Nothing CEO Carl Pei revealed on Wednesday that the company plans to ship the beta version of Nothing OS based on Android 13 by the end of the year. A new report had previously revealed that the company was aiming to release the stable Android 13 update in the first half of 2023. Nothing Phone 1 is the company’s first foray into the smartphone segment. This smartphone was launched earlier this year in July with Nothing operating system based on Android 12.
Pei announced via Twitter that Nothing isn’t planning on rushing updates at the expense of user experience. He revealed that the company aims to ship the Android 13-based Nothing OS beta by the end of the year. Nothing Phone 1 users can expect a stable release in early 2023.
Although we work around the clock, we will not rush updates at the expense of user experience. This also applies to Nothing OS based on Android 13 where we aim to deliver a beta version by the end of the year, with a full release in early 2023.
—Carl Pei (@getpeid) August 24, 2022
He additionally has claims that Nothing “seeks to create fun and engaging software experiences”. However, details of features coming to the company’s Android 13 update have not been revealed.
As a reminder, the Nothing Phone 1 was launched earlier this year in July and ran on Android 12 based Nothing OS out of the box. The company has assured its users that it will offer 3 years of Android updates and 4 years of security patches (every 2 months).
When we reviewed the Nothing Phone 1, we discovered that it’s free of bloatware and only offers Google’s app suite by default. Nothing OS includes several unique animations and we found the overall experience of the software to be quite good.
Additionally, Pei recently announced that Nothing is gradually rolling out OS version 1.1.3 for the Nothing Phone 1. This update brings several camera enhancements, including improved processing times for Night Mode and HDR. Color saturation is supposed to be richer than before when using the ultra-wide camera. In addition, image noise has been reduced and sharpness increased when using zoom. This update also includes other performance optimizations and bug fixes.
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