Sign up for the Nothing Phone 1 Android 13 beta now
TheNothing Phone 1is probably one ofthe most unique phonesthis year that you can’t get in the US thanks to its transparent back. It’s also a phone that doesn’t have a lot of baggage when it comes to software, sporting a beautiful interface close to stock Android that doesn’t add much unnecessary bloat, though it’s still based on Android 12 to this date. The company already launched a closed beta program for Android 13 in late November, and today, Nothing has announced an open beta for Nothing OS 1.5.
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The company additionally offers a new weather app, which is custom designed for the Phone 1. Before then, the company only offered a widget that would forward you to a website from a weather forecast provider.
Apart from Nothing’s tweaks,Android 13 offers quite a few intriguing features. Notifications are opt-in for apps you newly install on the system, meaning that you can stop applications from pestering you with annoying and irrelevant s before they can even reach you. It’s also possible to set different languages on a per-app basis, which is handy for multilingual folks. Finally, the operating system offers support for more Material You theming options and accordingly themed app icons.
In an interview with Android Authority,Carl Pei explainswhy it is taking the company so long to launch Android 13. In it, the CEO admits that the OS was still “a bit rough” when it first launched in summer and had to work hard on optimizing the software post-launch. For Android 13, the biggest challenge is that the company is swapping out third-party code from an outsourced OEM partner for first-party software, which might not mean visual differences, but a lot of work for engineers.
You can sign up for the beta byfilling out this form. When you’re accepted, you will be able to download the Android 13 beta over the next few days via the usual route under Settings -> System -> System Update. The stable version of Nothing OS 1.5 will launch in early 2023 for everyone.
UPDATE: 2022/12/15 11:12 EST BY MANUEL VONAU
If you’re one of the lucky few who managed to get a Nothing Phone 1 in the US, Nothing founder Carl Pei has good news for you. The beta will also open for a limited number of people in the US as Nothing prepares launching its first phone in the country.
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