The Nothing Ear (3) case will have a Super Mic on it - yet more evidence of a walkie-talkie feature?

16 September 2025
Previously, the company posted images and videos of the Nothing Ear (3) case, which features a large TALK button.

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Anonymous, 17 Sep 2025Exactly! Ask it why don't you have any friends. I don't need a gadget to find the answer to that!

    Hugo, 16 Sep 2025Sounds like spywareI like how you say that as if our phones don't actively listen for explicit commands

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      • Anonymous
      • rUk
      • 17 Sep 2025

      Heh, over here in the US, it was Nextel and iDEN. And Sprint's Ready Link

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        • Anonymous
        • AfM
        • 17 Sep 2025

        crispcketlicker, 16 Sep 2025You could use it for AI. Like asking something real quickExactly! Ask it why don't you have any friends.

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          • bEC
          • 17 Sep 2025

          I'd be surprised it is a walkie-talkie feature. Wouldn't be entirely out of place, but still surprising gimmick, even from Nothing.
          As it's been pointed, I think this is mostly a better mic. For everything you usually do with earphones mic (calls, dictation, AI, etc) + a little more.
          I think one use-case Nothing may have in mind is for social media "influencers" - the little microphone young youtubers hold as a way to get more street-cred.

            Anonymous, 17 Sep 2025You do realise these are....wireless earbuds, right?i know. i was trying to point out how ridiculous an ai earbuds case would be to the person i was replying to

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              • 17 Sep 2025

              Hikari, 17 Sep 2025Wouldn't that require speakers and/or a screen on the ... moreYou do realise these are....wireless earbuds, right?

                crispcketlicker, 16 Sep 2025You could use it for AI. Like asking something real quickWouldn't that require speakers and/or a screen on the case to give you an answer? Can't you use your phone to find information?

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                  • Anonymous
                  • X}b
                  • 17 Sep 2025

                  Sounds like a way to make American children use it by giving a FOMO situation like the imessage blue bubbles problem.

                    crispcketlicker, 16 Sep 2025You could use it for AI. Like asking something real quickLike a mini rabbit R1?

                      You speak into it to get better mic audio on calls, take voice notes, speak to ai assistant etc

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                        • 16 Sep 2025

                        Hugo, 16 Sep 2025Sounds like spywareThat's what my thoughts too 😵‍💫

                          You could use it for AI. Like asking something real quick

                            Anonymous, 16 Sep 2025What's with the sudden overload of Nothing marketing? ... moretheir bad design (and price) of the nothing phone 3 tanked it's sales so much that they now don't know what to do with themselves

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                              • n5A
                              • 16 Sep 2025

                              What's with the sudden overload of Nothing marketing? Carl must be desperate.

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                                • Ja1
                                • 16 Sep 2025

                                It should have a clip on it’s back like the iPod Nano

                                This will allow you to wear it & use it’s superior mic for phone calls, just in case the built-in mic on the earbuds doesn’t work well.

                                I believe a volume dial & media controls should be standard on every case.

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                                  Anonymous, 16 Sep 2025Strange. "Now they can hear you" kind of alludes ... moreSounds like spyware

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                                    • Tqc
                                    • 16 Sep 2025

                                    Strange. "Now they can hear you" kind of alludes to "they previously couldn't hear you", which is an interesting... yet self-reporting marketing idea?

                                    I'm curious to see where this is going, but I can't really see this feature catching on, if I'm honest. This year Nothing seems to be throwing ideas at the wall to just see what sticks, instead of giving fans what they want.

                                      Honestly really really good feature, cuz it would double as a mic so you don't have to buy a dedicated one, especially for content creators or people who use mics for VCing a lot.

                                        This interests me! I'm from the era when walkie-talkies with antennas and radio frequencies were used, haha. Those were the days.

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