The Nothing Headphone (1) Pro is official. It goes on sale in the US today, September 29, at $399. We covered the headphones twice as an unverified Dealabs leak, first on September 12 and again on September 13. Both posts called the $399 price and today’s release date correctly, and both were right about the colours and Bluetooth 6.1.
What the leak did not tell us
Three details are new today. The first is the noise cancellation figure. Nothing rates the Headphone (1) Pro at up to 46dB of adaptive ANC through a 10-microphone array, up from 42dB on the original Headphone (1). The leaks mentioned the ten microphones but never carried a dB number.
The second is battery life. Nothing quotes up to 68 hours, ahead of the 60-hour figure that circulated before launch. The third is a marketing move rather than a spec. Nothing has named the musician V as its new Global Brand Ambassador, which neither leak post anticipated.
Pricing and Availability
The Headphone (1) Pro costs $399 in the US. Other markets get it at £349 and €349. That is $100 more than the standard Headphone (1), which launched at $299.
Sales start today through Nothing’s own US site, Amazon and Best Buy. Black and White are the two colour options.
Headphone (1) Pro Specifications
Nothing uses a triple-driver setup, splitting the frequency range across three transducers. Tuning is credited to Metropolis Studios in London, which the leaks also reported. There is also a physical EQ switch that drops the headphones to a flat profile.
- Drivers: 40mm dynamic driver for bass, a precision dynamic driver, and an xMEMS driver with a silicone diaphragm for treble
- Noise cancellation: adaptive ANC up to 46dB using a 10-microphone system
- Battery, ANC off: up to 68 hours on AAC, up to 53 hours on LDAC
- Battery, ANC on: up to 30 hours on AAC, up to 28 hours on LDAC
- Fast charging: five minutes gives four hours of playback without ANC, or two hours with ANC on
- Connectivity: Bluetooth 6.1 with SBC, AAC, LDAC and Auracast, plus dual connection and wear detection
- Spatial Audio: Standard, Studio B, Live House, Club and Concert Hall presets, with optional head tracking
- Build: titanium and aluminium structural elements with glass panels, 327g, IP52 rated
Sources: 9to5Google, FoneArena, Nothing
