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Nothing’s first open-ear headphones keep you aware of your surroundings


Hear your music and the world around you.

The Nothing Ear Open join a growing trend in headphones where active noise cancelling technology is eschewed for a design that deliberately lets outside sounds in. In February, Bose introduced its $299 Ultra Open earbuds and positioned them as headphones that can be comfortably worn all day long, even at work. That’s solid battery life given the Ear Open feature the largest 14.2-millimeter drivers Nothing has included in its earbuds to date, but with a directional design to help minimize sound leakage.

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