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Nothing Launches Essential AI Suite for Creating Personalised Apps; First Step Towards AI Native OS, Says Carl Pei

Nothing Launches Essential AI Suite for Creating Personalised Apps; First Step Towards AI-Native OS, Says Carl Pei

Essential turns foundational AI into hyper-personalised experiences that help in daily life, as per the company.

Written by Shaurya Tomer, Edited by David Delima | Updated: 1 October 2025 10:53 IST

Nothing Launches Essential AI Suite for Creating Personalised Apps; First Step Towards AI-Native OS, Says Carl Pei

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Up to six Essential apps can be placed on the home screen on the Nothing Phone 3

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Highlights

Essential aims to offer a hyper-personalised phone experience
Users can share and download apps via the Playground hub
Essential Memory in Essential Space recalls data using AI

Nothing on Tuesday announced its first step towards an AI-native operating system. The Carl Pei-led company introduced Essential — a vibe coding suite of applications aimed at artificial intelligence (AI) focussed devices. The company will allow users to create their own Essential apps using natural language commands, which will be available via a new community-driven app store called Playground. The existing Essential Space app has also been further enhanced with the introduction of Essential Memory.

Nothing Will Also Let Users Share Essential Apps

In a community post, Nothing said that its new suite uses AI to instantly generate Essential apps that can be added to the home screen. These apps are aimed at building a “hyper personalised” smartphone experience, where the phone can shape itself around the user's personality.

Essential appears to be Nothing's iteration of a vibe coding platform, where large language models (LLMs) generate most of the code from natural language prompts. Creators can enter text-based commands, and the AI will generate an application or a program. They can then accept the AI-generated suggestions and provide iterative and conversational feedback to fine-tune it.

For example, users can ask the AI suite to capture the receipts from the camera roll and export a finance-ready PDF regularly. Or, generate a mood tracker that automatically syncs with a music playlist. These, and many other Essential apps can be created by users by simply describing what kind of application they require, as per the company.

Nothing said that Essential apps are designed to be lightweight and efficient. There is a temporary limit on how many such apps can be used with the upcoming Nothing OS 4. On the flagship Nothing Phone 3, users can create up to six widgets. Other models support up to two.

Essential apps are currently in alpha stage and there is a waitlist for early access. In addition to creating their own apps, Nothing users can also create apps to share with the community or download existing ones generated by others. This is possible through a new community-driven hub called Playground.

Essential's Playground is a community-driven hub, says Nothing
Photo Credit: Nothing

As per the company, this space is not bound by the same restrictions as traditional app stores, and users are free to contribute and download creations by the community. They can explore Essential apps, Glyph Toys, Camera Presets, and EQ profiles. While downloading is straightforward, users will need to apply for creation permission on the Nothing website if they wish to contribute to the storefront with Essential apps of their own.

Nothing added that Essential marks its first step towards an AI-native OS, by turning foundational AI into hyper-personalised experiences that help in daily life.

Memory Feature Enhances Essential Space

With the Nothing Phone 3a series, the UK-based company introduced Essential Space. It serves as a one-stop solution to gather all sorts of data, such as screenshots, photos, and voice notes, and recall them using AI. Nothing is now adding a new feature to this, dubbed Essential Memory.

As per the brand, it collates information by learning the user's habits and surfaces forgotten details when most required. Nothing emphasised that the data is stored locally on-device unless chosen otherwise, and it will provide transparency for tasks that rely on the cloud.

Nothing Phone 3

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Design
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Value for Money

Good
Sturdy design
The new Glyph Interface is fun to use
Primary camera is fantastic
Decent everyday performance
IP68 rating
Good battery backup

Bad
Doesn't come cheap
No charger in the box
Periscope and ultra-wide camera performance inconsistent

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Display 6.67-inch

Front Camera 50-megapixel

Rear Camera 50-megapixel + 50-megapixel + 50-megapixel

RAM 12GB, 16GB

Storage 256GB, 512GB

Battery Capacity 5500mAh

OS Android 15

Resolution 1260x2800 pixels

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Further reading: Nothing, Essential Space, Essential Apps, AI

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Shaurya Tomer is a Sub Editor at Gadgets 360 with 2 years of experience across a diverse spectrum of topics. With a particular focus on smartphones, gadgets and the ever-evolving landscape of artificial intelligence (AI), he often likes to explore the industry's intricacies and innovations – whether dissecting the latest smartphone release or exploring the ethical implications of AI advancements. In his free time, he often embarks on impromptu road trips to unwind, recharge, and ...More