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Nothing Ear (3a)
$99 recording earbuds with one-minute Audio Snapshot capture, up to two-hour call or meeting recordings and three included months of Pro Transcription at 120 minutes per month.
- Current price
- $99.00
- Form
- Earbuds
- Subscription
- Optional
- Confidence
- High
Official-source analysis
What the published evidence means
Editorial evidence audit completed by a research agent · 2026-07-15
Ear (3a) is a mainstream audio product with a narrowly defined recording layer rather than a continuous meeting recorder. Nothing clearly publishes clip limits, the audible call-recording prompt and the included Pro allowance, but does not publish the post-trial price or explain the recording-specific cloud path on the reviewed privacy pages.
Where it stands out on paper
- Official stores in the US, UK and Japan show a current purchase path, while the US list price is plainly published at $99.
- Nothing states concrete capture limits and includes transcripts, summaries, speaker labels and calendar reminders during the three-month Pro trial.
Important trade-offs
- Audio Snapshot is limited to one minute and call or online-meeting recordings are capped at two hours, making this unsuitable for continuous all-day capture.
- Nothing does not publish the post-trial Pro Transcription price or a recording-specific data processing and retention explanation on the reviewed official pages.
We have not tested this device. This official-source analysis does not assess recording quality, transcription accuracy, comfort, app reliability, or real-world battery life. It is based on Nothing Ear (3a) official US store, Nothing Ear (3a) official UK product page, Nothing X privacy notice.
Identity and availability
| Brand | Nothing |
|---|---|
| Status | in stock |
| Release date | Not disclosed |
| Aliases | Ear (3a) |
| Product family | Standalone model |
| Regional variant | No separate regional variant documented |
| Markets | US, UK, JP, EU |
| US availability | in stock · verified 2026-07-15 · source |
| UK availability | in stock · verified 2026-07-15 · source |
| JP availability | in stock · verified 2026-07-15 · source |
| Service status | active |
| Recording modes | Phone call, Online meeting, Audio Snapshot |
Hardware
| Dimensions | Not disclosed |
|---|---|
| Weight | Not disclosed |
| Microphones | Three-microphone Clear Voice system |
| Storage | Not disclosed |
| Continuous recording | Not disclosed |
| Standby | Not disclosed |
| Pickup range | Not disclosed |
| Charging | Not disclosed |
| Connectivity | Bluetooth 6.0, Dual-device connection through Nothing X |
AI, language, and export
| Capabilities | Audio Snapshot captures up to one minute of media, Optional retroactive capture preserves the preceding 30 seconds, Call and online-meeting recording up to two hours per recording, Transcripts, summaries and shareable quotes in Nothing X, Speaker identification with Pro Transcription |
|---|---|
| Captures audio | Yes |
| Stores raw audio | Yes |
| Transcription timing | Live: Not disclosed · After capture: true |
| Translation languages | Not disclosed |
| Transcription languages | Not disclosed |
| Processing | Not disclosed |
| Export | Nothing says Nothing X can share recordings, transcripts and individual quotes |
| Deletion | Not disclosed |
| Storage region | Nothing says personal data may be transferred outside the EEA or UK with approved safeguards, but does not identify an Ear (3a) recording storage region. |
| Integrations | Nothing X app |
Plans
| Plan | Included transcription | Price | Billing | AI features | Usage add-ons | Version | Verified |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Included Pro Transcription trial | 120 min/month | $0.00 | none | transcription, summaries | None documented | three-month-included-trial-2026-07 · US · USD | 2026-07-15 · source |
Illustrative ownership cost
Based on 120 recording minutes per week, the verified regular hardware price when available, no tax or promotion, and the lowest-total-cost listed plan that covers the usage.
The current source record does not contain a listed plan that covers this usage, so a total is not inferred.
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Price verified 2026-07-15 ·16 core field evidence records
Last material change: Initial source-backed catalog publication and evidence normalization.
- brand
- known · source nothing-ear-3a-us · checked 2026-07-15
- model
- known · source nothing-ear-3a-us · checked 2026-07-15
- status
- known · source nothing-ear-3a-us, nothing-ear-3a-uk · checked 2026-07-15
- release Date
- not disclosed · source nothing-ear-3a-us, nothing-ear-3a-uk · checked 2026-07-15
- markets
- known · source nothing-ear-3a-us, nothing-ear-3a-uk, nothing-ear-3a-jp · checked 2026-07-15
- regular Price
- known · source nothing-ear-3a-us · checked 2026-07-15
- form Factor
- known · source nothing-ear-3a-us · checked 2026-07-15
- recording Modes
- known · source nothing-ear-3a-uk · checked 2026-07-15
- storage
- not disclosed · source nothing-ear-3a-uk · checked 2026-07-15
- official Endurance
- not disclosed · source nothing-ear-3a-uk · checked 2026-07-15
- charging
- not disclosed · source nothing-ear-3a-uk · checked 2026-07-15
- languages
- not disclosed · source nothing-ear-3a-uk · checked 2026-07-15
- plans
- known · source nothing-ear-3a-uk · checked 2026-07-15
- processing
- not disclosed · source nothing-ear-3a-uk, nothing-x-privacy · checked 2026-07-15
- export
- known · source nothing-ear-3a-uk · checked 2026-07-15
- deletion
- not disclosed · source nothing-x-privacy · checked 2026-07-15
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