CMF’s first over-ear headphones have an energy slider for boosting bass and treble

The CMF Headphone Pro pictured in light green against a gradient background. — The CMF Headphone Pro can be customized by swapping their ear cushions with alternate colors. | Image: Nothing

CMF, the budget-focused sub-brand that Nothing plans to spin off into a standalone subsidiary, has launched its first pair of over-ear wireless headphones. The CMF Headphone Pro borrows features like a multi-function roller control from Nothing’s Headphone 1 that debuted in July, but while Nothing’s over-ears feature a polarizing boxy design, CMF’s go hard on the soft curves with round earcups, cushions, and a well-padded headband.

The CMF Headphone Pro are available starting today in the EU and UK, but US customers will have to wait until October 7th, 2025, to grab a pair. At $99 they’re much cheaper than Nothing’s $299 Headphone 1 and offer more customizability. The Headphone Pro come in subtle dark gray, light green, and light gray color options, but you can add some color contrast with replacement $25 ear cushions that come in bright orange or light green.

Like Nothing’s first over-ears, CMF’s Headphone Pro eschew touch-sensitive panels for tactile buttons designed to be easy to find and discern. In addition to a round power/Bluetooth button on one side and a matching action button on the other that can be customized using the Nothing X app, the Pro features a multi-function roller for adjusting volume, controlling playback, and adjusting the presence of ambient sounds. They also include a unique control called the Energy Slider that quickly adjusts the Pro’s treble and bass balance without having to open Nothing’s app to make EQ adjustments.

Close-ups of two controls on the CMF Headphone Pro.

The CMF Headphone Pro offer adaptive active noise cancellation that will automatically adjust the aggressiveness of the sound dampening based on the intensity of the ambient noise around you, but it does come with a big battery hit. CMF says you can get up to 100 hours of playback with the Pro’s 720mAh battery fully charged, but that’s reduced to up to 50 hours with ANC turned on.

That’s still 15 more hours than you’ll get from the Headphone 1 with ANC active, and much better performance than Sony’s WH-1000XM6 which top out at 40 hours per charge, or 30 with ANC. But should you find the Headphone Pro have died at an inopportune time, like right before a flight, a five minute charge will give you up to four hours of listening, and they can even be recharged by plugging them directly into many smartphones using a USB-C cable.

Three pairs of CMF Headphone Pro in different colors floating against a gradient background.

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