Noise has decided to try its hand at gaming audio with Clutch, a new brand intended for Indian gamers. Its opening move is a wireless over-ear headset costing ₹4,999. The headset can already be pre-booked on gonoise.com, while general sales and deliveries are set to begin on 27 August.
For Noise, this is unfamiliar territory. The company has built its name largely on smartwatches and earbuds, whereas gaming headsets remain one of the Indian audio market’s areas where foreign manufacturers have a strong hold.
Noise Clutch HP-P01 Battery Life: The RGB Catch You Should Know
There is also a small qualification to the claimed 40-hour battery life. That figure is obtained with the RGB lights turned off. With the lights operating, endurance drops to 20 hours.
This matters because the lights are part of the appeal. They are meant to make the headset look like gaming equipment, particularly when it is sitting on a streamer’s desk. The consequence is that the product lasts only half as long when one uses one of its more conspicuous features. Twenty hours is perfectly respectable for a ₹4,999 headset. It is simply not the same thing as forty.
HP-P01 Build Quality and Durability Put to the Test
The HP-P01 takes a fairly serious approach to construction. It uses a metal frame and cushions covered in breathable fabric. Noise says it has dropped and tumbled the headset, as well as subjected it to vibration tests. The aim was simple: make sure nothing cracks, comes loose or stops working. The company also cycled the headband, slider and clamp thousands of times to see whether the fit would survive repeated use.
Such tests are hard for a buyer to check. Still, they test the right weaknesses. Cheap gaming headsets often lose their clamping strength with age. After months of use, the fit can become loose. Warranty protection rarely solves that problem.
50mm Drivers, Positional Audio and 7.1 Surround Sound
Noise gives the HP-P01 a 50mm driver and tunes it for positional sound. The purpose is to help players locate footsteps and other sounds quickly. That is hardly a novel idea in competitive gaming. The detachable boom microphone serves team communication, while 7.1 virtual surround adds the familiar promise of a wider soundstage.
Why Noise Is Targeting India’s Growing Gaming Audio Market
Noise puts India’s gaming population at more than 568 million. It also says that less than 15 percent use dedicated gaming audio. That gap is the real argument behind the HP-P01. The company is not merely selling another headset. It is betting that a large number of gamers have yet to buy one.
The size of India’s gaming population is not easy to pin down. Different estimates range from 442 million to 591 million, largely because researchers do not all use the same definition of a gamer. The exact number should therefore be treated with caution. The broader point is less doubtful. Mordor Intelligence puts India’s gaming-headset market at about $84 million in 2025 and expects it to reach $181 million by 2030, implying annual growth of roughly 16 percent. It remains a small market. It is also one of the faster-growing parts of Indian audio.
Noise Clutch HP-P01 Price and Competition in India
At ₹4,999, Noise will have plenty of competition. Razer, Logitech, SteelSeries and HyperX sell the idea of the established gaming brand. boAt, Redgear and Ant Esports take the cheaper route. Noise sits somewhere between the two. Its wager is that a name already familiar to younger buyers, backed by a large retail and online presence, can carry over from smartwatches and earbuds into gaming.
Noise is taking pre-orders for the Clutch HP-P01 at ₹4,999 through gonoise.com. The headset goes on sale across India on 27 August.
Final Words
Noise’s first foray into the world of gaming audio is a gamble, but not an unreasonable one. India’s gaming market is big and there’s still room for new names in the headset market. The HP-P01 is priced at ₹4,999, which puts it in a limbo. It is cheaper than some of the more popular gaming companies. But it promises to deliver more than a standard budget headset.
It’s equipped like a serious gaming product, with a 50mm driver, positional audio, a removable microphone and a metal chassis. The battery figure is not as simple. The quoted noise level is 40 hours, but this is based on the assumption that the RGB lights are not used. Turn them on and it reduces to 20 hours. It’s just not as impressive as the headline implies.
Specifications can only go so far. The true challenge will be when people use the headset for extended periods of time and find out how it sounds, fits and holds. Clutch is so far a good first attempt.
