Nothing Phone 3a Series: Essential Key Now Works With Camera App—New Features Explained
A key upgrade includes integration of 'Essential Key' within the Nothing Camera app, aimed at giving users a superior camera experience
Smartphone maker Nothing has announced the release of Nothing operating system (OS) 3.1 for its newly launched Phone (3a) and Phone (3a) Pro. The update will bring significant improvements to the OS, giving users an enhanced interface experience. The update rolled out globally from Mar. 24 onwards.
According to a blog shared by Nothing Community, one of the key upgrades includes the integration of 'Essential Key' within the Nothing Camera app. This feature is aimed at giving users a superior camera experience by capturing content and adding notes or voice input with a short or long press. “This means users can easily separate their photography from their Essential Space photo reminders,” Nothing said.
To update their phone with the latest software version, users are advised to connect to the internet and perform the OTA.
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What’s New In Nothing Phone (3a)?
The software update has introduced an enhanced system experience, including improved camera performance for the Nothing users. Now, they can have a more intuitive camera zoom interaction, offering better clarity, faster performance and enhanced balance in indoor scenes.
Other improvements include an optimised Essential Space experience and better performance. The AOD (Always-On Display) transition animations have also been improved, the smartphone maker said. Additionally, several bug fixes and stability enhancements have been rolled out in the update.
What’s New In Nothing Phone (3a) Pro?
Similar to the Phone 3a version, Pro users will be able to use a more intuitive camera with the software upgrade. The update also resolves the reddish skin tone issue that many users had reported with front-facing camera selfies.
The camera will now offer improved tone when capturing portraits in backlight conditions, and enhanced focusing accuracy at 2x focal length. Pro users will experience a faster overall camera performance and responsiveness. Moreover, Nothing has improved the AOD transition animations and fixed other bugs for greater stability.
The two models were launched in India on Mar. 4 with an AI-powered hub called Essential Space. This marks Nothing's attempt to integrate AI with its phones amid the growing AI competition among major smartphone players globally.
