SteelSeries lists the Arctis Nova Pro Omni wireless gaming headset at $399.99 in North America, £349.99 in the UK and €399.99 in EMEA, and it connects to PC, PlayStation, Xbox, Switch and phones from one base station. It went on sale on May 5, 2026, and it appears in holiday gaming gift guides because it aims at one problem: one headset for every screen in the house.
The Omni is the successor to the 2022 Arctis Nova Pro, according to Tom’s Guide. It ships with a headset, a GameHub base station with a screen and a command wheel, and two batteries. This story draws on SteelSeries’ own product page and press release, Tom’s Guide’s July review and a holiday gift guide from COG Connected.
What does the Arctis Nova Pro Omni do?
- Drivers: custom 40mm neodymium magnetic, 10 Hz to 40,000 Hz
- Wireless audio: 96kHz/24-bit over 2.4GHz and Bluetooth LE, Hi-Res Wireless certified by the Japan Audio Society
- Connections: up to five devices at once, mixing up to four audio sources
- Noise cancelling: 4-mic hybrid ANC with a transparency mode
- Microphone: ClearCast Pro omnidirectional
- Weight: 339 g for the headset, 169 g for the GameHub
- Colors: Midnight Blue, White and Graphite
SteelSeries calls the multi-system setup OmniPlay. The GameHub has an OLED screen and a command wheel, and the Arctis app on a phone adds live tuning with more than 200 game presets. The Sonar app on PC, which is free, adds mixing and spatial audio controls.
How long does the battery last?
The headset uses what SteelSeries calls an Infinite Power System: two hot-swappable batteries, one in use while the other charges.
- Up to 60 hours of gaming in total
- Up to 30 hours per battery on 2.4GHz with noise cancelling off
- Up to 50 hours on Bluetooth with noise cancelling off
- 19 hours per battery on 2.4GHz plus Bluetooth with noise cancelling on
- A 15 minute fast charge gives up to 4 hours of play
Tom’s Guide tested it with noise cancelling on and found it used about 20% of the charge in four hours, which it extrapolated to roughly 20 hours.
What do the claims and reviews say?
SteelSeries says its noise cancelling blocks up to 40% more background noise than competitors and that the microphone’s noise rejection removes up to 96% of background noise, both from lab tests in October 2025. Those are the maker’s figures.
Tom’s Guide gave the headset an Editor’s Choice award and called it the best headset in SteelSeries’ lineup, a balance between the older Nova Pro and the Nova Elite. The reviewer found the noise cancelling only moderately effective, well short of the marketing, and said the microphone sounds clear but picks up nearby voices. The price was the main complaint.
Prices
- North America: $399.99 (SteelSeries MSRP)
- UK: £349.99
- EMEA: €399.99
- APAC: $399.99
Tom’s Guide said in July that retailers listed it between $359.99 and $399.99. For comparison, the same review lists the Audeze Maxwell 2 ANC at $429, the SteelSeries Nova Elite at $599, the Nova 7 Gen 2 at $199, the Nova 5 at $129 and the Nova Pro at about $229. Retail prices change often, so check the store you plan to use.
Who it suits
Players with several systems. If you move between a PC, a PS5 or Xbox and a phone, the five device connections and the mixer mean you do not swap cables or dongles.
Long session players. The second battery means a flat battery can be swapped for the charged one, and the fast charge gives up to 4 hours from 15 minutes.
Streamers and callers. The omnidirectional microphone sounds clear in Tom’s Guide’s testing, but it also picks up nearby voices, so a quiet room helps.
Who should wait. Anyone who mainly plays on one system can look at the Nova 5 at $129 or the Nova 7 Gen 2 at $199, and anyone who needs strong noise cancelling should read the review notes first.
What is still unknown
SteelSeries’ pages do not list prices outside the four regions above, and sale prices change by store. Tom’s Guide and other outlets differ on some details, so the figures here follow SteelSeries and the Tom’s Guide review.
What to do next
Read the Arctis Nova Pro Omni page on SteelSeries.com for the full spec sheet, then compare the price in your own store and currency before you buy.
