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.

Aman_sNothing

Some bugs are there in NOS 5.0

Some times it sticks to unlock , and unable to load quickly to the applications

Translucent effect is not added yet in beta version of nothing 3a

anjanyadavby

Light Mode is not applied consistently in Nothing Gallery

The screenshots below show the issue clearly:

1st image: Light Mode is enabled and applied correctly throughout the system and Nothing Gallery.

2nd image: When viewing a single photo in Nothing Gallery, the interface still appears in Dark Mode.

• Problem:
When Dark Mode is turned off and Light Mode is enabled, it applies correctly throughout the system and across the Nothing Gallery app. However, when viewing a single photo, the photo-viewing interface still remains in Dark Mode.

• What I expected:
When Light Mode is enabled, the entire Nothing Gallery experience, including the single-photo viewing screen, should consistently follow Light Mode.

• What I actually saw:
The single-photo viewing screen in Nothing Gallery still uses a dark/black interface even though Light Mode is enabled. This creates an obvious theme/UI inconsistency.

This issue has been present since Nothing OS 4.0, and unfortunately, it is still present in the Nothing OS 5.0 Beta.

I have reported several small UI inconsistencies like this before, but many of them seem to remain unresolved across software updates. I understand these may look like small issues individually, but there are lots of inconsistencies across Nothing OS, and fixing these details would make the overall software experience much more polished and consistent.

And honestly, I have very little hope that the Nothing Software Team will actually fix this in the Nothing OS 5.0 Stable release. Mark my words — I genuinely expect this issue to be carried forward into the Stable version as well.

Hopefully, I’m proven wrong and this gets fixed before the stable release.

Please look into this UI inconsistency.

@Zac 🛸

DanieleProietto

Great work with Nothing OS 5. The system seems quite stable. The most annoying bug I’ve encountered involves the notification panel: basically, when I expand multiple notifications from an app, the panel often stays stuck on the screen, and I can only close it by locking and unlocking the phone. Just so you know: I have a Nothing Phone 3 and didn’t wipe the device after installation. 🙂

Lexcyn

Seems like Phone Link (aka Link to Windows) is busted completely if you try and re-link to your device. Only an issue on this phone with the beta. Back on 4.1 it works fine.

AlexAlbrecht_vt7oDyXAtY

I got 2 bugs to report.

GPS Indicator continues to Display when the screen is off but the Fingerprint circle is shown. I don’t know if that’s on purpose but that’s not even the issue. When my phone is unlocked via another device (my watch) and the unlock symbol disappears the GPS indicator tries to fade out too but pops back up and stays for a few seconds before actually disappearing.
Wallpaper atmosphere activates while swiping instead of unlocking causing it to often activate while not fully unlocked. Especially unpleasant if you use Depth effect the motive completely stays while the background changes

2009aditya8raj

Zac 🛸 The New separate Quick settings panel opening animation is not so smooth , even OS4.1’s normal quick settings felt smoother than this , i think you should work on it as we often use quick settings and if it’s not smooth , then you can understand how it feels every time .

Also i have got some questions to ask for phone 3a:-

Is essential voice not coming in it ?
I have seen that in so many places , like widget opening, and quick settings opening, the transparency and animations are missing from what We saw in 4a pro and flagship 3 , So is it going to be like that in General release too .
Why is the transparent wallpaper background Missing in phone 3a , even when it’s Not a big deal i think.. ( These slight changes have made to think if you are also going to do what all other brands are doing? Like , Giving less features in old phones and making them slow or feel cheap and only prioritising New Series????

chris0104

On the Phone 4a Pro, switching to or from “Do Not Disturb” mode when you press the button takes almost 2 seconds to register and apply. It’s very annoying that it’s not instantaneous like usual!

AmalDevasia

Zac 🛸 Battery backup is not stable and apps crash often.

ullasdhar

Zac 🛸 I have tried for roll back to the stable version but I did not download and install that one. Can I receive the general release.

Mohamedfahim_EHTdjWR2aY

Title: Bug Report: Essential Widget Reloading & Animation Frame Drops [Nothing OS 5.0]

Hi Nothing Team,

I am currently using the Nothing Phone (3a) Pro, and after the recent Nothing OS 5.0 update, I am facing a few noticeable UI and animation bugs. Here are the exact issues I am experiencing:

1. Essential Widget Reloading Issue:

Whenever I turn the screen off and back on, the Essential Widget keeps reloading on the home screen. I have already set the Nothing Launcher’s battery usage to ‘Unrestricted’ to prevent aggressive RAM management, but the widget still reloads every time.

2. App Opening/Closing Animation Lag:

The system animations when opening and closing applications lack smoothness. It feels like a severe frame drop or a sudden drop in refresh rate. The quick, snappy feel is missing, making the UI feel sluggish (my animation scales are at 1x and refresh rate is properly set).

3. Home Screen ‘Atmosphere’ Effect Stutter:

There is a very noticeable frame drop related to the special ‘Atmosphere’ wallpaper effect (found under Customization). When I close an app and return to the home screen, the transition where the Atmosphere animation applies is not smooth at all. It stutters heavily, and the frame drop is highly visible.

I request the development team to look into these RAM management and UI animation optimization issues. Hoping for a fix in the next patch!

Device: Nothing Phone (3a) Pro

OS Version: Nothing OS 5.0

SaiNath_t7q3OzE11o

When will np3 get the stable 0s 5.0 update?

nexusmaniac

SaiNath_t7q3OzE11o

Mrk_xBzVtZ2aFA

Zac 🛸

Totally disabled chrome. Opening chrome prevents some apps to work for a moment.

Harsh_Kr

The new notification panel isn’t smooth or u can say glitching.

SumitPai

Hey Nothing,

It’s been Around 10-15 days since using NOS5.0 on NP3a. And I have encountered a lot of bugs.

The main bug (for me atleast) is - When you are in notification panel and want to go to quick settings panel, it’s very difficult but from quick setting to notification panel is very smooth.

For reference:

And few other bugs like:

• Sometimes there’s no locking sound when pressed the power button (ring mode).

• Camera lags after a single photo

• Video Camera fps drops multiple times during shoot

• Color difference in quick settings (reference:

)

• Black color clock in lockscreen flashes screen (quick flask) after waking from AOD.

• When the phone sleeps automatically (suppose for after 30 seconds), the screen flashes for a few milliseconds.

• and some small bugs…

But even with these bugs, the NOS5.0 is very good. Hope these bugs get fixed in Stable update..

anjanyadavby

I’ve been reporting this since NOTHING OS 3.0, then NOTHING OS 4.0, and now we’re at NOTHING OS 5.0 Beta — yet the same issue is still here.

Both devices in the first screenshot are running ANDROID 17. On the left is MOTOROLA, and on the right is NOTHING.

Look at how MOTOROLA handles Dynamic Colour — very close to the GOOGLE PIXEL approach. The selected colour palette is applied naturally and consistently across the UI.

Now look at NOTHING OS. The colours feel washed out, especially in the Notification Panel/Quick Settings. And yes, NOTHING OS 5.0 has a proper Colour Palette option under Home Customisation, but the actual implementation still doesn’t feel right.

I’ve reported this across three OS generations, and somehow it keeps getting carried forward.

Honestly, I’m starting to doubt that this will be fixed even in the NOTHING OS 5.0 Stable release.

Mark my words — I really hope NOTHING proves me wrong this time. 😐

This is a small detail, but these are exactly the details that make a software experience feel polished instead of unfinished.

NOTHING, please fix DYNAMIC COLOURS properly.

_DC_

It’s a beta?????

anjanyadavby

_DC_ read post carefully

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