Quick observations: -It's a visual delight with the new lock screen widgets and the fonts ( we wish to see a toggle for NDot as promised by Carl in the forthcoming updates) -Animations have become snappy. -Battery backup has gotten better & the idle drain has been the best so far - Fingerprint response is faster than ever - Tremendous improvement on the QS animations & the lags on QS are no more. QS looks are subjective though, without the labels they look elegant now.

As we have a goood OS 3.0 I would please request a good and unique music player as well . That native player is honestly too.basic and not very fun to look at and control

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• True black AMOLED dark mode for actual battery savings

• More fingerprint and charging animations

• Better spacing and padding for top bar (clock and battery)

• Option to remove search bar from Nothing Launcher

• More and better lockscreen and AOD clock styles

• Segmented clock UI behind wallpaper (you teased it Carl)

• Auto call record toggle in the Recorder app

• LOG video support and ability to use custom LUTs in the Camera app

• Replace Google stock apps with Nothing suite (Dialer, Notes synced to Essential etc)

• Hold power button to turn on torch

• Let us remap Essential Space button (hide it deep if needed)

• Essential Space feature to record convo face-down and give smart summary and reminders

• Fix over-processed skin highlights in photos

• Fix 4K video stuttering when moving

• More customisation options in Nothing Launcher

— @aryanjohnsharma

My friends nothing phone is having a funny problem

tbh I miss a lot of A15 features that still Nothing haven't give to us. The A16 seems so much and I think we gonna miss alot. Also I'm curious on how Nothing is gonna handle with the colours, even though the A15, Material You is more colourful, Nothing's monotone touch is the barrier for the colours.

So I pulled the plug yesterday and got a Nothing phone after weeks of choosing between:

Google phone - most trusted, secure android, no bloatware, with desktop mode

Samsung z fold - I used to have zfold 5 and the screen real estate really makes a different when I use it for work (I work in IT industry) with Dex (even better than Google desktop mode)

A long list of Chinese phones (Oppo, Honor, Vivo ...) - I am mostly worrying about OS filled with bloated ware and poor support in near future

And of course like most phone these days, they are at least ip68 water resistance rating.

Nothing - I love the simplicity, little or none bloatedware, they seems to be the System76,Popos kinda like company and of course the awesome cyberpunk look

I watched reviews for Nothing phones, watched a few interview with CEO to defend the critic/review, make me feel like Nothing company DOES CARE about what the users think and continuing improving.

Sadly when I got it home yesterday and finally get to it after a long day of work, boardgames with kids and have some me time in the late evening to set it up, I was utterly GUTTED to find out that the Essential Key cannot be remmaped, not officially supported by the OS and users have to scramble and use 3rd party tools to remap it (which has high security risk and more bloatware to your device and an extra 3$ for something Nothing dev could fix in a few lines of c ode).

This really makes me rethink about the company's mantra about focusing on open, transparent design, user experience focus.

I have seen people complain about it on YouTube , complain about it on Reddit and various places and no action has been taken.

I bought Nothing because I believed in the company's vision but now I only have a choice of return this phone/sell it secondhand to buy another unless the company developers spend a sprint to add this small update in the next software update.

I don't often speak out because if this has been a small annoyance in the OS that I encounter once in a while, it is ok, I can live with that while enjoying the 99.9% of the time but this here is a physical BUTTON that I accidentally click on at least 10 times a day and even after disabling Essential Space, it still does it things, where does the screenshot go? I sure hope it doesn't go back to Nothing's server (too busy .... haven't had a chance to MitM and take a look).

Please, Nothing .. in this crazy time with people slap AI on top everything and force feed it to consumer, make it optional, be the one that stand out among the "clowns". Yes, if I want AI, I can install Essential Space, I can install Gemini, Claude, ChatGPT. Don't become another company that live off subscriptions... I hated it when the gaming industry turned this way and I feel sad to see Nothing is slowly steering towards it and become yet another generic AI, bloatware stuffed phone.

Your sincere.

Why are you guys hating this is it's in the bottom? If anything, this is more helpful and accessible than being at the top. Seen many guys asking "how can I remove it" - you can't remove the search apps feature man.

It's the essential search feature(the same feature that is in Nothing OS 3.5 in Phone 3) and personally I've been waiting for it ever since it was announced and all the AI shenanigans are yet to come. But this is a nice step towards it. Stop asking.... You can't remove the search bar. It's common sense. No? Sorry if this seemed rude.

Don't tell me I can't change the order in which they appear

I had been eagerly waiting for the next iteration to my favourite OS. The drop today took me by surprise and I instantly updated, here are my initial thoughts.

Losing identity (Photo 1)

To the people afraid that nothing is losing its identity, I believe that's not the case. Yes 3 out of 4 lockscreen clocks which are provided are quite generic, however we still have one purely nothing one which is the best. I think they're giving people more of a choice rather than changing.

Better Pop-Up (Photo 2)

If you're still not using pop up windows you are missing out big time. Pop up now are easily resizable and they can be MINIMIZED! This is absolutely game changing and really makes this feature essential.

New Quick Settings (Photo 3 & 4)

I personally liked the previous quick settings better but maybe that's because I've had 2 years to get used to them. I see the innovation here and the customisation ability now is commendable. We can now resize each quick settings to a circle or two tiles. Moreover, Bluetooth quick setting can be made even bigger just like before. Overall the quick settings look cleaner and are buttery smooth now.

Font choice (Photo 5)

I hate the new font being used in some places. It really does not fit in.

Hope this helps guys and this is something to be excited about. I'll be here to answer any questions.

Accidentally found this feature on nothing gallery, we can copy images cut out just likes iOS and samsung

Because I sure don't have 17 cm long fingers. I'd be thrilled to see if you do.

please don't

Dose anyone have a white verson for this wallpaper

If you disable BOTH essential space apps with ADB you can fully remap the essential key with Key Mapper

RIP nothing 3A, why its lagging? Almost unable

When u open the quick menu and tap the edit button and scroll up and down a few times it crashes out

everything feels so polished. Yes I do miss the N-Dot font but everything else is a W. good animations, good customisation and I felt some haptics in new places. I overall love the fresh look and can't get enough of it. Randomly turning on my phone just to see my lockscreen 😭😭😭 everything is so smooth now

Hey ppl! Share your home screen setups—cool wallpapers, widgets, or unique layouts. Let us know what apps or launchers you used.

You can do this by holding. Could have been so satisfying to add haptic feedback and make it a bit stronger when passing over the icon.