{"id":507994,"date":"2026-07-03T13:59:12","date_gmt":"2026-07-03T13:59:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/507994\/"},"modified":"2026-07-03T13:59:12","modified_gmt":"2026-07-03T13:59:12","slug":"nothing-phone-1-receives-final-update-as-software-support-ends","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/507994\/","title":{"rendered":"Nothing Phone (1) receives final update as software support ends"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gsmarena.com\/nothing_phone_(1)-11636.php\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Nothing Phone (1)<\/a> has officially reached the end of its software support lifecycle and will no longer receive software updates, the company confirmed in an official announcement. The smartphone <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gsmarena.com\/nothing_phone_1_is_finally_fully_official-news-55026.php\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">debuted<\/a> in July 2022 running Android 12.<\/p>\n<p>Nothing has started rolling out the final software update for the Phone (1), with the release expected to reach all users over the coming days.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"inline-image\" width=\"1200\" height=\"799\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/1783087152_170_gsmarena_001.jpg\" alt=\"Nothing Phone (1) receives final update as software support ends\"\/><\/p>\n<p>The update includes the July 2026 Android security patch, along with general bug fixes, performance improvements, and enhanced system stability.<\/p>\n<p>While the Phone (1) will no longer receive software updates, Nothing assures the device is fully usable and will continue to function as normal.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"inline-image\" width=\"1200\" height=\"799\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/1783087152_534_gsmarena_002.jpg\" alt=\"Nothing Phone (1) receives final update as software support ends\"\/><\/p>\n<p>The Phone (1) was promised 3 Android OS upgrades and 4 years of security updates, a commitment that Nothing has now fulfilled.<\/p>\n<p>If you\u2019re still using the Nothing Phone (1) it might be time to upgrade to a newer model such as the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gsmarena.com\/nothing_phone_(3)_5g-13969.php\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Phone (3)<\/a> or the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gsmarena.com\/nothing_phone_(4a)_pro_5g-14529.php\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Phone (4a) Pro<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Nothing Phone (3) 5G<\/p>\n<p class=\"article-source\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nothing.community\/d\/59252-phone-1-end-of-lifecycle\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Nothing Phone (1) has officially reached the end of its software support lifecycle and will no longer&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":507995,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[111,139,69,145],"class_list":["post-507994","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-technology","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-technology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/507994","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=507994"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/507994\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/507995"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=507994"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=507994"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=507994"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}