Android as an operating system has become extremely smart over the years. It automatically manages app optimization in the background — you don’t even have to think about it. So when Nothing decided to add a ‘Manual App Optimization’ feature in Nothing OS 4 (based on Android 16), it honestly feels like a complete gimmick. There’s absolutely no need for it because Android already does all this intelligently on its own. It’s like adding a fake button just to make people think something special is happening.
The truth is, Nothing seems to be out of ideas lately. Instead of bringing something that genuinely improves the user experience, they’re just throwing random features to fill the changelogs. This manual optimization thing is basically the same as those useless “RAM Booster” options we used to see on budget phones — or like adding a 2MP macro camera just to say the phone has three cameras. It looks fancy on paper but does absolutely nothing in real life.
Honestly, Nothing should focus on real innovation instead of these copy-paste gimmicks. Features like this don’t make the OS smarter — they just make it look desperate.
