New Delhi: Nothing has started rolling out its latest beta version of its Playground platform, by expanding its access to the tool that lets users create simple, custom applications using natural language instead of code. The latest feature, called the Essential Apps Builder, is currently available via waitlist, and it is limited to the Nothing Phone 3 in its early phase. Playground was first unveiled last September in an early alpha release, which is aimed at a small group of users.
Nothing has also stated it is widening the access to see how the system performs in the real-world use and to gather feedback before the broader public release later this year. Nothing has stated the positions the move as part of its broader push around the Essential Apps, which are small, task-specific applications created by users for their own needs, rather than downloading from an app store.
Essential Apps support the limited set of permissions: location, calendar, and contacts. This will enable the users to build things like location-based reminders, agenda views, meeting countdowns, or one-tap contact widgets. According to the company, support for more capabilities is planned, including access to the camera and microphone, network requests, notifications, vibration, calling, and Bluetooth. A late February upgrade to the Nothing OS is also expected to add features such as activity recognition, usage statistics, sensor data, and the system weather API.
