Nothing Teases New Over-Ear Headphones That Are 'Better Than AirPods Max' But Cost Much Less

Every since Yanko Design created some concept photos of Nothing over-ear headphones in 2022, Nothing fans have been hoping they would become a real product, especially after Nothing founder Carl Pei called the designs "crazy cool" in a social media post. Well, now Nothing has posted a video of its product design team discussing over-ear headphones titled "We're making over-ear headphones." They'll be released this summer, according to the video, and rival the AirPods Max in terms of sound quality but cost a lot less. Read more: Best noise-canceling headphones of 2025 To a certain degree, the designers spend much of the video trashing premium over-ear cans and come across as super arrogant. "We don't really like a single over-ear headphone that's on the market," one designer says. And at the start of the video we hear them mocking the name of the new $450 Sony WH-1000XM6 and commenting about the headband being a little "fatter." Although Yanko Design's post from 2022 refers to the he ... Read full article.