Nothing is upgrading its signature Glyph interface for its upcoming Phone 2 smartphone, which is because of be formally introduced on July 11th. YouTuber Marques Brownlee has put out an early hands-on video with the new smartphone that gives a radical have a look at the flashing mild interface constructed into the again of the telephone, and the modifications Nothing has made to it in comparison with final yr’s Phone 1.
Although the Glyph interface makes use of roughly the identical sample, it now consists of extra zones of LED lighting, which ought to enable it to supply extra granular management of the telephone’s lighting results. There are nearly triple the variety of zones this time round, with the Phone 2 together with 33 zones versus 12 on the Phone 1.
More zones means the telephone can present how loud its quantity is, or the progress of a timer, inside the curved strip of sunshine on the higher proper facet of the telephone’s again. There are additionally plans to permit third-party apps to make use of this mild strip like a progress bar, with Uber and Indian restaurant app Zomato signed as much as assist it. The strips themselves are additionally divided into extra sections, though they use roughly the identical format as final time.
Another new characteristic is the power to set an “essential app” and have its notifications illuminate the highest proper mild strip on the again of the telephone. So if you would like the Phone 2 to light up for WhatsApp notifications, however not Gmail or Instagram, that ought to now be potential.
The Phone 2 maintains the identical important design language because the Phone 1, with a few tweaks. The non-white variant is now extra grey than black in coloration, and Brownlee notes that its again is barely extra rounded this time round. If you’re in the white model, Nothing has proven it off in a new promotional picture printed to , and which we’ve included under.
Brownlee’s video provides to a number of particulars Nothing has already introduced about its Phone 2 in current weeks together with that it’ll include a clear USB-C cable, supply assist for 3 years of Android updates and 4 years of safety updates, and be powered by a Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1. Crucially, it’ll even be accessible in the US, not like its predecessor. You can learn a whole checklist of Nothing’s bulletins in regards to the telephone over on our Phone 2 stream.
