Here's how the dedicated physical button called Essential Key will work on Nothing Phone (3a) series

26 February 2025
The Nothing Phone (3a) series is launching next week.

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whats this bruh!! its essentially apple's camera capture button but worse, and nothing didnt learn from apple's poor placement of it either... :/
the camera button could do all of these too if only nothing could add more features to it

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    • Anonymous
    • x3V
    • 27 Feb 2025

    nah bruh whats this, its essentially apple's camera capture button but worse, and they didnt learn from apple's poor positioning of it either... :/
    we have the power button for a reason, and that can essentially do all of these if nothing could add more features to it

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      • dlads
      • myF
      • 26 Feb 2025

      Can we map it to anything or is this another Bixby?

        Nick, 26 Feb 2025Would be nice if it opened the camera directly and then you... more

          Nick, 26 Feb 2025Would be nice if it opened the camera directly and then you... moreYou already can do do that by double pressing the power button.

            • Feem
            • jm$
            • 26 Feb 2025

            Anonymous, 26 Feb 2025Nothing marketed themselves as offering something different... moreUS phone market begging for more phone brands: 🧟‍♂️

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              • Hugo
              • XUi
              • 26 Feb 2025

              TRK, 26 Feb 2025Hello Users, I have noticed something. If you comment a... moreEven oneplus did the same

                What's up with commenters on here hating on everything Nothing does with these phones? lol

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                  • Anonymous
                  • SaJ
                  • 26 Feb 2025

                  Anonymous, 26 Feb 2025Funny how now many want " cam button", but do not... moreI think companies are thinking that you take more selfies and vertical photos and placing the button accordingly. But hey we don't need a button for that, however for horizontal photo/video it would be nice, like old time, a two-step button

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                    • Anonymous
                    • pqq
                    • 26 Feb 2025

                    AnonBecuzYNot, 26 Feb 2025I remember some phones having a dedicated button to invoke ... moreMy Samsung S8 had dedicated Bixby assistant button. Never used it lol. This Nothings button would be better if you can program it to open something like on the iphones.

                      So... what we learned from the article about the button is that the button will work like a button? 🤔

                      Such exciting news in the phone industry nowadays! 😄

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                        • Nick
                        • ABG
                        • 26 Feb 2025

                        Would be nice if it opened the camera directly and then you can click again to take a photo.

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                          • Anonymous
                          • 837
                          • 26 Feb 2025

                          Nothing essential

                            So this is what they bought the Essential brand for?

                              wouldn't be great if the essential key is set to put the phone into factory reset

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                                • AnonBecuzYNot
                                • 7k0
                                • 26 Feb 2025

                                KondriX, 26 Feb 2025Are people using AI that much that it needs a dedicated but... moreI remember some phones having a dedicated button to invoke google assistant several years ago.
                                An example can be the Moto g40 fusion.

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                                  • DashF
                                  • xjH
                                  • 26 Feb 2025

                                  gingermark, 26 Feb 2025How is a "press and hold" different from a "... moreIn long press, you keep pressing while in Press and hold, you press and stop for half a second or bit and then continue pressure

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                                    • DW
                                    • 39y
                                    • 26 Feb 2025

                                    So it's the failed Bixby button all over again? Great job.

                                      How is a "press and hold" different from a "long-press"?

                                        nothing please do nothing