Nothing Phone 2a Gets ChatGPT Widgets & Camera Improvements
Nothing took to X on Thursday to announce this and released a list of updates which users will receive soon.
Nothing has been making headlines for quite a lot of reasons recently. Just a few days back, the London-based phone maker unveiled the India-exclusive colour variant of Nothing Phone 2a. After the successful launch of the new colour variant, it has now once again made headlines for a new update which it is rolling out now. Nothing is rolling out a new update due to which now Nothing Phone 2a users will be able to get ChatGPT widgets and much more in their smartphones.
Nothing took to X on Thursday to announce this and released a list of updates which users will receive soon.
The basic updates include:
- New gesture option in the Nothing X app for starting a voice conversation with ChatGPT. Works via Nothing Ear and Nothing Ear (a). Coming soon to other Nothing audio products.
- New ChatGPT widgets for fast and easy access from your home screen.
- A button on the screenshot and clipboard pop-up to directly paste content to a new conversation in ChatGPT.
In terms of camera, the update includes:
- Optimised colour consistency in the main wide-angle camera by adjusting the white balance and colour bias at lower temperatures.
- Improved portrait brightness in HDR scenes by matching specific user skin tones.
- Resolved abnormal noise issues in portrait mode by optimising HDR composition strategies.
- Improved camera app opening performance by adjusting CPU scheduling strategies.
Other optimisations include:
- Optimised visual display of battery levels in the Battery widget.
- Enhanced power-saving mode to ensure vibrations for calls and notifications remain active.
- Integrated an AI-powered algorithm for smarter lighting adjustments for auto-brightness.
- Improved call stability to ensure more reliable connections.
- Increased smoothness when swiping down to expand the Quick Settings.
- Improved fluidity when unlocking the device after being idle.
- Resolved an issue where the other party could not hear the caller when connecting to Android Auto.
Nothing OS 2.5.5a is now on Phone (2a).
— Nothing (@nothing) May 2, 2024
ChatGPT integration:
The following features are available with the latest ChatGPT app. Download via the Play Store.
💬 New gesture option in the Nothing X app for starting a voice conversation with ChatGPT. Works via Nothing Ear and… pic.twitter.com/I1ZnocoDA8
To access the new widgets and integration features on Phone (2a), you must have Nothing OS 2.5.5 installed along with the latest version of the ChatGPT app for Android.