{"id":230130,"date":"2025-07-01T19:56:09","date_gmt":"2025-07-01T19:56:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/230130\/"},"modified":"2025-07-01T19:56:09","modified_gmt":"2025-07-01T19:56:09","slug":"nothings-over-ear-headphones-are-all-about-the-buttons","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/230130\/","title":{"rendered":"Nothing\u2019s over-ear headphones are all about the buttons"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1ymtmqpi _17nnmdy1 _17nnmdy0 _1xwtict1\">Nothing has launched its first pair of over-ear headphones, imaginatively named the Headphone 1. At $299, these are priced to compete with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/21345733\/best-noise-canceling-headphones\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">flagship fare<\/a>, distinguished primarily by their distinctive Nothing design language \u2014 right down to the buttons.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1ymtmqpi _17nnmdy1 _17nnmdy0 _1xwtict1\">While the boxy outline calls to mind <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/22177494\/apple-airpods-max-headphones-review-price-features\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Apple\u2019s AirPods Max<\/a>, the semi-transparent detailing on the outside of each ear cup is all Nothing. So are the buttons, all differently shaped, with some you press, some you flick, and some you toggle. They\u2019re meant to be more intuitive to use by touch alone, so you don\u2019t have to take the headphones off to remind yourself which button turns on pairing.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1ymtmqpi _17nnmdy1 _17nnmdy0 _1xwtict1\">With active noise canceling, spatial audio, and support for lossless playback, these tick off most of the usual high-end headphone features. There\u2019s 35 hours of battery life with noise cancellation on and an IP52 rating for water resistance, and the audio itself was developed in partnership with HiFi brand KEF, with custom 40mm drivers.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1ymtmqpi _17nnmdy1 _17nnmdy0 _1xwtict1\">My colleague Andru Marino has already reviewed the Headphone 1, so <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/reviews\/695609\/nothing-headphone-1-review\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">check out his review<\/a> to find out how they stack up. Preorders launch on Friday, July 4th, with a full release on the 15th.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Nothing has launched its first pair of over-ear headphones, imaginatively named the Headphone 1. At $299, these are&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":230131,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[1816,1685,69292,12,326,53,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-230130","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-technology","8":"tag-audio","9":"tag-gadgets","10":"tag-headphones","11":"tag-news","12":"tag-tech","13":"tag-technology","14":"tag-uk","15":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114779742769884423","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/230130","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=230130"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/230130\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/230131"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=230130"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=230130"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=230130"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}