Nothing 3 Reviews: Work continues

The company’s first product misses the buds, nothing more than anything of the ear 1. Not because the design is the same (though it is) or because the sound is similar (in fact it is much better). No, I have been reminded of the ear 1 because both sets of airbods share the feeling of invention, the limits that are pushed with mixed results.

In the ear 1, this was the result of making its first product by a new company, which was built by an Airbuds, which looked unlike anything in the market, but at the time of launch, hardware defects and software worms were encountered. In the ear 3, it is the new super -mic, which is a novel’s directional microphone system developed in the charging case, which aims to provide better audio quality for calls, voice notes, and AI assistant interactions. And it happens – sometimes.

9 179 Air 3, is somewhat confused, nothing is the fourth flagship airbids, ear 1 after ear 1 and then mere ear, which is no longer counting.

This time the Super Mike is a major addition, which is also for both and the rest for the airbound industry. The charging case has two built -in microphones, one side and one down, an invitation has been activated through a large “talk” button.

During the call, a double -press case Mike On and Airbed Microphone Toggle, or you can press and hold the button to temporarily activate the Super Mike. Out of the call, holding the button works shortcuts to activate your selection smart assistant. The important thing is that none of them works unless at least one airbid is out of the matter and is not connected to your phone – you can’t add the matter to your phone directly.

Nothing has detailed the microphone’s species in detail, though both are definitely in this case Look Airbuds larger. It is likely that a large part of the benefit comes from simple physics: a microphone in front of your mouth will raise a better sound from the sound of your ear. This is the problem that Airbud manufacturers have been engulfed since we have all been away from the wired buds with the inline max, and nothing is, if nothing else.

And it Does Better sound… some time. I have been surprised by the variation during the Super Mike testing, which sometimes looks good enough to use for social media videos, and at other times the ear 3 buds do not look better (or even worse).

In my view, the problem comes in the direction that gives the Super Mike its advantage in the first place. Keep the matter exactly, and the microphones record the sound with depth, warmth and explanation than the airbud’s offer. Keep it too far, very close, indicating the wrong way, or blocking one of a MICs with your hand, and dramatic drops of quality. This means that the use of the Super Mike is a bit knocking, and if you are expecting a better quality of the microphone when leaving the moving sound notes and pointing to abandoning, it cannot be supplied.

Then there is compatibility. Speaking on a large scale, the Super Mike works anywhere that regularly mixes the airbound. This means that you can use it for sound and video calls, whether your regular system is through the phone app or the choice of WhatsApp, zoom, or VChat, and also in iOS Voice Memo. But it does not work for video in the default camera apps on iOS or mostly Android phones, so if you want to use it as a handheld mic on Techtok, you will need to use a third -party app like Black Magic with the option to manually select the MIC input. The iOS 26 increased the ability to select the microphone to use in any app, which should solve the problem at the OS level, but I could not work together.

Probably because the case is to be linked to Airbeds through Bluetooth, which then connects to the phone, the Super Mike also suffers from intervals. When I used it to record the video in the Black Magic app, I found that my voice was not compatible with the last footage. It is quite a break that it will not be a problem with voice calls, but it is going to be a problem for any video that you can’t just fix in the post.

Testing the Super Mike at least confirmed to me that the cancellation of any noise for calls is not very impressive, whatever you use. Standing a few feet from a construction worker with a jack Hammer, the final audio did not indicate this noise. The trade is that my own voice was slightly cut, which was caught in the cross -fire.

When using buds to listen to audio, I am less affected by the cancellation of the noise, though it is common for this midwife price point. Whether on the road, in the gym, or on the London underground, anything has been filtered every time with the noise of the background to the background. You’ll have to spend more than $ 180 to get full silence from a couple of wireless airbids, I’m afraid-the quatfortal ultra, which is now our choice for the best cancellation buds, costs $ 299.

The quality of the audio is otherwise good. The feature set is complete: LDAC Hi Razic Audio, Personal Sound Profiles, Custom EQ, Local Audio, A Low Lattency Mode for Gaming, and Multi -point option to stay connected to two devices. The default tuning is Panchali and the boss forward, but there are both three channels and eight channel EQ options, which gives you the flexibility to find the sound that is in accordance with you. You can also save multiple voice profiles, while the boss increase mode gives you the bottom forward.

Battery life is good, but incredible. Nothing says you will get about five and a half hours per charge with the ANC, jumping up for 10 hours with the ANC off, which has detected me from using me. In this case there is an additional three charges of the Enough enough, so you are watching the 22 hours less impressive to hear the ANC tomorrow and 38 without the noise cancellation. The case takes more than an hour to charge more than USB-C, and two hours wireless Qi.

Aesthetically, they do not appear to be more different than the previous airbeds of anything. The design language set by the ear 1 is still here, which is found in a mixture of white, black and transparent plastic. The biggest update is to add metal accents to both airbed stems and charging case, which aims to help the antenna performance and add more premium feeling. Aluminum certainly adds a welcome increase to this matter, but they are still more plastic than anything, so don’t expect that things that come before them will feel radically different. In this case, there is an IP54 rating for dust and water resistance in this case, although note that it is slightly reduced to the ear of the previous year, which had more IP55 rating in the charging case.

Placing the Super Mike aside, when you compare them with their quick predecessors, the ear 3 has not been added to the maximum, despite commanding the $ 30 higher price tag. Battery life has improved slightly, there is a slight extra metal around this space, and local audio support is also new. But last year’s ear -price LECTICY was very good buds, and the small upgrades here are enough to keep the ear 3 competitive, even if I still get to be tempted to take older pair when I am sold.

But it all depends that if the super -mic changes things for you. I like the idea, but my money IT is still a lot of work that is a good reason to buy ear 3 on other buds. But ear 4? They may be eliminated because of something special.

Photography of Dominic Preston / The Verge