Nothing Ear and Ear (a) with 45dB ANC launched in India

Nada just unveiled the Ear and Ear(a), the company's latest TWS headphones, at its Japan Community Update event. The Ear is the successor to last year's Nothing Ear (2) with new 11mm drivers with an improved stack design, improving the Nothing Ear's vibration amplitude by 110% and delivering better bass.

This one also offers a new ceramic diaphragm, has two vents for improved airflow to reduce distortion and an improved microphone design for easy wind flow, and an improved voice algorithm that promises a 60% reduction of the interferences compared to the Ear (2). This also adds LDAC codec in addition to LHDC.

The Ear also has a 25% improved battery life, promising a total battery life of 40.5 with the case and up to 8.5 hours of standalone playback without ANC. It promises up to 10 hours of battery life with 10 minutes of charging.

The Nothing Ear (a) has a new design, new yellow color, 11mm drivers, LDAC, 45dB ANC, but uses PMI + TPU diaphragm and lacks LHDC support. It promises up to 42.5 hours of total battery life with the case and up to 9.5 hours on its own, the highest until the Nothing TWS earphones. This one doesn't have wireless charging, but offers 10 hours of battery life with 10 minutes of charging.

The headphones also feature ChatGPT which can be configured via the Nothing X app. This provides ChatGPT voice access to the Ear and Ear(a) when connected to the phone. This feature will be available soon for Ear (1), Ear (2) and Ear (stick) as well as CMF audio products with an update in June.

Nothing ear specs

• 11 mm dynamic driver, ceramic diaphragm
• Bluetooth 5.3, AAC, SBC, LDAC and LHDC 5.0 codecs, High-Resolution Audio, Compatible with Android 5.1 and later and iOS 11 and later, Google Fast Pair, Microsoft Swift Pair, Dual Connection
• Detection in the ear
• Low Lag Mode (automatically enabled on Nothing Phones, can be enabled from the app for others)
• Up to 45 db Custom ANC, ANC Adaptive to Environment, Frequency Range: 5000 Hz
• Intelligent adaptive noise cancellation with 4 modes (high, medium, low and adaptive), transparency mode
• Clear Voice technology for call noise cancellation with 3 microphones, improved resistance to wind noise
• ChatGPT integration
• Press the controls to play/pause, forward, rewind, answer/hang up calls, reject calls, switch between active noise cancellation mode and transparency mode, launch assistant, control volume
• 8-band equalizer, Shared profile, Personal sound profile
• Water resistant (IP54 for buds, IP55 for case)
• Earpiece dimensions: 29.4 x 21.7 x 24.1mm; Charging box: 55.5 x 55.5 x 22 mm
• Weight: Headphone: 4.62g; Charging box: 51.9g
• 46 mAh button battery offers up to 8.5 hours (without ANC) / 5.2 hours (with ANC) of music playback, 40.5 hours (without ANC) / 24 hours (with ANC) with charging case of 500 mAh, Qi wireless charging up to 2.5 W
• Quick charge: 10 minutes for 10 hours (without ANC)

Nothing Ear to specifications

• 11mm dynamic driver, PMI + TPU diaphragm
• Bluetooth 5.3, AAC, SBC, LDAC Codec, High-Resolution Audio, Compatible with Android 5.1 and later and iOS 11 and later, Google Fast Pair, Microsoft Swift Pair, Dual Connection
• Detection in the ear
• Low Lag Mode (automatically enabled on Nothing Phones, can be enabled from the app for others)
• Up to 45 db Custom ANC, ANC Adaptive to Environment, Frequency Range: 5000 Hz
• Intelligent adaptive noise cancellation with 4 modes (high, medium, low and adaptive), transparency mode
• ChatGPT integration
• Clear Voice technology for call noise cancellation with 3 microphones, improved resistance to wind noise
• Press the controls to play/pause, forward, rewind, answer/hang up calls, reject calls, switch between active noise cancellation mode and transparency mode, launch assistant, control volume
• Equalizer
• Water resistant (IP54 for buds, IPX2 for case)
• Earpiece Dimensions: 30.9 x 21.7 x 24.3mm; Charging box: 47.6 x 63.3 x 22.7 mm
• Weight: Headphone: 4.8g; Charging box: 39.6g
• 46mAh button battery offers up to 9.5h (without ANC) / 5.5h (with ANC) of music playback, 42.5h (without ANC) / 24.5h (with ANC) with case of charge of 500 mAh
• Quick charge: 10 minutes for 10 hours (without ANC)

Prices and availability

The Nothing Ear comes in black and white colors and is priced at Rs. 11,999, which is Rs. 2000 more than the Ear (2). There is a Rs. 1000 launch discount on Flipkart and the headphones will be available from April 29.

The Nothing Ear (a) comes in black, white and yellow colors and is priced at Rs. 7,999. There is a Rs. 2000 bank launch discount on Flipkart and the headphones will be available from April 22. The headphones will also be available at Croma and Vijay sales.