Nothing launches a Community Widgets app and brings Nokia's classic Snake game on its smartphones.

 

Nothing has launched a new app titled Nothing Community Widgets. As the name implies, it includes widgets such as games and utilities for Nothing devices that were created by its devoted user community. One of the app's initial additions is a snake game that pays tribute to the old snake experience on Nokia phones. It is only available for Nothing devices, including the Nothing Phone 2a Plus and Nothing Phone 2.

Snake just got a reboot.
Head to Google Playstore to get involved. pic.twitter.com/9MVKM1yKBc

— Nothing (@nothing) December 4, 2024

According to the British smartphone company, Rahul Janardhanan, a Nothing community member, presented the Snake widget concept in January. Rather than building it in-house, the brand approached community developer Thomas Legendre, who had previously worked on Ear (web) and the Simone Glyph Game.

The Snake game may be added to the home screen like any other widget. Similar to the vintage Nokia game, the aim is to eat the red dots to make the snake grow longer while avoiding collisions with itself. Each dot adds one point, and the speed rises. The game finishes when the snake collides with its own body. However, the controls are very different. Instead of utilizing directional keypad buttons, as previously necessary for Nokia phones, users may control the snake with swipe gestures.

Nothing's community efforts
Nothing claims it hopes to deliver high-quality widgets produced by the community and combine them with its Community Widgets app, which is available on the Google Play Store. Nothing community members may share with the firm, and its software team will decide if it can be converted into a widget.

This action is part of the company's efforts to engage with the community. Notably, the brand just debuted the Nothing Phone 2a Plus Community Edition, marking the completion of the Community Edition Project, which began in March of this year. It has been co-developed with the Nothing community at every level, from hardware and wallpaper design to packaging and marketing. The smartphone has a glow-in-the-dark design with a green phosphorescent material covering on the rear.

#nothing #nothingmobile #nothingsmartphone #nokiaclassicsnakegame #nothingcommunitywidgetapp #newstainmentora