Nothing OS 3.0 Open beta 1 has been rolled out for the Nothing Phone 2 and customers may update to the new OS to have new features. As for the users who have not heard about it, the Nothing OS 3.0 Open Beta 1 is built on Android 15.
According to its community forum, it will also launch Nothing OS 3.0 Open Beta 1 for the other smartphones. This beta brings a set of updates targeted at improving social interaction and activating the user interface with contacts through shared widgets to advanced customization.
Nothing OS 3.0 Open Beta 1 Benefits
Shared Widgets
To add friends and family use widgets. Another feature is when you can see another person’s widgets on their home screen and can use reactions to communicate with them. A new way to stay connected.
Lock screen
New page of this section; Lock screen customization – the new look. Unlocking by swiping at the bottom and unlocking by long pressing the lock screen. Upgraded clock faces. Choose your favorite style. Lock screen widgets, more of them meant you could add more of these on your lock screen.
Smart Drawer
The new version introduced the me Disk, an AI-based utility that would help in placing all the apps in the relevant folder. As a result of their improvement for better organization and easy access. Last but not least, you can lock your favorite apps at the top of the app drawer area. No scrolling is required.
An AI-powered Smart Drawer to shuffle the applications into folders to make them easier to organize. As for the app’s layout, users can sort favorite apps to the top, which is not distracting and makes it easier to open favorite apps without scrolling through the lists. This very small adjustment makes using a smartphone more comfortable.
Quick Settings
Revamped Quick Settings design experimenting with an improved editing process. Improved visual design of widget library. New icons in the Settings with improved Network & Internet and Bluetooth subcategories.
Camera improvements
The camera’s intuitive quick availability in the Camera Widget was improved. Enhanced HDR scene processing times. Enhanced portrait effects using new blurring parameters adjusting blur radius according to the face area. Improved the capabilities of the camera when they are used at night. Better zoom slider visualization.
New with the update is an AI-based suggestion of applications for your frequently used apps. New to this feature is auto-archive support to save storage space without uninstalling applications or deleting information. Furthermore, partial screen sharing enables secure and efficient screen recording where the user only records a window similar to the app rather than the whole screen.
To increase the efficiency and with the need to share the parts of the screen while recording, it can be done only partially. Record just the app instead of the whole display.
- Change the setup wizard to version 3.0 for the best first impression of Nothing OS.
- Integrated coherent predictive back animations for those apps that have allowed it.
- New App: Fingerprint animation with dot metro icon design
How to install Nothing OS 3.0 Open Beta 1 in Phone 2?
Only, Phone is already running Nothing OS 3.0 Open Beta 1; this is how to install the Nothing OS 3.0 Open Beta 1 in Phone 2
- Users should install NOS version 2.6 build number Pong-U2.6-241016-1700.
- The users can download the APK from the official Nothing community website
- It’s recommended that you click the menu button followed by the settings> system> update to switch to the Beta version.
- Users can for instance check for a new version by using the menu and clicking on ‘Check for new version’.