Overview

• Essential Apps and the Playground hub let users create, remix, and share personalized mini apps from natural‑language prompts without coding.
• Creation is limited to homescreen widgets for now and happens on a web portal before installing on compatible Nothing phones.
• The open beta for Nothing OS 4.0 is available on Phone 3, Phone 2, Phone 2a, and Phone 2a Plus, with Phone 1 excluded and 3a models not in the first wave.
• Usage limits apply in the beta, with up to six widgets supported on Phone 3 and two on other eligible models.
• Nothing says it will keep building on Android rather than altering low‑level code, pitching Essential as a step toward a future AI‑native system while leaving privacy, moderation, and monetization details to be clarified.