GoKawiilTL;DR Nothing has launched the new CMF Clip Pro under its CMF sub-brand for just $99.
The CMF Clip Pro open-ear earbuds weigh 6.5g each and use a three-point clip structure with a flexible 0.5mm titanium wire C-bridge to eliminate wearing fatigue.
Other notable features include a rotatable and customizable Smart Dial on the case, LDAC support, and an app-controlled Sound Seal system to minimize audio leakage.
Nothing was reportedly said to be shifting to an AI-first strategy, with wearables and audio products taking priority over smartphones in a phased rollout. While the company didn’t comment on the report, Nothing’s CMF sub-brand has now officially announced the CMF Clip Pro, an open-ear earbud that marks the company’s entry into the increasingly crowded open-ear audio race.
With the CMF Clip Pro, Nothing is tackling the real-world problems of wearing fatigue and sound quality that plague open-ear earbuds. The Clip Pro utilizes a distinctive three-point clip design that distributes clamping pressure across three contact points on the ear rather than focusing it on a single spot. The structure features a flexible titanium wire C-bridge wrapped in skin-friendly TPU, which Nothing says contours to virtually any ear shape.
With a weight of just 6.5g per earbud and a tiny 13.8mm listening ball, the hardware is designed to effectively “disappear” during all-day use.
Open-ear earbuds notoriously suffer from weak bass response, but CMF has packed a customized 10.8mm dual-magnet dynamic driver into the Clip Pro. Combined with what Nothing refers to as “Ultra Bass Technology,” the system is said to actively compensate for low-frequency loss to deliver a fuller sound without harsh treble distortion.
Crucially, the CMF Clip Pro is Hi-Res Audio certified and supports LDAC, AAC, and SBC codecs.
To prevent your music from spilling out to everyone nearby, Nothing has added a “sound seal system” controlled through the Nothing X app. The mode targets mid-to-high frequencies, reducing them to make sound leakage significantly less noticeable to nearby people, while claiming not to fundamentally alter the user’s listening experience. Users can set sound seal mode to Off, Calls Only, or Audio and Calls.
It wouldn’t be a Nothing product if it didn’t have a party trick. For the CMF Clip Pro, the charging case features CMF’s iconic, rotatable Smart Dial, which gives users direct tactile control over volume, playback, calls, and active modes once you set up a function to control. The earbuds themselves also feature responsive physical buttons.
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