Introducing Nothing OS 4.0

Rob ⚡️ · 2025-09-16T15:53:00+00:00

https://youtu.be/XpSw0s3Kr3A With Nothing OS, we’re building a mobile experience that feels effortless, intuitive, and uniquely human. By combining purposeful design with cutting-edge innovation, we create an ecosystem where software and hardware speak the same design language - clean, open, and beautifully functional. Every interaction is designed to enhance life, not interrupt it. Technology, as it should be: simple, elegant, and quietly powerful. Nothing OS 4.0 takes this vision further. It builds on the foundation of OS 3.0 with deeper refinement, greater cohesion, and more transparency. Every detail has been sharpened, every interaction made smoother. #### **📐 Refined Design** Nothing OS 4.0 brings a sharper, more thoughtful design across every layer. From standardised components to reimagined lock screen clocks and cleaner Quick Settings, everything feels more fluid and intuitive. It’s all about removing clutter and embracing the unified, refined standards that define Nothing. ##### 🌑 **Extra Dark Mode** Extends Nothing OS’s signature dark aesthetic into an even deeper look. Smarter, more refined, and designed to reduce eye strain while saving power. ##### 🟢 **Pop-up View** Keeps multitasking fluid with support for two floating app icons. Switch between tasks faster without breaking your flow. ##### ⚡ **App Optimisation** Fine-tunes how apps start and run. Boosts speed, responsiveness, and overall smoothness across the system. #### **📷 Photography Experience** Powered by TrueLens Engine, Nothing OS 4.0 introduces an upgraded Camera and smarter Gallery. With new controls, creative presets, and a more intuitive layout, capturing and reliving moments feels smoother and more refined across devices. #### 🔒 **AI fully controlled by you** New controls put you in charge. Nothing OS 4 goes further in protecting your privacy and keeping you informed, making AI behaviour more transparent and easy to manage. Stay updated with AI (LLM) status hints and a usage dashboard that keeps you fully informed and in control. Powerful, transparent, and all in your hands. #### ⚙️ **General Improvements** A more responsive lock screen and AOD, clearer brightness adjustments, stronger connectivity across Bluetooth and Wi-Fi, and improved overall stability. Even small details like faster access to Bluetooth recording have been refined to make the experience smoother everywhere. #### 📲 **Open Beta Rollout** We’re launching our Open Beta testing program soon. Your chance to experience **Nothing OS 4.0** first, with an exclusive preview of Android 16. ![](https://cdn.nothing.community/2025-09-17/1758098835-475021-open-beta-coming-soon-16x9.png "banner")

etidorhpa

derDennis They seemed to “squash” the bugs pretty well. And I think 3.0 has been great.

SourishDutta_1poi4oXs6F

wonderful design! just keep on developing the nothing UI like this! ♥️

IvanFRANCHET

Comment pourrons-nous nous inscrire pour la beta OS4 ? merci

o0SGR0o

Rob ⚡️

I’d love to see what -THIS- OS/UI brings to the neglected NP2, that till today got -NO- AI feature(s), well, except AI Wallpaper 😂🤣

(My old Galaxy S22 Ultra with -the Same Gen Processor- can do SO MUCH more with AI, Picture optimization, Item/people removal, Appointments, Summarization etc, It got all these in 2024 and keeps rolling, yet my daily driver is a S24U)

Yet NP2 has gained only Nothing stardust and security fixes all these years and NO abilities/features, (excuse me we just got after many months ability for LUT in Camera, oh my!)..

And also NO I do not care about design, colors, Icons, fonts, effects of the UI etc, I’m fed up with these design mumbo jumbo, I rather care care about clean UI, speed, usable features, hence I have since day one on all my NP’s disabled not only all widgets (funny thing there is a persistent bug with NP2 and calendar storage for ages, tied with widgets), I also changed launcher as to have the most of cleanness, speed, and usability (thing I did also In my new days old device).

I’m Pragmatic and Realistic, Keeping my Hopes (accustomed all these years) Low and Expectations (Same) at Nothing.

NOS 4 will mark my departure from Nothing Since NP1, NP2, NP3A , If NP2 remains stagnant (Essential Space, AI features and not just eye candy, fonts and/or design Intrigues).

