The Nothing Phone 2 OS 3.0 beta is about to land

Do you feel that? Android 15 FOMO yet? Here we are, we’re already talking about Android 16 release dates, and there’s a very good chance your phone is still on Android 14 – let’s hope this hasn’t happened before. Yet that is a situation that is slowly improving every day, even if it feels like manufacturers are taking their old time. We’re always happy when new phones line up to receive their updates, and today we get word about one of the latest, as Nothing is set to bring Nothing OS 3.0 to the Nothing Phone 2.

We’ve already had the chance to go hands-on with the Android 15-based Nothing OS 3.0 with the first hardware for which the manufacturer has released a beta version: the Nothing Phone 2a. We also knew to expect a beta for the Phone 2 sometime in November, before it spread to the rest of the Nothing lineup in December. On the community forums you will find Nothing announces that OS 3.0 Open Beta for the Phone 2 will launch tomorrow, November 6.

Since this is a beta, you can expect to pay quite a bit which is still a bit rough, but it already sounds like the software situation is improving – when we first tried out the beta for the Phone 2a, the new Shared Widgets support were still not active, and while most of it is still not active, you can now at least preview that experience with Photo Widgets.

Before you take the plunge, you may want to familiarize yourself with the changes we’re making in our Nothing OS 3.0 hands-onbecause once you install the beta, the company strongly advises against going back to Nothing OS 2.6. You can do it in a pinch, but be prepared with a backup of all your data. But for those of you who have been counting down the days until you can finally try Android 15 for yourself, head on over Nothing is a forum and follow the steps there to get yourself ready to install the OS 3.0 beta when it releases tomorrow.