- Nothing OS 4.0 has been unveiled and will be entering open beta soon
- This update includes Android 16, along with many changes and new features
- Looking ahead, Nothing has detailed its vision for hyper-personalized operating systems
Nothing has just unveiled its next operating system update, dubbed Nothing OS 4.0, which the company will be rolling out alongside Android 16.
It’s not quite ready to go yet, but an open beta will launch soon, and Nothing has detailed what you can expect from this update.
Highlights include a refreshed design that the Nothing Phone 3 maker claims is more fluid and intuitive, plus a new Extra Dark Mode, support for two floating app icons to speed up multitasking, app optimizations to make them run faster and smoother, and an upgraded photography experience, with new camera controls and creative presets.
Nothing OS 4.0 also features a new dashboard that aims to make AI behavior more transparent, so you can stay in better control of your data when using AI, and there are general improvements to the operating system’s responsiveness and stability.
A hyper-personalized future
So, there’s quite a lot here, but Nothing has even more exciting things planned for future operating system updates. In a blog post, the company has detailed its vision for an operating system that’s “hyper-personalized to each individual”, with interfaces that will adapt to your context and needs, suggestions that will surface naturally, and AI agents that will carry out most tasks for you.
But as everyone needs different things, Nothing says “a billion different operating systems will be rendered for a billion different people,” and these personalized operating systems will follow you across devices – so as well as your phone, the same operating system could be used on wearables, audio products, and more future-looking things like smart glasses and humanoid robots.
Nothing believes that it’s uniquely positioned to create this operating system of the future because it owns its last-mile distribution point – that being the hub from which goods are dispatched to reach the customer. This, the company says, provides them with essential contextual and user knowledge.
That said, it sounds like this hyper-personalized operating system might still be a long way off, so for now, just keep an eye out for Nothing OS 4.0.
