Nothing has had quite a successful start of the year, with the Phone (3a) series reeking the title of some of the best mid-range phones you can buy. Essential Space, which the firm calls “your second memory,” is its latest innovation, but there have been issues around the same. Nothing users have been concerned about limits in the Essential Space feature and the company’s plans to potentially make it subscription-based. Looks like the brand just cleared all the doubts.
In their Q1 2025 Community Board Observer digest , Nothing acknowledged the complaints around Essential Space’s limits . To solve the issues, the Nothing team has raised the limits so that users won’t be running out of Essential Space actuations.
As a result of your feedback, the team have increased the limit to a level that will comfortably accommodate the vast majority of users.
Similarly, there were concerns around the Essential Space potentially adopting a subscription-based model in the future. Well, Nothing says there are no plans to release a paid subscription for the current features.
Instead, the firm has confirmed that upcoming and more advanced features might be introduced in the paid tier to help cover the server costs of running Essential Space’s AI. Also, for those holding on to the thought that Essential Space might make it to older Nothing devices, the firm has confirmed that won’t happen. This is due to the lack of Essential Key on those phones.
Lastly, the post confirmed that features like auto categorization and conversation recording are coming soon to Essential Space.
Abubakar covers Tech at Beebom, with his passion for technology tracing back to 2011 when he received a Dell Inspiron 5100 as a gift. He’s also a passionate advocate for the right-to-repair movement, believing in empowering users to maintain and extend the life of their devices. Outside the tech world, he enjoys watching anime and exploring his newfound enthusiasm for Japanese cars. In his free time, you’ll often find him immersed in Genshin Impact or researching his next gadget purchase. Before joining Beebom, he contributed to leading publications like Android Police, How-To Geek, and Fossbytes.
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