{"id":304712,"date":"2025-12-08T08:50:07","date_gmt":"2025-12-08T08:50:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/304712\/"},"modified":"2025-12-08T08:50:07","modified_gmt":"2025-12-08T08:50:07","slug":"nothing-may-have-paused-the-android-16-based-nothing-os-4-rollout","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/304712\/","title":{"rendered":"Nothing may have paused the Android 16-based Nothing OS 4 rollout"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a id=\"elk-e626dd1b-a717-4891-82f7-b40013c0118a\" data-url=\"\" href=\"\" target=\"_blank\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\" data-hl-processed=\"none\"\/>What you need to knowNothing appears to have paused the rollout for the Nothing OS 4 update, which is based on Android 16.A Reddit post shared what is claimed to be an email from Nothing support confirming the Nothing OS 4 update has been paused.Nothing is apparently working on a patched version of the update that will roll out once it passes internal testing.<\/p>\n<p id=\"f375c454-cc7e-4fee-b8eb-81f4ab5dd0f9\">Nothing took its time readying its <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.androidcentral.com\/tag\/android-16\" data-auto-tag-linker=\"true\" data-mrf-recirculation=\"inline-link\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.androidcentral.com\/tag\/android-16\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Android 16<\/a>-based update for release, with Nothing OS 4 only hitting the stable channel on Nov. 21. The update initially debuted for the <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.androidcentral.com\/phones\/nothing-phones\/nothing-phone-3-review\" data-mrf-recirculation=\"inline-link\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.androidcentral.com\/phones\/nothing-phones\/nothing-phone-3-review\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Nothing Phone 3<\/a>, and later <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.androidcentral.com\/phones\/nothing-phones\/nothing-phone-3a-just-got-android-16-proving-budget-phones-dont-have-to-wait\" data-mrf-recirculation=\"inline-link\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.androidcentral.com\/phones\/nothing-phones\/nothing-phone-3a-just-got-android-16-proving-budget-phones-dont-have-to-wait\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">made its way to older Nothing Phone models<\/a> by Nov. 28. However, Nothing Phone users have reported bugs with Nothing OS 4, and the launch has been rocky. In fact, it looks like Nothing has paused the Nothing OS 4 rollout entirely as it works to fix some of the update&#8217;s issues.<\/p>\n<p>The first sign that Nothing OS 4&#8217;s rollout may have been halted came on Dec. 1, when a report from <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/techiboy.com\/nothing-os-4-0-stable-update-disappears-for-some-users-heres-what-happened\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-url=\"https:\/\/techiboy.com\/nothing-os-4-0-stable-update-disappears-for-some-users-heres-what-happened\/\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\" data-hl-processed=\"none\" data-mrf-recirculation=\"inline-link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Techiboy<\/a> noted that the update appeared to disappear from user devices. Now, a post from <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/NothingTech\/comments\/1pfkgtq\/nothing_os_40_rollout_has_been_paused\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/NothingTech\/comments\/1pfkgtq\/nothing_os_40_rollout_has_been_paused\/\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\" data-hl-processed=\"none\" data-mrf-recirculation=\"inline-link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">u\/nikhkin on Reddit<\/a> claims that the Nothing OS 4 release was indeed paused. The post cites a screenshotted email from Nothing&#8217;s support team responding to the customer&#8217;s inquiry into why their Nothing Phone 3 hadn&#8217;t received the Android 16 update yet.<\/p>\n<p><a id=\"elk-seasonal\" class=\"paywall\" aria-hidden=\"true\" data-url=\"\" href=\"\" target=\"_blank\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\" data-hl-processed=\"none\"\/><\/p>\n<p id=\"f375c454-cc7e-4fee-b8eb-81f4ab5dd0f9-2\">&#8220;We have received feedback from the relevant team and we &#8230; regret to inform you we have temporarily halted and removed the current 4.0 rollout and are working on an urgent fix,&#8221; the screenshotted email, claimed to be from a Nothing support representative, explained. &#8220;Thank you for your patience and understanding while we work to deliver a stable update as soon as possible.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>You may like<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/NothingTech\/comments\/1pfkgtq\/nothing_os_40_rollout_has_been_paused\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/NothingTech\/comments\/1pfkgtq\/nothing_os_40_rollout_has_been_paused\" target=\"_blank\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\" data-hl-processed=\"none\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Nothing OS 4.0 rollout has been paused<\/a> from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/NothingTech\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/NothingTech\" target=\"_blank\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\" data-hl-processed=\"none\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">r\/NothingTech<\/a><\/p>\n<p id=\"e2c6b18a-b395-4785-8b10-a5d5a49885eb\">The support email contains a few grammatical errors, but appears to be authentic and from Nothing support. Android Central reached out to Nothing to confirm the Nothing OS 4 rollout has been paused, but the company did not respond in time for publication. We will update this article when we hear back.<\/p>\n<p>The email does not mention the specific bug or issue affecting the stable Nothing OS 4 build, but says the company is working on &#8220;an urgent fix.&#8221; Once the patched version passes Nothing&#8217;s internal testing, it will roll out to users, according to the email. Users who already have <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.androidcentral.com\/phones\/nothing-phones\/nothing-os-4-arrives-for-the-phone-3-with-exclusive-features-refined-glyph-interface-and-more\" data-mrf-recirculation=\"inline-link\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.androidcentral.com\/phones\/nothing-phones\/nothing-os-4-arrives-for-the-phone-3-with-exclusive-features-refined-glyph-interface-and-more\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Nothing OS 4<\/a> are set to receive a patched version of the update, and the Android 16 rollout will open for users who didn&#8217;t get a chance to update.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s unclear when the patched Nothing OS 4 build will resume rolling out, but we&#8217;ve asked Nothing for clarification.<\/p>\n<p class=\"newsletter-form__strapline\">Get the latest news from Android Central, your trusted companion in the world of Android<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"What you need to knowNothing appears to have paused the rollout for the Nothing OS 4 update, which&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":304713,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[2306,86,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-304712","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-mobile","8":"tag-mobile","9":"tag-technology","10":"tag-uk","11":"tag-united-kingdom","12":"tag-unitedkingdom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/304712","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=304712"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/304712\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/304713"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=304712"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=304712"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=304712"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}