Nothing OS 5.0 | Open Beta Feedback

Zac 🛸 · 2026-08-26T12:26:00+00:00

Hey everyone, ⚡️ The Nothing OS 5.0 beta is rolling out, and if you’re on it, you’ve probably already got thoughts. This thread is the place to share them. 💬 Whether you’ve come across a bug, found a feature that you want to share, or just want to hear what others are experiencing, jump in. The more people comparing notes, the easier it is to work out what’s a widespread issue and what’s a one-off. A few things worth discussing: Bugs you’ve encountered and how much they’re affecting day-to-day use Surprising features and how you are using them Anything that’s actually working better than anticipated What you’d want addressed before the stable release 🚨 While this thread is a great place to discuss, the official feedback channels are still the most reliable way to get issues in front of the team, so if you’ve found something reproducible, make sure it’s logged there too with the following steps right on your device. ⚙️ Settings > System > Feedback.

VishalhKale

I don’t know if someone has already highlighted this, but does anyone know when Nothing will introduce a Portrait Video mode in the Camera app?

It would be great to have an option to record videos with a blurred background, similar to Portrait/Cinematic Video modes available on other phones.

Is this feature planned for a future Nothing OS update, or is it something that we should not expect?

Would really love to see this feature added! 🙌

anjanyadavby

VishalhKale it will come with Nothing Phone 4

aleexreid

A couple of buggy things to report from me and my NP3.

As a few people have mentioned, even after having the OS installed for a couple of weeks I’m still seeing excessive battery drain. I’m also getting the top of the frame(?) getting very hot. Hopefully something that comes with a beta and will be good in the release

I’ve noticed some lag and juddering when scrolling down apps like Instagram. It’s no longer a smooth scroll and quite a lot for the eyes. But at least it’s cutting my Instagram use! 😅

Background activity seems to be a bit off. Like I’ll have no notifications, unlock my phone and a smattering will come tgrough. This is various apps; email, WhatsApp, LinkedIn etc.

Finally, and the one I’m noticing most and it’s really annoying. It must be that something has changed as my typing has so many errors in it now. I don’t know if it’s related to the lag and missing key presses out, but I can’t have got this bad! I’m using the Gboard.

I am loving the new typeface and design in system apps though. It’s so pleasing! 👏

AkshitRana_lXTeHhxTJB

Will it come for phone 2?

AjitGaidhani

Apps are unresponsive, and Google Chrome has not been working since NOS 5.0 was installed. There is a delay in some apps’ responses.

clutxhg0d

have faced this issue, not only chrome, but almost all browesers are unresponsive or they crash, make sure to enable dev settings and restart the phone, will fix the issue of the browser, but banking apps, and other apps like aether(i own one) do not work some will and some may not so a disclaimer

AjitGaidhani

Yes, in dev. Mode, banking apps do not work. Thanks

Mugiwara05

Been using NOS 5 Beta for almost two weeks now. Overall good experience. Would have loved to see the UI transparency also. There were some bugs I encountered, which I will list here :

1. When you pull down on a notification in landscape mode, in combined QS Panel, we see the notification list. In seperate QS Panel, in landscape mode, pulling down on notifications drops QS Panel (we have to swipe left again for notification list.
2. Chrome does not work at all. When you open chrome and exit out, it almost always crashes any other app you open afterward (only for a while though).
3. Opening any app in PiP mode heats up the phone so so much.
4. Battery is charging suuuuper fast, but also draining sooooner.
5. Also, touch response is a bit off sometimes (not registering touches).

Hope this helps a bit. 🙂

DJ

Mugiwara05 To fix the Chrome issue. Enable developer options and reboot your device.

lauro_fabricio

TheNoseybonk I did the upgrade via side load. Worked fine and enjoying the 5.0 so far.

TheNoseybonk

lauro_fabricio is there a source to get this?

JustinBurton

Quick settings swipe issue.

I know I can change the location of them… but when quick settings are split the volume and brightness sliders are in exactly the same place as my thumb when I want to swipe the settings away…

You could argue that they are in the right place to edit, but in that case if they were horizontal then I wouldn’t accidentally change them when I want to swipe away.

cegixeg188

Nothing OS Feature Requests

- Frosted Glass Effect: Add a frosted glass/blur effect to the Quick Settings panel and App Drawer for a more modern, layered look.

- Single-Swipe Brightness & Volume Controls: Bring the horizontal brightness and volume sliders to the non-split Quick Settings panel, so both can be accessed with a single swipe without opening the split panel.

- Wi-Fi Toggle: Make the Wi-Fi Quick Settings toggle a true one-tap on/off switch. When turned off, it should completely disable Wi-Fi rather than simply disconnecting from the current network.

- Home Screen Icon Customisation: Add options to change the shape and size of app icons on the home screen, giving users more control over their setup.

- Disable AI Camera Processing: Add an option in the Camera settings to turn off AI-based image processing. This would let users choose between Nothing’s computational/AI processing and a more natural, minimally processed look.

JustinBurton yeah man i agree instead of vertical slider like others horizontal slider will look pure dope

_EP_voNvVWXBnb

Could you please tell me what the cause of the error is? I only updated through the update center to the latest version, 4.1.

ChrisJ

_EP_voNvVWXBnb The beta for NP3 was only available for 7 days since the beta launched ; today it is the 13th day , that is why it shows that…

_EP_voNvVWXBnb

ChrisJ

Can’t I update now?

ChrisJ

_EP_voNvVWXBnb

No , that is why it showed you what saw

HIMANth

How can I report this bug? On beta build.unable to swipe down to access quick settings or even see notifications.dono what is causing it. However, this is not the first time I faced this issue on Nos5 beta.

turkaslan

Could you add an option to create photo collages after selecting multiple photos in the gallery app?

On the lock screen, double-tapping should turn off the screen, and double-tapping again should turn it on. (This is very important)"

Essential Space ; Please resolve the account authorization error. Months have passed. This problem has existed since I first got the phone, and I still haven’t been able to use the app.

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