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Length and the other connector are not stated."}},{"url":"https://us.nothing.tech/products/ear-open","kind":"manufacturer_page","accessed":"2026-10-15","fields":["manufacturer_url","segment","status","colors","form_factor","bud_shape"],"notes":{"manufacturer_url":"US store product page.","segment":"Page description: open-ear headphones with an ear hook, perfect for running, workouts and everyday use. The page title area says designed for movement. Nothing lists the product under Audio, so sport is the closest option.","status":"US store lists the product at $99. It showed Sold out with a Notify me button on the day it was read. The EU store showed Add to bag at 99 EUR.","colors":"US store lists White and Blue.","form_factor":"Page: open-ear headphones that let you hear your surroundings.","bud_shape":"Page: ergonomic ear hook and a silicone hook."}},{"url":"https://www.manualslib.tech/guide/836838/nothing-ear-open-b182-manual.html","kind":"manual","accessed":"2026-10-15","fields":["manual_url","model_numbers","gesture_controls","customizable_controls","volume_control","voice_assistant"],"notes":{"manual_url":"ManualsLib copy of the Nothing ear (open) B182 user guide. The maker's own PDF was not reachable.","model_numbers":"The guide is titled for model B182.","gesture_controls":"Default controls: pinch plays or pauses music or answers or ends a call, double pinch skips forward or rejects a call, triple pinch skips back, pinch and hold lowers volume on the left bud and raises it on the right bud.","customizable_controls":"In the Nothing X app some controls can be reassigned to skip back, skip forward, volume up or down or the voice assistant. The play and pause pinch is fixed.","volume_control":"Pinch and hold on each bud sets volume down or up.","voice_assistant":"A control can be reassigned to wake the voice assistant."}},{"url":"https://us.nothing.tech/pages/terms-of-sales","kind":"manufacturer_page","accessed":"2026-10-15","fields":["warranty_years"],"notes":{"warranty_years":"US terms of sale, limited warranty table: headphones and other electronic devices 12 months. US market. The EU terms list 24 months."}},{"url":"https://support.nothing.tech/hc/en-us/articles/28228770653073-How-many-equaliser-settings-does-Ear-open-have","kind":"manufacturer_page","accessed":"2026-10-15","fields":["eq_presets"],"notes":{"eq_presets":"Support article: four sound effects named Balanced, More bass, More treble and Voice, plus custom effects. The support site returned 403 to a direct fetch, so the wording was read from a search result excerpt of the article. hifi.de also counts four presets."}},{"url":"https://m.gsmarena.com/nothing_ear_open_debut_with_openear_design_and_30hour_battery_life-news-64668.php","kind":"press","accessed":"2026-10-15","fields":["release_date","announce_date","launch_price_usd","launch_price_eur","microphone_count","microphone_count_total","anc","wireless_charging"],"notes":{"release_date":"Pre-orders from Nothing started on 24 September 2024 and open sales began on 1 October 2024. October 2024 is stored as the first availability month.","announce_date":"Launch article dated 24 September 2024.","launch_price_usd":"Launch price $149. Excludes sales tax.","launch_price_eur":"Launch price 149 EUR. The article gives no country and does not say VAT is included. Mezha repeats $149, 149 EUR and 129 GBP. The Nothing EU store shows 149 EUR as the regular price next to a sale price of 99 EUR.","microphone_count":"Two mics per earbud with Clear Voice 3.0. The maker page says only two mics.","microphone_count_total":"Two per earbud gives four across the pair.","anc":"Open-ear design with no active noise cancelation.","wireless_charging":"USB-C only, no wireless charging."