Terms of Service for Nothing Playground

1.1 Minimum Age. You must be at least 16 years old (or the equivalent minimum age in your region) to submit the User Content. If you are over 16 years old (or the equivalent minimum age in your region) but have not yet reached the age of majority, you must have your parent's or guardian's permission to submit the User Content.

1.2 Authority. If you use the Service on behalf of a company or organization, you represent that you have the authority to bind that entity, and "you" includes that entity.

1.3 Compliance. You will comply with all applicable laws and these Terms.

The Playground lets you design, customize, download, deploy, and optionally publish User Content for Nothing devices and community use. Core features:

2.1 Essential Apps

You may enter prompts and our AI partner will generate a app package based on your instructions.

You can preview the output, edit basic settings (where available), and deploy to your Nothing phone for on‑device use.

Prompts and outputs may be processed by our AI partner solely to deliver and improve the Service (see Sections 6 and 10 for privacy and third‑party terms).

You may deploy apps locally as permitted by device and OS features.

You can publish your apps to Playground making your User Content available for download and use by other community members.

If you choose to publish your apps to the Essential Apps community, they will also be made available on the Playground, where they may be discovered and downloaded by other users.

You may also download Essential Apps from the Playground for personal use on your Nothing phones.

2.2 Glyph Toys

You may upload the Glyph Toys you designed to the Playground so the community can discover and download for use on their Nothing phones.

You may also download Glyph Toys from the Playground for personal use on your Nothing phones.

2.3 Camera Presets

Upload Camera Presets to the Playground for others to download and apply on Nothing phones that support them.

You may also download Camera Presets shared by other users for personal use on your own Nothing phones.

2.4 EQ Profiles

Upload for the community to download and apply on compatible Nothing devices and apps.

You may also download EQ Profiles from the Playground for personal use on your Nothing devices.

If you choose to publish your EQ Profiles to the Playground, they will also be made available on Nothing X, where they may be discovered and downloaded by other users.

3.1. You are solely responsible for User Contents. You are also responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your account credentials and for all activities conducted under your account. Nothing does not claim ownership of User Content. You retain all intellectual property rights you hold in User Content, subject to the licenses you grant under this Agreement.

3.2 By generating or uploading User Content through the Playground, you grant Nothing a worldwide, non‑exclusive, royalty‑free, perpetual license to use, host, store, analyze, reproduce, modify, adapt, distribute, display, create derivative works from your User Content (including underlying code) and incorporate it in Nothing products, apps, technologies, and services without any other obligations or restrictions, including but not limited to Nothing X.

3.3 When you make User Content public in the Playground, you grant Nothing a license to host, reproduce, publicly display, and distribute that content to other users through the Service. You grant other Playground users and Nothing services users a worldwide, non‑exclusive, royalty‑free license to download, use and modify your public User Content on Nothing devices.

3.4 If you upload or publish content that incorporates or is derived from open-source software, libraries, or materials ("Open Source Content"), you are solely responsible for ensuring full compliance with the applicable open-source licenses, including but not limited to attribution, distribution, modification, and use requirements. Nothing does not review or verify whether User Content complies with open-source licenses and assumes no liability for any failure by you to comply. Any disputes, claims, or obligations arising from User Content that includes Open Source Content are solely your responsibility.

3.5 We do not open‑source, publish, or repurpose your content for other users unless you choose to share it through the Playground.

3.6 Nothing does not pre-screen, review, or monitor User Content for intellectual property compliance, accuracy, safety, or quality, and has no obligation to do so. You are solely responsible for ensuring that User Content complies with all applicable laws, regulations, and third-party rights (including but not limited to intellectual property and open-source licenses).

3.7 Nothing may remove, restrict, disable access to, or delete any of User Content at any time, with or without notice, for any reason or no reason, including but not limited to allegations or findings that your User Content infringes third-party rights, is unlawful, violates this Agreement, or presents technical or security risks. Where required by applicable law, Nothing will act in accordance with applicable notice-and-takedown obligations.

4.1 By using the Playground, you represent and warrant that:

You own all User Content or have obtained all permissions, releases, rights or licenses required to engage in posting and other activities (and allow Nothing to perform its obligations) in connection with the Service without obtaining any further releases or consents;

User Content and other activities in connection with the Service, and our exercise of all rights and license granted by you herein, do not and will not violate, infringe, or misappropriate any third party's copyright, trademark, right of privacy, or publicity, or other personal or proprietary right and User Content is not defamatory, obscene, unlawful, threatening, abusive, tortious, offensive or harassing.

