I’m using the Phone 2a, and coming from Realme UI, I’m missing a few features on Nothing OS. Here they are:
1. Who decided to place the “Clear All” button for recent apps at the end? You have to swipe through all the apps to access it. Other brands place it at the bottom for easy access. Please move it.
2. Please provide an option to hide the battery icon (excluding the percentage) and the silent icon.
3. Add more clock styles, such as bold designs similar to those on Pixel phones.
4. “Circle to Search” can’t be used if the navigation bar is hidden. While this seems to be a general limitation across brands, I hope you can come up with a better solution soon—maybe assign it to the power button or use a Google Assistant-style gesture.
5. Please add a Quick Settings tile for screenshots.
6. There’s no way to turn off vibration for back navigation alone. Disabling “Touch Feedback” turns off all haptics, including keyboard feedback. Coming from Realme UI, this feels inconvenient.
7. There are no icons in the status bar when Bluetooth is turned on. This is a feature most other phones have.
8. While there’s an option to wake the lock screen by tapping, there should also be an option to turn it off with a tap. (I’m not referring to locking the screen by tapping on the home screen.)
9. I love the photo widget, but instead of selecting photos individually for the widget, there should be an option to select all photos or an entire folder.
10. The app opening animation isn’t smooth, especially on Twitter. I hope this gets fixed soon.
11. It would be useful if you added an option to display RAM usage in the Recent Apps tab, like in Realme UI.
12. Provide an option to hide the popup rotation icon. It’s more annoying than helpful most of the time.
13 . The default font size on Nothing OS isn’t ideal; it’s too small. When you try to increase it, it becomes too large. There should be an option between the current sizes 2 and 3. (bonus)
The most important one: Please expand your service centres across India. I can’t use this phone the same way I used my old phones because I’m scared of damaging it. The nearest service centre is at least 50 km away.
That’s all! I hope you consider these suggestions in the next update!