{"id":544479,"date":"2026-04-22T10:55:14","date_gmt":"2026-04-22T10:55:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/544479\/"},"modified":"2026-04-22T10:55:14","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T10:55:14","slug":"nothing-warp-is-back-but-not-requires-sideloading","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/544479\/","title":{"rendered":"Nothing Warp is back, but not requires sideloading"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t<img width=\"1600\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/nothing-phone-4a-pro-22.jpg\" class=\"skip-lazy wp-post-image\" alt=\"\"  decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Nothing Warp was announced last week and then abruptly removed just hours later. Now, Nothing has revived Warp following some \u201cfine tuning,\u201d but you now need to sideload the app.<\/p>\n<p>Nothing Warp is effectively a stopgap for AirDrop. The app uses Google Drive as a bridge to make files from one device accessible on another. <a href=\"https:\/\/9to5google.com\/2026\/04\/15\/nothing-warp-is-an-airdrop-stopgap-that-uses-your-google-drive-and-i-dont-get-it-gallery\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">We tried it out on release <\/a>and found that, while it worked quite well, the big problem was any time file sizes grew as that was fully dependant on the speed of your internet connection.<\/p>\n<p>Then, <a href=\"https:\/\/9to5google.com\/2026\/04\/15\/nothing-deleted-its-airdrop-esque-warp-app-just-hours-after-launching-it\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">the whole thing was suddenly removed<\/a>. All app listings were removed, and so was the announcement.<\/p>\n<p>Now, it\u2019s back.<\/p>\n<p>\tAdvertisement &#8211; scroll for more content<\/p>\n<p>In a statement sent to 9to5Google, Nothing says that Warp\u2019s removal was to \u201cfine-tune the product following its initial release\u201d and emphasizes that there \u201care no security or privacy concerns.\u201d The Chrome extension has since been re-listed, but the Android app has not returned to the Play Store and is instead solely available as an APK <a href=\"https:\/\/nothing.community\/d\/55831-introducing-nothing-warp#:~:text=Download%20the%20Nothing%20Warp%20APK%20by%20scanning%20the%20QR%20code%20or%20from%20the%20attachment%20below.%20Tap%20APK%20in%20the%20Files%20and%20proceed%20through%20Google%20security%20scan.%20Tap%20install%20and%20sign%20in%20with%20the%20same%20Google%20account%2C%20and%20you%E2%80%99re%20all%20set.\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">on Nothing\u2019s website<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Nothing Warp was temporarily withdrawn to fine-tune the product following its initial release. The app is built on Google\u2019s infrastructure and handles no user data. There are no security or privacy concerns. Warp is available in Beta for the community. If you would like to try it, feel free to<a href=\"https:\/\/nothing.community\/d\/55831\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">\u00a0download it from the community site<\/a>\u00a0and share your feedback.<\/p>\n<p>Needless to say, the whole situation is a little weird. It\u2019s unclear why the app hasn\u2019t returned to Google Play, though Nothing positions it as a \u201cbeta for the community.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>Whatever the case, Nothing Warp has returned \u2013 will you try it?<\/p>\n<p>More on Nothing:<\/p>\n<p>Follow Ben:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NexusBen\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Twitter\/X<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.threads.net\/@nexusben\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Threads<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/nexusben.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Bluesky<\/a>, and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/nexusben\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Instagram<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\t\t<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/google.com\/preferences\/source?q=https:\/\/9to5google.com\" aria-label=\"Add 9to5Google as a preferred source on Google\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"google-preferred-source-badge-dark\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/google-preferred-source-badge-dark.png\" alt=\"Add 9to5Google as a preferred source on Google\"\/><br \/>\n\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"google-preferred-source-badge-light\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/google-preferred-source-badge-light.png\" alt=\"Add 9to5Google as a preferred source on Google\"\/><br \/>\n\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"disclaimer-affiliate\">FTC: We use income earning auto affiliate links. <a href=\"https:\/\/9to5mac.com\/about\/#affiliate\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">More.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Nothing Warp was announced last week and then abruptly removed just hours later. Now, Nothing has revived Warp&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":544480,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[59,86,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-544479","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-technology","8":"tag-gb","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\/544479","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=544479"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/544479\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/544480"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=544479"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=544479"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=544479"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}