CMFs erste Bluetooth-Lautsprecher übertragen Audio über USB-C: 59 $ für Lautsprecher S, 109 $ für Lautsprecher M

CMF, the lower-priced sub-brand of Nothing, has built headphones and earbuds since it started making audio gear, but never a speaker. That changed on Monday 12 October 2026, when the company launched two of them at once: the compact CMF Speaker S and the larger CMF Speaker M. Both are listed on Nothing's US store at $59 and $109 respectively.

The look is the first thing anyone will notice. All three trade outlets covering the launch — ecoustics, Germany's HIFI.DE and Japan's AV Watch — reach for the same description: a milk carton. The tapered, flat-sided body is unusual enough that it reads as a deliberate design statement rather than a cost-saving moulding, which is roughly how CMF has approached everything it makes. Front panels and the control knob are user-replaceable, and Nothing is supplying 3D files so owners can print their own parts.

Two sizes, two driver layouts

The Speaker S is the small one: a single 45mm full-range driver flanked by two passive radiators, rated at 10W RMS, with a quoted frequency response of 70Hz to 20kHz. It measures 130.5 x 85 x 44mm and weighs 334g, and it has a carabiner attachment point for clipping to a bag.

The Speaker M steps up to a genuine two-way arrangement — a 70mm woofer with a 16mm tweeter — and 35W RMS, with response quoted from 60Hz to 20kHz. It is a noticeably bigger object at 220 x 85 x 54mm and 602g, and it swaps the carabiner loop for an integrated carry handle.

Neither speaker has been through a listening test in any of the launch coverage, so the figures above are specifications rather than performance.

USB-C as an audio input, not just a charging port

The detail that separates these from most speakers in the same bracket is that the USB-C port does double duty. As well as charging, it accepts wired audio. CMF says that connection is lossless and runs at under 60 milliseconds of latency — a manufacturer claim, not an independently measured one, and the sources do not specify which host devices it has been validated against. If it behaves as described, it makes either model usable as a plug-in desktop speaker rather than a purely wireless one, which is not a role portable Bluetooth boxes usually fill.

Wirelessly, both run Bluetooth 6.0 with SBC and AAC codecs. LC3 appears only in the context of Auracast, the Bluetooth LE Audio broadcast feature that lets one source feed many receivers; both AV Watch and HIFI.DE are clear on that distinction. There is no hi-res codec support listed. Auracast here powers a party mode for linking multiple speakers together, and conventional stereo pairing of two units is also supported. Rounding out the connectivity list: NFC pairing, Google Fast Pair, Microsoft Swift Pair and dual-device connection.

Battery, durability and controls

CMF quotes up to 18 hours of playback, which AV Watch notes is measured with Ultra Bass enabled at 50% volume. A 10-minute charge is said to return about an hour of listening. Both models carry an IP68 rating for dust and water resistance.

Physical controls centre on a rotary knob, with separate buttons for Bluetooth and Auracast. In software, the Nothing X app provides custom EQ. Two listening modes are built in: Ultra Bass, and a night mode that AV Watch describes as capping volume at 60% and HIFI.DE characterises as reducing dynamic range.

Both speakers come in white, dark grey, orange and turquoise.

Prices and where they are on sale

• US: Speaker S $59, Speaker M $109, as listed on Nothing's US store and reported by ecoustics. Neither the store page nor the trade coverage states a US shipping date or stock status.
• Europe: Speaker S about $66 (EUR 59), Speaker M about $110 (EUR 99), per HIFI.DE, which reports sales already running on Nothing's own website with Amazon Germany following from early November 2026.
• Japan: Speaker S about $62 (JPY 9,800), Speaker M about $110 (JPY 17,800), released on 12 October through Amazon Japan and Rakuten, according to AV Watch.

No UK price has been announced in any of the sources.

What it means for CMF

Until now CMF's audio line has been personal listening only — ecoustics lists the CMF Headphone Pro, Buds 2, Buds 2 Plus and Buds Pro 2 as the existing roster. Speakers are a different kind of product to get right, and the two launch models are pitched squarely at the price band where most people buy their first portable speaker. AV Watch also reports a CMF Buds Neo arriving the same day at about $24 (JPY 3,800).

One housekeeping note for anyone who read about these before launch: a round of pre-release leaks circulated figures including a 40mm driver, 12W output, IP54 and Bluetooth 5.4, at prices nearer $80 and $120. The launch specifications supersede all of that, and the numbers in this article are the announced ones.

Dollar figures for European and Japanese prices are converted at the ECB reference rate for 12 October 2026 and are approximate; the US prices are CMF's own.