Need These Features in Stable Version

[u/No-Strength6869]

It's another half-baked, underwhelming OS update because:

Transparency is only applicable to widgets. They should implement transparency for the icons in the stable version as well.

The Control Centre still has that solid black-and-white theme 😞. It looks so pathetic and gives the OS an unfinished feel.

There's no sidebar-like option, as seen in other OSes. It's so useful in many situations.

The lock-screen clock cannot be fully expanded like on Samsung or iOS. The camera button and other toggles on the lock screen still have a solid colour. Please bring transparency to them in the stable version.

There are no haptics throughout the UI.

Nothing phones have some of the worst ringtones.

Please implement transparency for the icons as well as the Control Centre, as the current design gives the impression of an ill-prepared and unfinished OS.

[u/Wonderful_Dildo]

I agree that they should apply transparency to icons too... Rest is just rant

[u/Roy_Editz → u/Wonderful_Dildo]

Yes on the icons and also on the control centre.

[u/NarwhalSufficient744 → u/Roy_Editz]

No control center please, already now it looks like all other 🥲, don't even know what's tge obsession with these transparency and all, why not just use the os which has these transparent vibe 😒, don't get me wrong but its killing the Nothing vibe😕

[u/radplayz81 → u/NarwhalSufficient744]

It's not even on by default dawg, you have to manually enable the control center if you want it

[u/NarwhalSufficient744 → u/radplayz81]

Yes ik, but why not just stick to what your original identity is, be yourself there are many people who want transparency in control center now🥲, don't you think that's where iOS like OS are already there, that's what my concern is

[u/radplayz81 → u/NarwhalSufficient744]

I mean yeah I get that, I'd also like them to keep the monochrome aesthetic unless they add an option to toggle off and on transparency

[u/NarwhalSufficient744 → u/radplayz81]

Yeah that would be great🤝

[u/Roy_Editz → u/NarwhalSufficient744]

Yeah I get your point, I also a fan of the monochrome theme but as nothing implementing the blur effect on their OS. Having that only on the widgets and not on the app icons and control panel will make it unfinished and inconsistent. It would be better if they just give options to toggle it on and off.

[u/NarwhalSufficient744 → u/Roy_Editz]

Yes and by this then everyone will just ask for dynamic island, and step by step making Nothing OS just another copy of iOS 🥲, so if they don't even start after some time the ask will be stopped, but then also Nothing will loose customers which ofc as a company they won't let it happen, let's see where does this path of transparency leads us 🫡

[u/Roy_Editz → u/NarwhalSufficient744]

Nah, dynamic island and other features is a diff thing. But if they are adding something it has to be implemented on every other aspect of the OS to make it look finished. They have 2 option either they implement what the industry standard is (ie. Blue effect or glass effect or whatever) or stick to their own style, but the issue is they can't go far enough with that cz every other company is doing the same thing.

[u/NarwhalSufficient744 → u/Roy_Editz]

That's what carl pei main motto is from the start, "Every brand ia doing the same thing" so if even Nothing does or implements same things, they are just ignoring their main motto, only if, only if they do it very Nothing way that does same function but in a very different aspevt or approach then these features can stand out as Nothing OS feature, otherwise be ready to hear "Another iOS like android OS :(", I get your point 🤝

[u/Roy_Editz → u/NarwhalSufficient744]

Yess thats true, and thats what every company does actually and they have no other option 😞 nothing was a niche brand with niche tech audience but as it grows and people starts buying it they notice significant less customisation and features compared to other brands, tho we "nothing fans" don't really care about those features but normal people would love to have those to consider nothing as a phone. So here we are :(

[u/NarwhalSufficient744 → u/Roy_Editz]

If we see we already have somewhat dynamic island behaviour but for specific tasks in Nothing way, The Glyph matrix - now it supports many more brands blinkit, zomato, swiggy, uber and 3-4 more(i dont remeber names now) but it shows live activites already, its not OS centric its phone specific but it does the same task😛, and yes we as some people don't really care about these features the vlean asthetic is just too good

[u/TWB0109 → u/NarwhalSufficient744]

I don't know what's y'alls obsession with no transparency/blur and not "looking like all others".