As I said In an older post I’m not subsidizing any ventures/experiments anymore, I already own many NP’s already..

Till next Time 😉

themountofmint

Kawar oh well.

I’m not using messages at all, just to check a few notifications. It’s alright to me they’re from Google.
I’m not using contacts on its full since they all are in Dialer. Somehow I’d wish there was a single app for Dialer and contacts just because it really duplicates each other.
I’ve installed Voidcaller from community and feel great using it, it’s a cool alternative to Google Dialer and so in style of Nothing OS.
I’m okay with Google files. I don’t know what extra app do I need to just access my files. For real. And community members already did the alternative for you.

I"Samsung can do it" doesn’t means Nothing should do that. I was 5 years on Galaxy smartphones. And just after 3 months of using Nothing I clearly see that I’m not gonna switch to Samsung again! There’s no benefit in that phone that’s just full of apps I won’t ever use!

Of course everyone thinks that more customisation — more freedom. But only at Nothing I felt the freedom and lightness. I thought that my phone is MY phone, I feel it, I feel that storage, I understand it. Having the same 256gb on Z Flip5 and Phone (3a) hits very different. And I’m happy to experience that free wind experience with Nothing.

But no one stops you from buying a phone you like.

I’ve saw a comment on X saying that the concept of Nothing is literally “leave your phone and touch the grass”. So this definitely means lighter software without tones of apps, minimalistic look. This is what makes Nothing unique and stand out.

o0SGR0o what a different experience. I used Samsung as primary devices for 5 years but now I’m not gonna switch back at least for a few years. Because realising that the same amount of storage on both Nothing and Galaxy hits very different, of course I’ll go for Nothing because I can feel that I have all the storage in my hands, not just 60% of it.

Yeah, Galaxy AI is a great feature and I also used it many times. But besides it I’m using like the same stuff on Nothing as I did on Z Flip5. Well, I also started to use Essential Space. And, let’s say, it looks like a more practical feature for me that just photo editing and etc.

ShazaanZia

EvilJordan FACTS

Villager

themountofmint just make it as an option, easy solution

Anonymous931

Villager There is an option already - flash any custom ROM of your own choice.

Silvan No. That’s Apple exclusive.

Silvan

Weis das jemand ob nothing OS 4.0 auch einen schwarzen balken oben bekommt wie bei apple das bei der oberen kamera wo glaube ich die nachrichten anezeigt werden komt das ins nothing OS 4.0 ??

Silvan

Anonymous931 was meinst du mit ROM kan ich das in den Einstellungen endern ? Wolte nur fragen.

Anonymous1002

@Rob ⚡️

How can I register for the Nothing OS 4.0 beta program? Is it eligible for the CMF Phone 1 by Nothing?
Will I receive any email notifications once the beta program registration opens?

JayDharmani

Rob ⚡️ @Rob ⚡️ will 2a get support of OS 4.0?

Amudhan_Sundararajan

themountofmint Seems like you misunderstood. I wasn’t talking about the battery percentage on status bar.. even i disabled it as it take space. I was talking about the battery low pop up notification, which every single phone has.. for some reason nothing don’t.

themountofmint

Amudhan_Sundararajan I’m okay with having just one pop-up notification… every time I’m on low battery I just watch how many % left a bit more often.

Optimus_prime4503

Rob ⚡️ can nothing phone 2a users enroll and if so then how,I’m kinda new to all this

nicodr63

Whennnnnn 🔥

RasselHossain

Rob ⚡️ how to download os 4

Anonymous931

Silvan Talking about flashing something like LineageOS, so a whole different OS instead of Nothing OS. That’s not in settings to change.

Silvan

Anonymous931 ok danke für die antwort

ramnik

bishdoesnothing I really want the glyph matrix profile pic 🙁

Anonymous994

ramnik There’s a tool on the web created by the Nothing Community that does it.

https://udaign.github.io/matrices/

Nicouschulas

pacoprr

Yes please

Anuzzi
Second one

Amudhan_Sundararajan
Yeah, I felt the same

Rover

My concern as a 2a Plus user for this and the next/final major updates is that with so much of the software efforts on the AI front, 2/2a/Plus users are getting nothing more than UI updates and late camera improvements …