Been using Nothing OS 3.0 on my nothing phone (2), which is my primary device. Here’s what I’ve noticed:
Bugs:
The new control centre is looking good. Yet there’s a bug that causes a few toggles from the third row that shouldn’t be visible to show up when the slide back animation is initiated. (I have attached a video please take a look)
While recording video indoors or in low light - the exposure shifts instantly instead of gradually increasing, which sometimes makes the video feel very cheap. Yet no such issues in outdoors or in HDR video
Network issue - I’m sometimes getting missed call notification yet no ring or incoming calls are shown
Network icon bug on status bar - the WiFi and network icon sometimes glitches.
Front Camera during video calls - preview from my phone has a very low frame rate as well as have the exposure glitch mentioned above.
Improvements:
- Overall animations feel smooth as well as app opening times.
- Tried some portrait and night shots and I can clearly say there are certain improvements.
- New lock screen looks really good. I wish more customisation like depth effects for clocks were present.
- Getting very good battery back up compared to NOS 2.6. I noticed this more as I was able to use this phone in an emergency situation until the battery level was very low.
- New smart app drawer creates friction. Apps buried within folders are perfect for someone like me. It helps me do less mindless social media scrolling
- Camera in external apps - This is different from video calls. Apps like instagram now has detailed as well as HDR images from on-camera app.
I will update this info if I notice any other bugs or anything important. Kudos to the software team. Waiting for the stable release.
