TL;DR
- Nothing Phone 2 is done with major Android updates, but Pei says its Android 17 cutoff isn’t a broken promise.
- Pei admits Nothing needs to rethink some software choices and may have moved too quickly away from its original design identity.
- As Nothing expands in the US and explores new products, Pei says the focus should be on doing less, but better.
Nothing CEO Carl Pei has never been particularly shy about talking directly to the company’s community, and a recent Reddit AMA produced some unusually candid answers. From the Phone 2’s Nothing OS 5.0 situation to bloatware, the Glyph, AI, and Nothing’s broader product strategy, Pei gave fans plenty to discuss. The most interesting part, though, may be how willing he was to acknowledge that some of Nothing’s recent decisions haven’t quite landed as intended.
Why isn’t Nothing Phone 2 getting Android 17?
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