When does the Phone (3a) stop getting updates?
Nothing has committed to security updates for the Phone (3a) until 2031-03-11 and feature updates until 2028-03-11. That is a published commitment, linked below, not an estimate.
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What is published
- Feature updates until
- Security updates until
Basis: manufacturer commitment
Nothing's UK footnotes say the Phone (3a) series will get updates for six years starting from when the device first became available on the market, including three Android updates and six years of security updates. Calendar end dates are 3 and 6 years after GSMArena's 2025-03-11 release date.
Nothing UK — Phone (3a), retrieved 2026-08-20
- Shipped with
- Nothing OS 3.1 powered by Android 15Nothing UK — Phone (3a), retrieved 2026-08-20
What the dates mean
Feature updates are new versions of Android and the maker’s software on top of it. Security updates are fixes for newly found flaws, issued without new features, and they continue after feature updates stop. A phone past its security date still works; it stops being patched. The dates above are the maker’s published window as recorded by the source linked, not a prediction of when updates will actually stop.
What to do with that
Nothing about the Phone (3a) forces a move today. The row-by-row case for or against replacing it, with what it fetches used, is on Should I upgrade my Phone (3a)?; the full sheet is on the Phone (3a) page. Every phone’s version of this page is listed at All update timelines.