Nothing’s next OS update will make the Essential Key much more useful

Official remapping is on the way. Nothing’s next OS update will make the Essential Key much more useful. Nothing OS 5.1 will lets users remap the Essential Key.

Nothing OS 6.0 will be a larger update sometime in 2027. Nothing OS 5.0 is currently available in beta on Nothing Phone 3, with stable availability scheduled for next month. Nothing kicked off the open beta for its Android 17-based Nothing OS 5.0 last week.

A stable release is still weeks away, currently slated for the middle of October, but the company’s already talking about Nothing OS 5.1 and beyond. In a forum post, nothing’s shared a little about what we can expect from future Nothing OS updates.