REDMI Turbo 4 Pro Box and Black Variant

Nothing OS 3 vs Moto Hello UI: clash of stock Android skins

Both offer many similarities, but are also differentiated in several areas. This post will showcase both.

Note:-
Left screenshots: Hello UI
Right screenshots: Nothing OS

1. About device page

Both Hello UI and Nothing OS feature large banners on top, with the phone’s key specifications towards the bottom.

2. Settings app

Here, Hello UI mostly follows the AOSP design language while Nothing OS has tweaked it slightly by removing the sub-text in each section.

3. Software update screen

Hello UI not only lists very few changelogs, but also falls short on giving this page a visual identity.

Nothing OS makes things interesting by using emojis.

4. Launcher menu

Nothing OS follows the traditional stock Android launcher menu design found on Pixels, Moto’s Hello UI takes a different approach by nicely aligning the tabs at the bottom.

(1/5)

Join - @funtech_404

5. Customisation page

Hello UI allows changing homescreen app icons, choosing any colour theme through an RGB colour selector, using many fonts and more.

Nothing OS offers monochrome app icons, colour theming, and lockscreen glass/ atmospheric effects, that’s all.

6. Opened folder design

Hello UI heavily relies on blur here, while Nothing OS folder colour changes based on the device’s colour theme.

Nothing OS also lets users choose 5 different folder designs, which isn’t the case on Hello UI.

7. Widget selection page

Once again, Hello UI utilises blur for this menu while Nothing OS has a static colour. Both pages look nice and modern, though.

8. App drawer

The background on Hello UI’s app drawer remains white or dark (depending on the theme), while the app drawer on Nothing OS changes based on the colour theme.

You also get a Smart app drawer on the latter which categorises similar apps into big folders.

(2/5)

Join - @funtech_404

9. Notification panel

Hello UI offers two types of notification panels, the classic and a split panel, like iOS. It uses blur here too.

Nothing OS has a distinctive notification panel in which you can resize the toggles in 1×2 or even 2×2 sizes.

The colours on both panels are changeable based on device’s theme.

10. Recent apps page

While both offer a screenshot button in recents page, Hello UI has a dedicated ‘Clear all’ button right at the bottom.

On Nothing OS, you can hold the app and swipe up to clear all apps, or scroll all the way to the left to access the ‘Clear all’ button.

11. Menu buttons in recent apps page

This menu looks almost the same on both!

12. Volume sliders

This is one aspect where both deviate from stock Android.

The volume sliders on Hello UI feature blur while on Nothing OS, you get dotted lines within the sliders which matches Nothing’s brand identity.


(3/5)

Join - @funtech_404