If you had asked me 3 months ago about what makes a good set of earbuds, good active noise cancellation performance would have been right up there. But now, open-ear earbuds have well and truly won me ...

Last week, I reviewed Apple’s update to its top-tier Bluetooth earbuds, the AirPods Pro 2 (see houstonchronicle.com/airpodspro2). I wrote that it was a big ...

Truly wireless earbuds are basically a commodity at this point. You can find options at any price point that sound decent and work well enough. But many of those don’t last, or have some random, ...

Open-ear headphones have always been alluring to me, but it’s an idea that’s hard to pull off in a pair of earbuds. With the new Nothing Ear (open), though, I’m remarkably impressed with their design ...

Nothing has officially announced the Ear (2) wireless earbuds. They’re better than the Ear (1) in basically every way, and they’re still one of the coolest-looking earbuds you can buy. When you set up ...

Taylor worked with AP from 2018 to 2025, most recently as Google Editor. Nothing's first pair of earbuds, the Ear 1, came to market in 2021 with a unique look and a very appealing $99 price tag. After ...

The Nothing Ear (2) promises ANC at a low price, making it an attractive option against even Apple's AirPods Pro. Nothing updated its personal audio offering in March by introducing the Nothing Ear (2 ...

If there’s one thing that CES 2026 illustrated to audiophiles, it’s that open-ear audio is the thing right now. The category isn’t new—big names in the audio space like Bose and Nothing have been ...