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Nothing has gone ahead with the official Android 13 update for its smartphone this week. The company has been doing closed-door tests with the beta users for a few weeks and now the stable version is rolling out to everyone. The Android 13-based Nothing OS 1.5 version promises a slew of performance improvements and some new features that should keep the Nothing Phone (1) owners excited. Carl Pei, Founder, Nothing has talked about keeping software of its device a primary focus and this update more or less confirms those claims.

Nothing OS 1.5 Android 13 Update: What’s New

App improvements

– New Nothing weather app.

– Refined camera app interface.

– Up to 50% increase in app loading speed.

Customisation

– New Glyph sound pack. More Glyph ringtones and notification sounds.

– More “Material You”, meaning more colour schemes available for matching third

party apps to wallpaper.

– Lockscreen shortcut customisations. Create shortcuts for camera, torch, device

controls, and wallet.

Improved experience

– Easily switch data usage when using dual SIM with the improved network Quick Settings

panel.

– New QR code scanner in Quick Settings and in the camera app.

– Multi-language support that allows different languages for different apps.

– Clipboard preview. Copied text appears on the clipboard in the bottom corner of

the screen. So you can directly edit the text before pasting.

– Foreground services. Close active background apps directly from the notification

centre to save battery.

Visual enhancements

– New look for Media Control. Puts album artwork on full display with a wider set

of music controls.

– Improved volume control. Easily adjust individual volume sliders without unlocking

the screen (e.g. music vs ringtone).

– Less distracting notifications whilst in Game Mode. Now with Google Game Dashboard.

Dashboard supports screenshots, screen recording, FPS display, and Do Not Disturb.

– Live caption: detects speech on your device and automatically generates captions.

– Smoother animations when transitioning the display between on and off.

Privacy upgrades

– Photo picker: Choose which images you want to share with each app.

– Media permissions: Group the types of media you want to share e.g., photos and

videos, music and audio files.

– Alerts when an app accesses your clipboard. Then cleared history after a period

of time to prevent unwanted access.

– Added Personal Safety app.

System performance

– Increased background memory. Reducing the wait for frequently used apps to load.

– New self-repair feature that keeps Phone (1) running like it’s new. By clearing

unused cache and expired system dumps.

– Increased system stability.

– General bug fixes

Nothing says these changes will make the experience of using the Nothing Phone (1) a lot better and also improve the phone’s battery life, which is always a welcome improvement.

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