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Nothing Phones Get ‘Bloatware’: Ads on Lock Screen & Instagram Pre-Installed – Fans Are Furious

In Tech Updates
October 26, 2025

Lock Glimpse: Dynamic Lock-Screen Wallpapers The headline new feature in the OS 4 beta is Lock Glimpse, a dynamic lock‑screen wallpaper app. It delivers fresh, high‑quality images each time you wake the phone, and lets you swipe left for more content androidcentral.com livemint.com. Nothing’s blog and press emphasize that Lock Glimpse does not run by default – users must opt in via Settings. Once enabled, you can pick categories (e.g. nature, abstract, etc.), refresh at any time, or turn the feature off completely androidcentral.com livemint.com. In future updates Nothing even plans to let users substitute their own photos. Crucially, Evangelidis says

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