Yesterday, Nothing confirmed the Snapdragon 8s Gen 4 as the SoC of choice for the upcoming Nothing Phone (3).
Company co-founder Akis Evangelidis praised the chip’s performance, citing an 88% improvement in GPU speed, a 33% faster CPU, and a whopping 125% improvement in NPU speed compared to the Phone (2).
Today, he also confirmed the software support details. When asked why the company didn’t choose another SoC, Evangelidis said the new chip will clear the path to better software support – “5 & 7” instead of “4 & 4”.
Read that as five years of major OS updates and seven years of security patches.
8 Gen 3 has a weaker GPU, NPU, connectivity and ISP – and default software support is 4 & 4. Phone (3) will have 5 & 7.
— Akis Evangelidis (@AkisEvangelidis) June 17, 2025
That’s a big upgrade over the 3 years of Android updates and 4 years of security patches the Nothing Phone (2) got.
The Nothing Phone (3) is coming in July.