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Nothing Phone (3a)

Nothing · catalog updated 2026-10-21

All supported devices
Brand
Nothing
Kind
Android phone · released 2025-03
Model codes
A059

Ships with Android 15 (Nothing OS 3). Nothing's support pages list fixed Essential Key actions only: short press captures the screen to Essential Space, long press records a voice note, double press opens Essential Space. None opens a chosen app. The power-button double press (Settings > Special features > Gestures) opens the camera. Only the common inputs apply.

Gestures on the Nothing Phone (3a)

No gesture specific to this model is known. We only list what the manufacturer or reliable sources document.

Plus what the app offers on every Android phone: In-app button, Widget, Quick Settings tile, Shake, Volume keys, Voice phrase. How to set those up

Recommended presets

  • Shake ×3Sends a signal

    Three sharp shakes within 2.5 s: hard to do by accident, easy to do without looking.

    Shake ×3, 0.15–1 s apart · whole gesture within 2.5 s

  • Widget ×2Sends a signal

    Two taps on the home-screen widget within 3 s; a single accidental tap does nothing.

    Widget ×2, 0.1–3 s apart · whole gesture within 3 s

Gestures are set up in the phone settings as shown, then combined into a trigger recipe in the app, where practice mode shows step by step whether a gesture would trigger.