}},{"url":"https://mezha.ua/en/2024/09/25/nothing-announces-ear-open-sports-headphones-with-an-open-design-and-up-to-30-hours-of-battery-life","kind":"press","accessed":"2026-10-15","fields":["release_date","launch_price_usd","launch_price_eur","microphone_count"],"notes":{"release_date":"Availability from 1 October 2024.","launch_price_usd":"$149 at launch.","launch_price_eur":"149 EUR at launch. Region given as Europe. VAT treatment is not stated.","microphone_count":"Two microphones per earbud with Clear Voice 3.0."}},{"url":"https://techcrunch.com/2024/09/24/nothing-launches-a-slick-pair-of-149-open-ear-headphones","kind":"press","accessed":"2026-10-15","fields":["announce_date","launch_price_usd","markets","release_date"],"notes":{"announce_date":"Announced on Tuesday 24 September 2024 with pre-orders the same day.","launch_price_usd":"$149.","markets":"Shipping starts 1 October to the US, Canada, the UK and Europe.","release_date":"Shipping starts 1 October 2024."}},{"url":"https://www.soundguys.com/product/nothing-ear-open/","kind":"review_site","accessed":"2026-10-15","fields":["impedance_ohm","multipoint_device_count","measured_frequency_response_notes","wear_detection","wireless_charging"],"notes":{"impedance_ohm":"SoundGuys spec table: impedance 32 ohm. Nothing does not publish it. Reference frequency is not stated.","multipoint_device_count":"SoundGuys spec table: multipoint devices 2.","measured_frequency_response_notes":"Lab chart values in dB relative, 0 dB at 1 kHz: 20 Hz -27.7, 50 Hz -5.9, 100 Hz +7.0, 160 Hz +1.3, 1 kHz 0.0, 2 kHz +5.8, 8 kHz +14.6, 10 kHz +8.2, 16 kHz -12.6, 20 Hz to 20 kHz ends at -29.3 dB. Plotted against the SoundGuys Headphone Preference Curve. Firmware 1.0.1.19, Nothing X 2.4.4 per the review.","wear_detection":"The review pros and cons and spec table list no wear detection feature. hifi.de states there is none.","wireless_charging":"Cons list: no wireless charging."}},{"url":"https://soundguys.com/nothing-ear-open-review-124038","kind":"review_site","accessed":"2026-10-15","fields":["measured_frequency_response_notes","measured_microphone_notes","multipoint_device_count","microphone_count","release_date"],"notes":{"measured_frequency_response_notes":"Review text: the response deviates strongly from the house curve in the lows and highs, has minimal sub-bass and a bump from about 60 to 160 Hz that is more low end than usual for open-ear earbuds.","measured_microphone_notes":"Review: microphone demonstrations in ideal, office, street, windy and reverberant conditions. Background noise rejection is decent in the office and street demos. Wind rejection is weak.","multipoint_device_count":"Review: the earbuds connect to two devices and switch between them.","microphone_count":"Review text says two microphones per earbud. The spec table lists a dual microphone with count 2.","release_date":"Review lists the release date as 24 September 2024, the announcement date. Sales began on 1 October."}},{"url":"https://hifi.de/test/nothing-ear-open-im-test-ein-rundes-open-ear-debuet-205793","kind":"review_site","accessed":"2026-10-15","fields":["auracast","wear_detection","eq_bands"],"notes":{"auracast":"Test text: Auracast is not supported and Nothing has announced no update for it.","wear_detection":"Test text: there is no automatic wear detection.","eq_bands":"Test text: an 8-band equalizer with settable frequency and Q factor, plus a simple 3-band EQ with four presets."}},{"url":"https://www.gsmarena.com/nothing_ear_open_review-news-65178.php","kind":"review_site","accessed":"2026-10-15","fields":["wear_detection","wireless_charging","ip_rating","case_ip_rating"],"notes":{"wear_detection":"Review: wear-detection sensors are missing.","wireless_charging":"Review: USB-C only, no wireless charging.","ip_rating":"Review: IP54 for the buds.","case_ip_rating":"Review: IP54 for the case."}}],"fields_filled":73,"updated":"2026-10-15"},"meta":{"api_version":"1","docs":"https://arkivo.dev/api"}}