SteelSeries Arctis Nova Pro Omni – a gaming headset that listens to four devices at once
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Modern gaming means juggling sound. The game runs on the PlayStation, the group chat runs on Discord on the laptop, and your phone keeps buzzing. So you end up with a headset on and one earbud in.
The SteelSeries Arctis Nova Pro Omni is a wireless gaming headset built for exactly that mess. Its base station mixes audio from up to four sources at the same time, so the console, the PC and the phone all play in the same pair of ears. It also has noise cancelling and two swappable batteries, so it never has to sit on a charger.
It’s not cheap. It is the gaming headset I’d put on a wish list this year.
What is the SteelSeries Arctis Nova Pro Omni?
SteelSeries is a Danish gaming gear company, founded in 2001 and best known for its Arctis headsets. The Nova Pro Omni came out on May 5, 2026, as a cheaper sibling of its 600-dollar Arctis Nova Elite.
The package has two parts. There’s the headset, and there’s a small base station with an OLED screen and a control dial. The base station is also the wireless transmitter, and it has a charging slot for the spare battery.
The main features, per SteelSeries:
- OmniPlay: pair up to five devices and mix up to four audio sources at once
- Works with PC, Mac, PlayStation, Xbox, Switch and Bluetooth devices
- 2.4GHz wireless and Bluetooth, with hi-res audio up to 96kHz/24-bit
- Active noise cancellation
- A retractable boom mic with AI noise reduction
- The “Infinite Power System”: two swappable batteries, one in the headset and one charging in the base
- Midnight Blue, Graphite and White
How does it work?
You plug your devices into the base station (it has three USB-C ports plus a 3.5mm line-in and line-out) and pair your phone over Bluetooth. Then you set the balance between sources in the SteelSeries app or on the dial. Game loud, chat a bit lower, phone call on top.
When the battery runs low, you pop open an earcup, swap in the charged battery and keep going. SoundGuys points out that the headset has no internal backup battery, so it switches off and on again during the swap.
The good and the not-so-good
Jhaycee Calvez at SoundGuys gave it an 8.4 out of 10 in his review of May 5, 2026. What he liked:
- Four sources at once, without a drop in sound quality
- Strong noise cancelling, which cut about 81% of outside noise in his test
- About 33 hours on one battery over 2.4GHz, and you have two
- A comfortable suspension headband, at 339 grams
What could be better, per the same review:
- The sound can get sharp and sibilant, and it’s tiring for long music sessions.
- The mic sounds a bit unnatural.
- Lots of plastic, and pleather earpads that get warm.
TechRadar adds a value point: the older Arctis Nova Pro Wireless now sells for a lot less and does much of the same.
Who is the SteelSeries Arctis Nova Pro Omni for?
The gamer with a console, a PC and a phone on the same desk. Also anyone who games for hours and hates charging cables, because the battery swap means it never has to be plugged in.
If you only play on one console, it’s overkill. A simpler headset does the job for less, and the money left over buys a PlayStation Portal. And if you mostly listen to music, a pair like the Nothing Headphone (1) or the Sennheiser Momentum 4 makes more sense.
Where can I buy the SteelSeries Arctis Nova Pro Omni?
SteelSeries sells it on its own site and through its official store on Amazon. The list price is 399.99 dollars, and that’s what it costs at the time of writing (October 2026). The link below goes to the Midnight Blue version; Graphite and White are on the same page.
One headset for every device on your desk. Take my money!