Android 16 begins rolling out to Nothing Telephones

Nothing Phone 3 homeowners, your Android 16 replace is right here. Homeowners of different fashions? Nicely, you’ll have to attend a bit longer. Regardless, the corporate’s Nothing OS 4.0 replace brings Google’s latest cellular software program, together with a bunch of UI tweaks.

Along with Android 16, Nothing OS 4.0 ought to ship a smoother, zippier expertise. The corporate guarantees “sooner responses, cleaner visuals, smoother interactions” and extra. Alongside these strains, app transitions, the notification shade and gestures have been redesigned to reply “with sharper tactility and depth.”

Nothing additionally redesigned its first-party icons, with cleaner, extra minimal styling. “The house display feels balanced, fashionable and comfy to make use of,” the corporate claims. Standing bar icons have been refined, drawing inspiration from Android 16’s stylings. There are additionally new lock-screen clocks to select from, and an “further darkish mode” (along with commonplace darkish mode), designed for nighttime studying.

The Glyph Interface has at all times been one in every of Nothing’s most unusual options, and it will get some updates, too. Glyph Progress integrates with Android 16’s Reside Updates. “Rides, deliveries, and timers now sync throughout your display and the Glyph Interface,” as the corporate describes it.

You possibly can learn up on all of the modifications on the release page. Nothing OS 4.0 is rolling out now to the Nothing Telephone 3. Most different gadgets will begin seeing it “over the approaching weeks.” The corporate’s (recently spun off) CMF model gadgets will obtain the replace by the tip of 2025. Lastly, Phone 3a Lite homeowners have to attend till “early subsequent yr.”