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.






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.