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.

UpawNothing

YuvrajVerma_ytrTUaPP75 For solution see previous post. Enable developers options and reboot your device. I may be the only one who hasn’t had to do this because I don’t use Google apps. Apart from messages and photos of course. And Waze and maps… Ha ha ha, more than I thought. Anyway I don’t use Google search or Chrome. I have Chrome and the Google app disabled in fact.

darshpathak

DJ I try to do that

When I go to enable developer options by tapping build number again, after final click the settings app itself crashes and I can’t use phone anymore similar to chrome issue

SakibAlam_rnpgRa51Ue

I applied a third-party icon pack (“Dark OS”) using Icon Pack Studio on my Nothing Phone (4a) Pro, aiming to customize only my home screen layout. However, the theme applied system-wide, causing an unappealing white background frame around all system notification icons.

When switching back to the default or Nothing icons, existing notifications retained the white background frame until dismissed and regenerated.

The “Apply to Home screen only” toggle is currently restricted to the official Nothing Icon Pack, and Nothing Launcher does not support editing individual app icons directly on the home screen.

Could the Nothing OS team expand the “Apply to Home screen only” setting to support all third-party icon packs, or separate notification shade icons from home screen launcher themes? Is there any known OS-level workaround to isolate Icon Pack Studio purely to the home screen grid without altering notification channels?

DocYBA

I dont know if it’s only me or not but,

Go to a very quiet room, hold the phone at a lateral angle, 160° - 180° and open the camera app

Then keep changing the lens from the ultra wide or main sensor to the periscope. Do you guys hear a clicking noise?

AarushRGondkar

Zac 🛸 im unable to get nothing is 5.0 beta version in 4a pro, it got released on 10th September 2026 at 6:45 IST and today is 11th September 2026 I checked system update it is still showing “System up to date”

Zac 🛸

AarushRGondkar Uninstall and redownload the beta installer from nothing.tech. Your installer version may be out of date. Hope this helps!

grepGander

DocYBA OIS actuation and autofocus motor initialisation are clicking (when you hear click that’s autofocus actuator resetting the glass elements to a default starting point). It’s normal and expected behaviour, and it would be something to worry about if it’s wasn’t clicking 😁

Read this for more, if you’re interested:

https://www.researchgate.net/figure/Structure-of-proposed-OIS-VCM-actuator_fig1_317754547

DoubleYou_O0EHBk9o1g

I have an issue where I can’t use chrome and lot of apps. They just won’t load basically. Any fixes?

MauricioCortes_9Nzh6DnXkc

I am on the Nothing OS 5 beta and I noticed that in the notification panel, the app icons are using their default icons. I think it would look better if they had the monochromatic icon option, matching the home screen setting

MuhammadWasifAliWasif

Yes and the icon is awfully large too

AarushRGondkar

Zac 🛸 I didn’t get this 5.0 on 4a pro

Zac 🛸

AarushRGondkar Can you tell me which steps you have taken so I can see where you are in the process? A DM would probably work best here.

AarushRGondkar

Zac 🛸 it says up to date

UJWALDAYANANDSARKAAR

I am facing this issue of quick centre is not scrolling down.

Itz bug.

Plz check it out

ChrisJ_Joseph_P1NpRo6vMr

Hey team , this is frankly my first time beta testing for Operating system(has done for apps tho😃), so hope these help,

Device : Nothing phone (4a) pro

Bug 1

When you turn off the Wi-Fi toggle directly, it just turns off the activation color. But when you disable Wi-Fi toggle using the using the panel that pops out of cellular /mobile data or Wi-Fi, (the bigger controls), and I turn off Wi-Fi from there, it crosses out the Wi-Fi icon. So, I will attach a video for greater reference.

Edit : This is not the same for Mobile data toggle because in anyway directly tapping or using the “bigger controls ” (wherever) it definitely crosses out the symbol in inactive state

Bug 2

This is a preview bug from wallpaper customisation app, the preview of Gooey clock face (this issue is not applicable to other clockfaces) the preview feels smaller but when I save it you can see the actual clock size

You can see that for 1st and 3rd images(preview in wallpaper app) the gap between the cat ear and the clock face is huge , while for the 2nd and 4th images (actual lockscreen) the distance between the cat ear and the clock is small

(Visually the clockface looks larger in lockscreen while smaller in preview too )

This affects the planned look I intended in wallpaper app vs the actual outcome

Bug 3

This is the animation error or visual glitch (as they say) when I open glyph timer from quick settings

That glitch definitely hits a -ick spot , also don’t forget the precise 15 second increment for glyph timer (minutes section) because, the glyphs were better for timer in the previous iteration (because it was precise) also way less fun because the dial can now be only rotated once instead of 3-4 times in the previous iteration in NOS 4.1

Side notes :

Visual inconsistency in combined and seperate, quick settings

The pen icon could be consistent, then the issues mentioned by @Nev3D regarding color inconsistency in the quick settings is also certainly annoying especially in the sliders ,the active 1*1 quick settings toggle vs 2*1 pill uses a different white

Notes of appreciation regarding the spring animation in the recents menu , you can see the nearby apps jiggle aswell (Android feature)🤌🙌

This beta on my device is overall smooth , excited for the Stable release 🤩🥳

Suggestion to animate the torch , glyph torch and glyph toggles in the quick settings because the other quick settings toggle such as battery saver , DND ,hotspot etc.. animate but these 3 doesn’t now

Hope these help ☺️😁🫡 I will report more as I see

anjanyadavby

ChrisJ_Joseph_P1NpRo6vMr Great 👍🏻

ChrisJ_Joseph_P1NpRo6vMr

ChrisJ_Joseph_P1NpRo6vMr yeah speaking on a animating toggles of the quick settings pannel I see the button on the torch go up and down but it goes unnoticed, i suggest a more drastic one (if possible) but the glyph icons still don’t animate so that is one up

TechDepthStudio

Hello, can somebody, please, confirm if it is safe to run authenticator applications and login to financial applications on Nothing OS 5.0 beta?

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