Nothing’s noise-canceling CMF Buds 2A are down to $19.99 for the rest of today
It’s not every day you find a decent pair of wireless earbuds with active noise cancellation, a transparency mode, and app support for less than $20, which is why the current lighting deal on the CMF Buds 2A stands out. Now through 11:15PM ET today, April 7th, Nothing’s budget earbuds are available on Amazon in all three colors for just $19.99 ($29 off), which matches their lowest price to date. Nothing CMF Buds 2A Where to Buy: $49 $19.99 at Amazon (black) $49 $19.99 at Amazon (white) $49 $19.99 at Amazon (orange) For the price, the Buds 2A cover the basics and then some. They deliver decent (albeit somewhat tinny) sound and 42 decibels of noise cancellation, along with an IP54 rating and a useful transparency mode for staying aware of your surroundings. They also provide a commendable eight hours of battery life per charge with ANC disabled — or up to 35.5 with the included charging case...
It’s not every day you find a decent pair of wireless earbuds with active noise cancellation, a transparency mode, and app support for less than $20, which is why the current lighting deal on the CMF Buds 2A stands out. Now through 11:15PM ET today, April 7th, Nothing’s budget earbuds are available on Amazon in all three colors for just $19.99 ($29 off), which matches their lowest price to date.
Nothing CMF Buds 2A
Where to Buy:
$49 $19.99 at Amazon (black)
$49 $19.99 at Amazon (white)
$49 $19.99 at Amazon (orange)
For the price, the Buds 2A cover the basics and then some. They deliver decent (albeit somewhat tinny) sound and 42 decibels of noise cancellation, along with an IP54 rating and a useful transparency mode for staying aware of your surroundings. They also provide a commendable eight hours of battery life per charge with ANC disabled — or up to 35.5 with the included charging case — and feature four onboard mics that leverage Nothing’s noise reduction tech, which helps boost voice call quality. I wouldn’t say voice clarity is their strong suit, though, again, they’re a $20 pair of earbuds.Like the rest of Nothing’s entry-level earbuds, the 2A also work with the Nothing X app, adding a level of flexibility that’s hard to find at this price. With the app, you can tweak EQ settings, adjust the bass response, switch between ANC modes, or quickly enable multi-device pairing. There’s even a “find my earbuds” feature if you lose them, and you can a**ign a gesture to trigger your phone’s virtual a**istant on the fly, whether that’s Siri or Google a**istant. On top of that, if you’re using a Nothing or CMF phone, you can use your voice to access ChatGPT directly through the earbuds.
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Devices that once served a great purpose in your life slowly become neglected as they become technologically weaker or obsolete. I have a decent collection of such devices, ranging from old Hi-Fi speakers to smartphones and laptops that feel outdated by today's standards. My oldest laptop was tucked inside a cabinet, collecting dust because it couldn't run the latest operating systems anymore. It was also too weak for mainstream Linux distributions like Ubuntu, which also ran poorly on the old hardware.
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