Nothing OS 5.0 adds adaptive colors, Glyph app and deeper home screen tweaks

Nothing OS 5.0, built on Android 17, launches in open beta on August 26, starting with the Nothing Phone 3 and eventually expanding to most recent Nothing devices, but it will not be available for Phone 1, Phone 2 or CMF Phone 1. The update adds adaptive color support, enabling app icons and widgets to adopt tints drawn from the active wallpaper, while preserving the platform's signature monochrome aesthetic. A new Glyph Interface app consolidates all lighting controls for phones equipped with the glyph back-light.

Home screen customization is broadened with new lock-screen clock designs, an "Away Time" widget that logs phone-free periods, a Collector widget for turning images into icons, and the ability to move multiple icons simultaneously. System-wide refinements include animated status-bar icons, single-tap Bluetooth toggles in Quick Settings, enhanced quick-share, Android's Noto 3D emojis, expanded dark-theme support, and updates to Essential AI such as cleaner voice transcriptions and on-device app building capabilities.