Google’s Circle to Search feature, which was introduced earlier this year, is now available for three Nothing smartphones – Nothing Phone (2), Nothing Phone (2a), and Nothing Phone (2a) Plus.
If you own any of these Nothing smartphones, Circle to Search can be used by long-pressing the Home button if you have 3-button navigation or by long-pressing the navigation bar if you have gesture-based navigation. The settings for the Circle to Search feature can be found on these phones under their Settings > Special features > Gestures > Navigation mode > Circle to Search menu.
Circle to Search feature
If you aren’t able to use the Circle to Search feature, make sure your Nothing Phone (2) is running Nothing OS 3.0 with build number Pong-V3.0-241207-0124, while the Phone (2a) should be on Pacman-V3.0-241210-2057. Both phones have already received the stable Nothing OS 3.0 update, which is based on Android 15.
Nothing Phone (2)
| 256GB 12GB RAM | € 595.46 |
£ 441.93 |
| 512GB 12GB RAM | € 948.21 |
£ 558.00 |
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However, the Nothing Phone (2a) Plus is still in beta, and the Circle to Search feature is only available for units running beta build PacmanPro-V3.0-241126-1448. Nothing has promised to release the stable update in early 2025.
Nothing Phone (2a)
| 128GB 8GB RAM | € 290.00 |
£ 270.07 |
| 256GB 12GB RAM | € 343.00 |
£ 313.00 |
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If you are unable to use Circle to Search on your Nothing Phone (2), Phone (2a), or Phone (2a) Plus even after updating to the aforementioned builds, try again after rebooting the device.
Nothing Phone (2a) Plus
| 256GB 12GB RAM | € 389.00 |
£ 310.30 |
| 256GB 8GB RAM | ₹ 25,350 |
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Nothing says its other phones, including the Phone (2a) sold in Japan, “will support Circle to Search after upgrading to the upcoming NOS 3.0 builds in the future.”
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