Carl Pei’s Nothing will announce this yr’s product roadmap on March twenty third

Nothing, the startup lead by OnePlus co-founder Carl Pei, will announce its product roadmap for the yr on March twenty third at 9AM ET, the corporate introduced right now. Nothing is asking the occasion “The Truth” and says attendees can RSVP through its web site: nothing.tech. The firm can be saying a brand new $70 million funding spherical right now, which Pei says will give it “the fuel to realize the next phase of our vision of a seamless digital future.”

The announcement of the occasion comes as Nothing is reportedly gearing as much as launch its first smartphone by subsequent month, in response to a recent report from TechCrunch. Then, in an apparently leaked photograph, Pei was seen displaying off a smartphone to Qualcomm’s CEO Cristiano Amon. It comes just a little over a yr after Nothing acquired the Essential model. Essential was a startup led by Android creator Andy Rubin that launched a single smartphone in 2017 earlier than shutting down in 2020.

“Our first year was a warmup, and we can’t wait to reveal what we’re building at Nothing during the upcoming event,” Pei mentioned in a press launch. Nothing hasn’t formally mentioned what classes of product it intends to announce however mentioned it’s working with Qualcomm to make use of its Snapdragon platform, which is greatest identified for its smartphone processors. Last yr, Nothing launched its first product: a pair of true wi-fi headphones.

Little is thought in regards to the specs or options of Nothing’s rumored smartphone. TechCrunch reported that it might embody clear components like these seen with the corporate’s Ear 1 earbuds, however there’s no phrase on what concrete options it might embody. Nothing not too long ago employed former Dyson design lead Adam Bates to serve as its design director and says it’ll proceed to work with Stockholm-based Teenage Engineering to assist steer the model’s high-level design.