Nothing Headphone 1 Pro launches with major audio upgrades

UK-based Nothing entered the over-ear headphone market in the summertime of 2025 with the $299 Nothing Headphone 1. Just a little over a 12 months later, the corporate is now bringing a extra premium model of the machine to the market.

Nothing simply unveiled the Nothing Headphone 1 Professional, which affords higher audio, improved noise cancellation, studio-level tuning, and a extra premium aluminum body than its predecessor. Unsurprisingly, all of these upgrades come together with a better price ticket.

The Nothing Headphone 1 Professional sports activities 10 microphones, in comparison with six on its predecessor. This could permit the headphones to realize extra details about the noise round you and extra successfully filter all of it out. Nothing says it has made adjustments to the microphones’ placement, alongside enhancements to the ear cushion, which ought to assist enhance noise cancellation.

In keeping with the corporate, the Nothing Headphone 1 Professional affords 5dB stronger common noise discount than the Headphone 1 and 40% broader noise cancellation protection throughout the frequency vary. That, nonetheless, is just a part of the story.

Nothing goes all-in on audio, too. The brand new machine includes a triple-driver structure, which needs to be a significant improve from its predecessors’ single 40mm dynamic driver setup. The brand new implementation signifies that the Nothing Headphone 1 Professional boasts a person bass dynamic driver, a precision/mids dynamic driver, and a treble xMEMS driver. In keeping with the corporate, the bass driver ought to enhance distortion-free efficiency at excessive quantity, whereas the precision driver ought to assist eradicate undesirable resonances. Lastly, the xMEMS driver, ought to assist devices sound extra detailed and nearer to how they’re perceived in actual life.

The brand new headphones function a 1,060mAh battery which delivers as much as 30 hours of listening with ANC enabled, and 68 hours with ANC disabled. In our testing over at SoundGuys, the Nothing Headphone 1 lasted 42 hours and 53 minutes with ANC on, and 80 hours with ANC off. That is one space the place the Professional falls wanting what its predecessor supplied; on the brilliant facet, Nothing guarantees as much as 4 hours of playback with ANC disabled or two hours with ANC enabled from only a five-minute cost.

Along with the {hardware}, the corporate can also be bringing upgrades on the software program facet. The corporate partnered with London’s Metropolis Studios to deliver new audio options to the machine. This features a pro-level Flat EQ Swap (on the left earcup), a brand new Dynamic Spatial Audio mode, and Customized EQs.

The previous, as evident from the title, enables you to immediately change to a impartial sound profile. Dynamic Spatial Audio, then again, affords 5 distinct sound profiles with head monitoring.

Past the modes, the brand new headphones assist Bluetooth 6.1, Auracast, dual-device pairing, Google Quick Pair, and assist for LDAC and Hello-Res Audio over wired and wi-fi connections.

All of the software program and {hardware} upgrades don’t imply a lot if potential customers aren’t inclined to purchase. Nothing is aware of that, and it’s retaining the distinctive design that helped its first over-ear headphones stand out and giving it a premium coat.

The Nothing Headphone 1 Professional is fabricated from aluminum, titanium, and glass. Aluminum makes up the machine’s body, which the corporate says ought to improve the hand-feel of the headphones. The arms are fabricated from titanium, which ensures sturdiness whereas maintaining the headphones mild. Nothing can also be utilizing scratch-resistant 9H Panda Glass on the clear home windows on the skin of the earcups, which supply a glance into a number of the machine’s internal workings.

The corporate says the headscarf is now wider and thicker, whereas the ear cushions at the moment are softer. This could lead to a extra comfy match, although we’d solely be capable to say that for sure after we’ve examined the Headphone 1 Professional.

The Nothing Headphone 1 Professional is available in black and white and prices $399. It will likely be obtainable beginning Tuesday, September 29, at nothing.tech, Amazon, and at Greatest Purchase shops.