Nothing Cellphone 2’s upgraded glyph interface explored in new video

Nothing is upgrading its signature Glyph interface for its upcoming Cellphone 2 smartphone, which is because of be formally introduced on July eleventh. YouTuber Marques Brownlee has put out an early hands-on video with the brand new smartphone that gives an intensive take 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 Cellphone 1. 

Though the Glyph interface makes use of roughly the identical sample, it now contains extra zones of LED lighting, which ought to enable it to supply extra granular management of the telephone’s lighting results. There are virtually triple the variety of zones this time round, with the Cellphone 2 together with 33 zones versus 12 on the Cellphone 1.

Extra 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.

One other new function is the power to set an “important app” and have its notifications illuminate the highest proper mild strip on the again of the telephone. So if you need the Cellphone 2 to light up for WhatsApp notifications, however not Gmail or Instagram, that ought to now be doable. 

The Cellphone 2 maintains the identical important design language because the Cellphone 1, with a few tweaks. The non-white variant is now extra grey than black in shade, and Brownlee notes that its again is barely extra rounded this time round. When you’re within the white model, Nothing has proven it off in a brand new promotional picture printed to its web site, and which we’ve included under.

The Nothing Cellphone 2 in white and grey. Picture: Nothing

Brownlee’s video provides to a bunch of particulars Nothing has already introduced about its Cellphone 2 in current weeks together with that it’ll include a clear USB-C cable, provide 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 within the US, not like its predecessor. You may learn an entire checklist of Nothing’s bulletins in regards to the telephone over on our Cellphone 2 stream.