Nothing Ear (a) battery draining issue

LeeClauvell

Hi everyone,

I’ve been using the Nothing Ear (a) since I bought them in June 2024, and only recently (around late July 2025) I started noticing some battery problems.

Both earbuds only last about an hour now.
The left earbud drains much faster than the right one.
They also don’t charge to 100% — when I take them out of the fully charged case, they usually start at around 85%.

I reached out to the Nothing service center here in Malaysia, but they only cover devices still under warranty, so they decline to fix my nothing ear a.

I reached out to Nothing Support on X, and say that they have forwarded the case to relevant team but since then they completely ignore my message to them.

Do nothing devices only last a year? Consider I bought the ear a at launch at full price and it only last a year and nothing decline to solve the issue.

savage13

LeeClauvell same issue mate

merceralexpro

I created this account just to comment this.

I have tue ear (a) bought August 2024, after 6 months, the left buds starts dying after 30 min, so got them replaced.

And guess what? After 6 months of using the replacement buds, the same issue is happening again, now I am out of warranty.

The left bud dies in less than 1 minute and the right one goes for less than an hour.

Really disappointed after purchasing this e-waste. Never buying nothing products again(have the phone 2 and the camera processing is absolutely trash, no updates to fix)

LeeClauvell

Truly disappointed with their product. 3rd generation of ear product yet the built quality is bad

Rover

Same here. I purchased them November 2024 and it’s only charging up to 80% and dies in 2-3 hours, with noise cancellation/transparency OFF. Insane battery health drop. Used to last me much more than that with noise cancelling.

merceralexpro

They are making earbuds for 4+ years now and still so bad at it

AkashRanjanMohanty

I am facing the same issue. Please Nothing team ensure the problem and slove the issue.

cwk_chicky

Same here, battery drop crazy fast and shut off on right side bud, while left side remained 60%.

First time owned nothing product and left me huge disappointment. No more nothing for me.

merceralexpro

cwk_chicky same, no more nothing products ever, my phone 2 camera performance is s#it and my ear (a) are e-waste

AJ2ZX

Same issue. Submitted error report, Nothing QC is absolutely terrible. Will be my last Nothing Audio product…

merceralexpro

AJ2ZX same