Nothing OS experience on (2a)

PrinceAaryan_Q48DUKo3jz

Unsatisfied with nothing os in my nothing 2a after the launch of nothing 3. Idk but they stopped giving update, no announcement of next android update , smooth but feels like less customized. Personally i love Samsung’s one ui. In notification panel or control panel i guess should redesign like its their own not like android stock version. As well as they should have their own calling and message app like gallery app . It will feel better if they have music and video app of their own like camera app. But camera app should be improved. Why we should use gcam while capture photos? Video is good btw. But i feel like the whole ui should be redesigned.

TylerTow

if you have used pixel phones Before You will love Nothing os Because Nothing os is Cherry on TOP of Vanilla Android Experience

PrinceAaryan_Q48DUKo3jz

TylerTow but i believe One company sould have its own app for calling,messaging ,video , music ,gallery, camera

TylerTow

PrinceAaryan_Q48DUKo3jz yeah But all uses Google as Base so Features can be more or less same within the same eco system….

Also while switching to New Devices when it’s Google phone and Messages it will be Easy..

Unless if it’s IOS it whole new Headache

ParlCei

The Pixel Ui actually used to be quite boring and bland, but with Android 16 it now looks way better and there are now many more customisation options. If you compare Nothing OS 3 to Android 16 and it’s new Material Expressive, it looks really boring and bland. I hope Nothing will change this and goes for a more modern approach which doesn’t look that boring. I actually use an S10 with One Ui 7 as my main phone and I like it so much that I honestly can’t go back to Nothing OS because it is so bland and boring, unlike One Ui 7. I tried Nothing because I thought that their vision and approach at software and hardware was pretty unique and cool (I used a Google Pixel before that, back then Pixel Ui was still boring) but now that every other company has a better android skin, I’m never gonna buy a Nothing phone again.

TylerTow

ParlCei Even I use One UI but they are more like Anti Google they create own Eco system within Android

TBH i Don’t like Samsung Keyboard when I tried to switch to GBoard they Literally Hidden the Option to Switch Keyboard which Shows Their Real Attitude Towards Google 😂

themountofmint

Well I also came from Samsung after being here about 5 years and I still like what they do in a system. I really hated all Google apps at all so I even used their own mail app instead of gmail. I liked their interface, camera and features so even now I’m learning this OS like I’m watching it first time. It feels like you’re eternal learner of the UI, that’s what it looks to me also because of getting updates.

I still miss their notes, clock and keyboard as it was better to me to change languages through swipe and use emojis a bit better. I like their emojis more than Google’s stock. I’m not enjoying Google’s alarm interface tbh. But I installed a notes app I used back in 2019, I got a bit used to the keyboard.

@ParlCei I personally don’t know how are you using One UI7 on Galaxy S10 when the last UI version there was 5.1. It’s not updating anymore after 4 years, only if you installed it myself. To be really honest, a stock One UI7 look is bad compared to Nothing OS. If, let’s say, even in 6.1 their colourful icons were a part of a personal style, now they completely left the chat with really strange decision to make it even more colourful and detailed what’s just “aaaaah!!!”.

If only my Z Flip5 was in a good condition I’d definitely set all of these in a monochrome cause it looks like a kid toy, not a stylish creative mobile. There’s no such minimalistic simplicity in colours anymore and I’m not sure someone really likes it.

Also for the OS: there are really too much pre-installed apps that I haven’t really used! Having 246gb on Z Flip5 and on Nothing Phone (3a) hits very different. So now Nothing goes really accurate here to let the phones be more clean in this moment. For those who still needs customisation there are MANY apps on Google play and many options. I was a big customizator nerd before I’ve got a Samsung. Now I just don’t like to play with these plugins, install themes and etc. I’m just using my Nothing and I’m just happy. I don’t need anything for now, everything’s enough🤷🏼‍♀️

But of course everyone has its own opinions and favourites. I still like Samsung and also in its ecosystem but seems that I’m not moving back to them next time, maybe later…