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Nothing‘s Essential Apps Builder Now in Beta; Lets Users Vibe Code Personalised Apps

Nothing‘s Essential Apps Builder Now in Beta; Lets Users Vibe Code Personalised Apps

Beta testers can access Nothing’s Essential Apps Builder in the Playground hub on the Nothing Phone 3.

Written by Dhruv Raghav, Edited by David Delima | Updated: 11 February 2026 11:18 IST

Nothing‘s Essential Apps Builder Now in Beta; Lets Users Vibe Code Personalised Apps

Nothing Phone 3 will be the first model to get the beta access to the Essential Apps Builder

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Highlights

Essential Apps Builder is rolling out to Nothing Phone 3
Essential Apps Builder can create apps from text prompts
Essential Apps can build location-based reminders

Nothing unveiled its new Essential Suite of AI tools in September 2025. Claiming it to be a step towards building an AI native operating system, the UK-based smartphone maker also launched the Essential Apps Builder as part of the suite of AI tools. Earlier, the Essential Apps Builder, found in the tech firm's Playground hub, was only available in the early Alpha version as an internal and limited community release. Now, the Carl Pei-led company has announced that it has started rolling out the beta version of the Essential Apps Builder, which will allow users to build personalised apps using natural language.

Essential Apps' Beta Version is Rolling Out in Batches to Nothing Phone 3 Users

In a community post on Tuesday, the London-based smartphone maker announced that its Essential Apps Builder is now rolling out to a wider user base in beta. The functionality, available in the Playground hub, is initially rolling out to the Nothing Phone 3. Rolling out in batches, users have to register to enter the waitlist for the beta version of the Essential Apps Builder.

The stable release is planned for later this year. It will be accompanied by the Remixing Apps functionality, which will also be present in the Playground hub. Along with entering the beta testing phase, the company has also made publishing and updating apps “easier to understand” by clearly labelling the live apps, draft apps, and the changes made. Moreover, the Essential Apps Builder now supports dark mode.

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While the Essential Apps Builder is currently exclusively available on the Nothing Phone 3, the tech firm plans to release the same to other Nothing and CMF devices running Nothing OS 4.0 and later versions after the “beta stabilises”.

For now, Nothing's new Essential Apps Builder requires a user to provide access to the phone's location, calendar (read only), and Contacts. Hence, the app builder is presently only capable of creating “location-based reminders, agenda views, meeting countdowns and one-tap contact widgets”.

The company claims that “more capabilities” will soon be rolled out, including camera and microphone access, network fetching, notifications, vibration, calling, and Bluetooth. Additionally, the company said that a late February OS update will introduce activity recognition, usage statistics, sensor data, and system Weather API to the app builder.

This comes months after the smartphone maker introduced its Essential Suite of AI tools in September 2025. Earlier, only the Alpha version of the Essential Apps Builder was available to internal and select community members. As previously mentioned, Nothing's app builder allows users to create apps through vibe coding, which means that it recognises natural language prompts to generate apps and widgets.

Nothing Phone 3

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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

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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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Dhruv Raghav is currently working as a Senior Sub Editor at Gadgets360. He has previously covered the North American financial markets as a Headline News Correspondent for a major news agency. After taking a sabbatical to prepare for the Civil Services examination, he returned to journalism to cover tech policy, with a special focus on AI laws and online gaming regulation. Now, he is back in Gadgets360 to write features and edit stories. To unwind, he likes to spend time with his PS5, listening ...More