Nokia reveals Essence NFC Bluetooth in-ear headphones

Nokia has recently revealed a pair of NFC-toting, Bluetooth-enabled in-ear headphones which it claims will eliminate up to 99.8% of pesky background noise, thanks to some clever active noise cancellation technology.

Connecting to NFC-capable devices should take nothing more than a tap. Standard compatible Bluetooth devices will also play nice, unshackling you from the constraints of tangled wires at last.

Nokia promises that its noise cancellation technology will provide enhanced bass levels without the need to crank up the volume to ear-damaging levels – a claim which we’re looking forward to testing out for ourselves once we have a solid release date and pricing information.

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Dan Grabham Editor-in-Chief

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Dan is Editor-in-chief of Stuff, working across the magazine and the Stuff.tv website.  Our Editor-in-Chief is a regular at tech shows such as CES in Las Vegas, IFA in Berlin and Mobile World Congress in Barcelona as well as at other launches and events. He has been a CES Innovation Awards judge. Dan is completely platform agnostic and very at home using and writing about Windows, macOS, Android and iOS/iPadOS plus lots and lots of gadgets including audio and smart home gear, laptops and smartphones. He's also been interviewed and quoted in a wide variety of places including The Sun, BBC World Service, BBC News Online, BBC Radio 5Live, BBC Radio 4, Sky News Radio and BBC Local Radio.

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Computing, mobile, audio, smart home