OCT. 2026
Project · Open source

Nothing X for Mac

LiveSWIFT · SWIFTUI · IOBLUETOOTH
Protocol reverse engineering and development

Control the Nothing Headphone (1) from macOS.

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The project

The official Nothing Headphone (1) app only exists on iOS and Android. This one controls the headphone straight from the Mac: noise control, equalizer, spatial audio, battery.

What I did

  • The protocol: the headphone exposes a proprietary Bluetooth service, which I worked out by probing my own headphone and from public references.
  • A lightweight native app in Swift and SwiftUI, with quick access from the menu bar.
  • A custom equalizer that keeps working over the cable, with the Mac equalizing the sound itself.

Unofficial project, not affiliated with Nothing Technology Limited. MIT license.

Milestones

  1. 1Headphone protocol worked outBLUETOOTH RFCOMM★
  2. 2Noise control, battery, spatial audio
  3. 38-band equalizer and AutoEq profile import
  4. 4Audio anchored to the Mac with head trackingBINAURAL RENDERING★
  5. 5Menu bar item and notifications

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