind to flow easily, and improved voice algorithm promising 60% reduction in interference compared to Ear (2). This also adds LDAC codec in addition to LHDC.
The Ear also gets a 25% improved battery life, promising 40.5 total battery life with the case and up to 8.5 hours standalone playback without ANC. It promises up to 10 hours of battery life with 10 minutes of charging.
The Nothing Ear (a) get a new design, a new Yellow colour, 11mm drivers, LDAC, 45dB ANC, but uses PMI + TPU diapragham, and lacks LHDC support. It promises up to 42.5h total battery life with the case and up to 9.5h standalone, the highest on Nothing TWS earbuds yet. This doesn’t have wireless charging, but offers 10h battery life with 10 minutes of charging.
The earbuds also feature ChatGPT that can be Setup via the Nothing X app. This offers ChatGPT voice access to the Ear and Ear (a) when connected to the phone. This feature will be available soon to Ear (1), Ear (2) and Ear (stick) as well as CMF audio products with an update in June.
Nothing Ear specifications
- 11mm dynamic driver, ceramic diaphragm
- Bluetooth 5.3, AAC, SBC, LDAC & LHDC 5.0 codecs, Hi-Res audio, compatible with Android 5.1 and later and iOS 11 and later, Google Fast Pair, Microsoft Swift Pair, Dual Connection
- In-ear detection
- Low Lag Mode (Automatically enabled in Nothing Phones, can be enabled from app for others)
- Up to 45db Personalised ANC, Environment Adaptive ANC, Frequency range: 5000Hz
- Smart Adaptive Noise cancellation with 4 modes (High, Mid, Low and Adaptive), Transparency mode
- Clear Voice Technology for call noise cancellation with 3-mics, improved wind noise resistance
- ChatGPT integration
- Pinch controls for play/pause, skip forward, skip back, answer/hang up calls, reject calls, switch between Active Noise Cancellation and Transparency Mode, launch assistant, control volume
- 8-band Equalizer, Profile Sharing, Personal Sound Profile
- Water-resistant (IP54 for buds, IP55 for case)
- Dimensions Earbud: 29.4 x 21.7 x 24.1mm;Charging box: 55.5 x 55.5 x 22mm
- Weight: Earbud: 4.62g; Charging box: 51.9 g
- 46mAh battery in buds offers up to 8.5 hours (without ANC) / 5.2 hours (with ANC) music playback, 40.5h (without ANC) / 24h (with ANC) with 500mAh charging case, Qi wireless charging up to 2.5W
- Fast charging– 10 mins for 10 hours (without ANC)
Nothing Ear a specifications
- 11mm dynamic driver, PMI + TPU diaphragm
- Bluetooth 5.3, AAC, SBC, LDAC codec, Hi-Res audio, compatible with Android 5.1 and later and iOS 11 and later, Google Fast Pair, Microsoft Swift Pair, Dual Connection
- In-ear detection
- Low Lag Mode (Automatically enabled in Nothing Phones, can be enabled from app for others)
- Up to 45db Personalised ANC, Environment Adaptive ANC, Frequency range: 5000Hz
- Smart Adaptive Noise cancellation with 4 modes (High, Mid, Low and Adaptive), Transparency mode
- ChatGPT integration
- Clear Voice Technology for call noise cancellation with 3-mics, improved wind noise resistance
- Pinch controls for play/pause, skip forward, skip back, answer/hang up calls, reject calls, switch between Active Noise Cancellation and Transparency Mode, launch assistant, control volume
- Equalizer
- Water-resistant (IP54 for buds, IPX2 for case)
- Dimensions Earbud: 30.9 x 21.7 x 24.3mm;Charging box: 47.6 x 63.3 x 22.7mm
- Weight: Earbud: 4.8g; Charging box: 39.6g
- 46mAh battery in buds offers up to 9.5h (without ANC) / 5.5h (with ANC) music playback, 42.5h (without ANC) / 24.5h (with ANC) with 500mAh charging case
- Fast charging– 10 mins for 10 hours (without ANC)
Pricing and availability
The Nothing Ear comes in Black and White colours and is priced at Rs. 11,999, making it Rs. 2000 more than the Ear (2). There is a Rs. 1000 launch discount on Flipkart, and the earbuds will be available from April 29th.
The Nothing Ear (a) comes in Black, White and Yellow colours and is priced at Rs. 7,999. There is a Rs. 2000 bank launch discount on Flipkart, and the earbuds will be available from April 22nd. The earbuds will also be available from Croma and Vijay sales.