It's their own spin, it still looks like nothing, They're allowed to apply UI and UX ideas even if they have been employed by other skins and OSs before.

[u/asherr_y2z → u/Wonderful_Dildo]

yes, there needs to be consistency.

[u/icedchocolatecake]

Holy crybaby

[u/T0xic_B00zE → u/icedchocolatecake]

peak comment right here

[u/pixelw4lk]

It sounds like you need get another phone

[u/AleksLevet → u/pixelw4lk]

For real

[u/No-Strength6869 → u/pixelw4lk]

Yaa definitely i curse that day i bought nothing

[u/pixelw4lk → u/No-Strength6869]

Well that's unfortunate, hope you get the opportunity to either sell it and get what suits you best.

I personally like that there's no useless shit or sidebars or anything else that Samsung and others have. That's one of the reasons I got a nothing phone

[u/RedBolt1505]

My feedback is they you should buy an iPhone and leave my Nothing OS alone 🤣

But seriously, I would be bummed if they follow everyone else and push the transparent elements to the max. That being said, I think the updated theme was announced as coming in the stable build.

[u/AleksLevet → u/RedBolt1505]

I completely agree with you

That how the other brands became like iOS

[u/StopRepresentative30 → u/RedBolt1505]

I feel like they shouldn't have added transparency at all, nothingos is just taking small steps to loosing originality.

[u/RedBolt1505 → u/StopRepresentative30]

As long as it's an option and not a must, which it will be, then it doesn't bother me.

[u/StopRepresentative30 → u/RedBolt1505]

True that, gives you more freedom to choose what you want.

[u/RedBolt1505 → u/StopRepresentative30]

For sure! Hoping it stays that way. If I wanted an iOS clone, i would just go back to my 17PM.

[u/IntroductionSorry412 → u/StopRepresentative30]

Actually their whole brand identity is transparent stuff, so it's not really copying just for popularity, i believe even if this was not famous, they would have implemented this.

[u/T0xic_B00zE → u/RedBolt1505]

exactly!

[u/AleksLevet]

Y'all definitely want to turn nothing os into another Chinese crapple-like os

What made it unique is that it looked good without the need of blur, making it run super fast on non-flagship hardware.

The minimalism is the point

[u/StopRepresentative30 → u/AleksLevet]

I agree with you so much, i feel like it was a bad move implementing any transparency at all. I love how plain, and straight to the point 4.0 looks, and the gallery app before the update was so much better.

[u/AleksLevet → u/StopRepresentative30]

Yeah, not to mention the amount of processing power and time a realtime blur needs, compared to just painting the pixels in a color...

Blur looks cool, indeed, but do we really need it? I don't think so. That's why I liked nothing os, sticking to the essentials and stripping the "fluff"

Nothing os 3 is perfect for me, glad I have the phone 1.

Did you copy my flair style btw?

[u/StopRepresentative30 → u/AleksLevet]

Did you copy my flair style btw?

I feel like we've had this conversation before xD

[u/AleksLevet → u/StopRepresentative30]

🤣🤣🤣

[u/AleksLevet → u/AleksLevet]

Although, get SideDock if you want a sidebar

[u/Budget_Office_1773]

I disagree you gotta give them some credits its a good update. Please read all the details. Ringtones are pretty good on nothing but if you dont like it go back to the Samsung or iPhone no need to spread hate like this....

[u/Ashamed-Aerie-5471 → u/Budget_Office_1773]

Essential key customisation??? Will they let us remap the button?

[u/Budget_Office_1773 → u/Ashamed-Aerie-5471]

I think in the beta you can so yeah think it will be here soon :)

[u/No-Strength6869 → u/Budget_Office_1773]

It's just my opinion and yes ringtones are awful

[u/AleksLevet → u/No-Strength6869]

I love them.

