Nothing Rolls Out Nothing OS 2.5.6 OTA Update for Phone (2) Users

Nothing is started rolling out Nothing OS 2.5.6 update for Nothing Phone (2) that brings several new features, improvements and bug fixes. This update will make sure that your device performs more smoothly than before.

Software Update information

• Version: Nothing OS 2.5.6
• Build Number: Pong-U2.5-240606-1801-IND

Nothing OS 2.5.6 Update for Nothing Phone (2): What’s New

The company first mentioned about new features in the changelog. They added new option in Settings to Hide or Show navigation bar on your device. Next, the company also added a custom option for enabling or disabling the quick settings panel swipe up down on the lock screen interface which can be done via Settings > Lock Screen > Quick settings.

After these changes, you will find new options for customising icons within the status bar which can be found in Settings > Display > Status bar. The company also provided a new June 2024 security patch to the Nothing Phone (2) which will take care of the latest threats.

Apart from this, there are some improvements made to the quick settings widget animation for better interaction within the widget when turning it off or on. This update also optimizes compatibility with some carrier networks along with enhancing the UI of carrier names.

Now let’s talk about the bug fixes made in this update for Phone (2). Firstly, there an issue where cloned apps were unable to use VPN network which is now resolved. You will now see better ChatGPT integration as company provided new overlay UI whenever you tap voice chat widget. There is a fix done in lock screen widgets that didn’t in some scenarios. Lastly, they fixed issue where sometimes back gesture wasn’t giving vibration feedback.

Overall this update also optimise the stability of the system. I can confirm this because I ran some benchmark tests after this update on our Nothing Phone (2).

Geekbench CPU Score

• Single-core: 1722
• Multi-core: 4525

Geekbench GPU Score

• GPU OpenCL: 5251

CPU Throttling Test

• CPU Throttled to 81% of its max performance
• The average GIPS score was 260,131

Antutu Benchmark Scores

• Antutu Score: 1080564

I already compared these scores with the previous update and saw some significant improvement in terms of numbers. Basically, the performance of the device is now improved after the Nothing OS 2.5.6 update.

You can watch this video for a benchmark comparison of the previous update and the current update.