You will use the Service only in compliance with our Terms then in effect and all applicable laws and regulations.

4.2 You agree that you will not, and will not attempt to:

Upload, generate, share, or otherwise make available any content that is unlawful, harmful, offensive, defamatory, harassing, threatening, obscene, hateful, discriminatory, or otherwise objectionable.

Upload or distribute any content that infringes, misappropriates, or otherwise violates third-party rights, including intellectual property rights, privacy rights, and publicity rights.

Misuse the Service by introducing malware, viruses, worms, trojans, or other harmful code.

Circumvent, disable, or interfere with security or access controls, or misuse Playground systems in any way.

Use the Service to attempt to exploit vulnerabilities, perform unauthorized data mining, or gain unauthorized access to accounts, devices, or systems.

Impersonate another person, misrepresent your affiliation, or otherwise engage in deceptive or fraudulent behavior.

Commercially exploit other users' content without their explicit permission.

Interfere with or disrupt the operation of the Playground, including through automated scripts, bots, scraping, or similar activity.

Take responsibility for all activity conducted under your account.

Generate or share content that is illegal, harmful, hateful, harassing, defamatory, sexually explicit, or otherwise objectionable.

Infringe IP or privacy rights, or submit personal data you do not have permission to share.

Attempt to bypass safety filters, interfere with security.

Upload malware or content that degrades the Service.

Use other's User Content for commercial use.

4.3 We may filter, block, or remove content, and may suspend or terminate access for violations.

You can delete your uploads. If you provide feedback, you grant Nothing a perpetual, worldwide, royalty‑free license to use it without restriction or attribution.

We may collect and store prompts, outputs, User Content, activity logs/history, and widget bundles. We may use this data to operate the Service and improve model performance and user experience. See the Privacy Policy for more details.

Your use of features powered by third parties (e.g., Claude for Essential Apps) may be subject to those providers' terms and policies. Nothing is not responsible for third‑party services or for their content, accuracy, or availability. Third‑party features may change or be discontinued without notice.

The Service, documentation, and Nothing trademarks are owned by Nothing. As long as you comply with the Agreement, Nothing grants you a personal, non-exclusive, non-transferable, limited privilege to enter and use the Playground. Any rights not expressly granted herein are reserved.

The Service may not be available in all countries. At this time, Essential App/ Playground is not available in certain jurisdictions, including Mainland China. Features may vary by device, OS, and region.

We implement reasonable administrative, technical, and physical safeguards. However, AI outputs may be inaccurate or unexpected and are provided for your discretion and verification. You are responsible for reviewing outputs before use or publication.

We may add, modify, or remove features at any time, including for security, legal, or performance reasons. We may update these Terms from time to time. The updated version will be effective when posted, as indicated by the "Last Updated" date. Where required, we will provide advance notice. Your continued use indicates acceptance.

We may suspend or terminate your access if you breach these Terms, misuse the Service, or if required by law. You may stop using the Service at any time. Upon termination, sections 3–6, 8, 13–17 shall survive.

THE SERVICE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" AND "AS AVAILABLE." TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, NOTHING DISCLAIM ALL WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, ACCURACY, NON‑INFRINGEMENT. WE DO NOT WARRANT UNINTERRUPTED OR ERROR‑FREE OPERATION OR THAT CONTENT WILL BE PRESERVED WITHOUT LOSS.

TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, NOTHING AND ITS AFFILIATES WILL NOT BE LIABLE FOR INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES, OR ANY LOSS OF PROFITS, REVENUE, DATA, OR GOODWILL, ARISING OUT OF OR RELATED TO YOUR USE OF THE SERVICE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY. IN NO EVENT WILL OUR AGGREGATE LIABILITY EXCEED THE GREATER OF USD $50 .

You will defend, indemnify, and hold harmless Nothing and its affiliates from claims, damages, liabilities, costs, and expenses (including reasonable attorneys' fees) arising from your User Content, your use of the Service, or your breach of these Terms or applicable law.

Unless your jurisdiction requires mandatory application of local law, these Terms shall be governed by the laws of England and Wales, with regard to conflict of law provisions. The courts of London shall have exclusive jurisdiction.