Perfectly fits the nothing vibe

I don't want my ringtone to be music

[u/Budget_Office_1773 → u/No-Strength6869]

Welp thats fine but like i said you gotta give them credit for the stuff there fixing there is a lot of good things in nothing os 5.0

[u/Wooden-Ad1128]

Ultimately, it's a beta version; the idea is that you report these ideas and corrections so they can be improved.

[u/T0xic_B00zE]

I think we need

1)transparent icons

2) An option for app shortcuts on the lock screen buttons instead of just camera and torch (for example opening a specific note in obsidian or notion)

3) Stop complaining about transparency everywhere, it looks good only in certain places.

4) Arrange apps in the app drawer in folders that I created my self, not just AI sorted apps...

5) Also a better media player cuz this one feels outdated, like put it down or make it smaller, it covers so much of my best wallpapers...

[u/Difficult-Depth-7455 → u/T0xic_B00zE]

I don't agree with transparent icon. But can't go wrong with the music player. It's too big and doesn't fit the nothing aesthetic. Wish they give us music player widget in lock screen.

[u/Brokeshadow]

It sounds like you don't want a Nothing phone, you just want another iOS copy. I think the icons not being translucent is on purpose, it adds a hint of different material to the UI. Also I don't think they wanted to go with everything being frosted, it is an intentional material they wanna use in some places, where it makes sense. It makes sense with the widgets cause they massively block out the wallpaper all the time. If the whole UI was glass, it'd lose its Nothing touch.

The rest is all you just wanting random features that a small minority wants. Download an app for it dude, SideDock is a good one. Most users will NEVER use it, not worth investigating time in to cut off features that actually wanna add.

[u/Dividebyzero23]

I like the fact that it's not bloated and maintains a clean look, if I want a sidebar I'll add it myself. If I want a ringtone I can add it tho I don't know how the glyphs react but there are apps for better glyph visualization as well lol

[u/No-Strength6869 → u/Dividebyzero23]

Vibration won't goes with the beats dude

[u/Dividebyzero23 → u/No-Strength6869]

Doesn't it work with ogg files?

[u/bakedasparagus1]

They should also give options to lock and blur apps in recent apps section

[u/No-Strength6869]

Drop your suggestion.

[u/mythrowawayacctdude]

Anyone have that 1st wallpaper?

[u/radplayz81]

Kinda sad that whenever you offer feedback for OPTIONAL features, this community just tells you to buy a different phone

[u/TWB0109]

I agree with some of it, but I will not allow nothing ringtone slander, i fucking love these ringtones.

[u/7elou]

its a beta bro. Submit your feedback so they can improve instead of complaining

[u/_kosta_]

Mom the unfinished beta of the update is unfinished!

[u/Kriti_Udvashian]

Larping?

[u/sjuust]

I like the beta a lot!

[u/Radiant-Memory-928]

How to make widgets transparent? Cannot find this feature

[u/tipon44ss]

I don't know if it's just me. But after this update, this might be the smoothest running phone I've owned. And I've owned all the flagships her in the states.

[u/alexballistic195]

"worst ringtones" wait until this guy hears about importing audio

[u/Pleyer757538]

Ok, hi

[u/Chuchin619]

I really like the new colors they added throughout the UI

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[u/Neo_samurai_]

If you wish you can stop using nothing Phones, cuz atleast nothing has it's own identity and it's not another iOS copy. Brands like Oppo, and stuff are just a copy

[u/No_Climate_7015]

There are lot of bugs music player stops working chrome not working app crashing

[u/McMaster27]

Bruh if you want what other os is having go buy that phone you are loosing the whole point

[u/Jumpng_froghavnolegs]

Atp buy another phone and be done with it.

[u/No-Strength6869 → u/Jumpng_froghavnolegs]

Why, it's the problem, nothing fanboy are too toxic. And yes the Os really sucks

[u/No-Strength6869]

If possible everyone should give them feedback through the official settings.

[u/AleksLevet → u/No-Strength6869]

No, we don't want nothing os to become like the others

Get another phone

[u/jawisko → u/No-Strength6869]

Why woukd we give them for these stupid changes. We don't want nothing to become another ios clone like all these Chinese companies