Nothing, a tech startup built by OnePlus co-founder Carl Pei, might be ready to launch a smartphone next year. If you haven't heard, the startup gets funded by big names like iPod inventor Tony Fadell, Twitch co-founder Kevin Lin, Reddit CEO Steve Huffman, and YouTuber Casey Neistat. Besides that, it has also recently debuted its first product, Nothing ear (1), in Malaysia.

At the end of January, it was revealed that Carl Pei, the former OnePlus co-founder revealed his new startup brand called "Nothing". Not much information was given but it appears that their first products would be a pair of wireless earbuds. Now it seems that they may make and expand a new ecosystem with Essential.