Nothing Phone (3a) Lite Android update status
Currently: Android 16
When Nothing Phone (3a) Lite launched, it shipped with Android 15, but has since been updated to Android 16 (28 Jan 2026). This phone was originally released on 10 / 2025.
Upcoming updates?
Expected: Android 17 and Android 18
Nothing has promised to deliver these major Android versions for Nothing Phone (3a) Lite: Android 17 and Android 18.
However, this is only the manufacturer's promise, as far as we know - Nothing might release even further updates to the phone later or might end support earlier on.
Nothing Phone (3a) Lite update history
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Nothing has promised the phone will eventually get Android 18. This will be the phone's last and final Android update.
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Nothing has promised the phone will eventually get Android 17.
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Official, stable version of Android 16 released for Nothing Phone (3a) Lite.
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2026-01-28 -
Nothing Phone (3a) Lite gets released, ships with Android 15.
2025-10-29
Nothing Phone (3a) Lite tech specs
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