Void OS 0.3

Void OS 0.3 (beta)

• Android 15 support

• New: a short, swipeable shortcuts guide — type-to-search, space bar, swipe-to-clear, backspace, long-press, hold-and-drag, and adding a widget — shown on first install/update, reachable anytime from Settings

• Space bar opens/closes the notifications panel from anywhere on the home screen

• Backspace now navigates back out of search, the app list, and Settings pages

• Add a widget shows a preview image and a Small/Medium/Large size estimate; resizable widgets can be resized in place

• Favorites now default to fewer icons on narrower screens instead of always trying for 7

• New Text section: full color picker (hue/saturation/lightness or hex) plus bold toggle for text drawn over the wallpaper

• New color pickers for sender, message, and app name in the notification panel

• Default font changed to Roboto, now bundled like the other fonts

• App icon corners and outlines are now crisp, anti-aliased edges instead of jagged system rounding

• Softer near-black background reduces screen glow around bright app icons

• Fixed: top search result ignored the chosen text color

voidos-v0.3-shortcuts-guide.mp4

Void OS 0.2

Void OS v0.2 (beta)

A performance pass, redesigned dialogs, a custom accent color, and a smarter notification panel.

Performance

• Startup work, hot-path allocations and idle wakeups trimmed
• App icons prewarm right after the index loads (and again if the icon-size slider changes), instead of decoding mid-scroll
• Icons fade in instead of popping in when they have to be rendered fresh

Notifications

• Group chats stack by member name instead of one line per message
• Tapping a notification opens its own conversation, not just the app
• Swipe either direction to dismiss a single notification
• Panel height is adjustable: Small, Medium or Large

App list

• Long-press menu redrawn with icons and a divider before Uninstall
• Added App info and Uninstall to the long-press menu
• Uninstall now asks you to confirm first, before Android's own confirm screen
• Fixed Uninstall: a missing system permission could stop Android's own confirmation from ever appearing
• A–Z rail ticks with haptic feedback while dragging between letters, and the jump bubble fades in and out

Apps

• Tags are now removable chips instead of a comma-separated line

Appearance

• Custom accent color: pick any hue, not just the six presets
• Settings icon redrawn as the Void OS mark
• New toggle: tint the settings and list icons with the accent color instead of grey

Void OS 0.1

0.1 — first beta

Home screen

• Empty black home; up to 7 favorites, hold to reorder
• One optional widget slot
• Notifications collapse into a single pill, expanding to a panel grouped by app
• Dots on favorites with something new
• Adjustable wallpaper visibility, down to solid black

Search

• No search bar: type on the keyboard and results appear
• Matches app names, your custom names, and tags
• Enter opens the best match
• Optional contact and system-settings search
• Frequently opened apps win ties; app names only, no timestamps

App list

• A–Z rail, tap or drag
• Long-press an app to favorite, rename, tag or hide it

Notifications

• Read-only and in memory only; never stored
• Show always, never, or auto-hide after a set time
• Per app: sender and message, count only, or off
• Ongoing, media and progress notifications filtered out

Appearance

• Six accent colors, used only for dots, badges, the cursor and the A–Z rail
• Four fonts
• Size sliders for favorites, icons, and list and search
• Notification opacity; dark text for light wallpapers
• App icons keep their own colors

Privacy

• No internet permission
• No analytics, accounts or ads
• Contacts requested only if you turn on contact search
• System backup off

Setup

• First-run guide, reachable again from Settings
• Default home app shortcut
• Open-source licenses