First look at Nothing Phone (2) & its new Glyph interface: Video

The Nothing Phone (2) will launch on July 11. That much has been confirmed. Nothing has been teasing the phone bit by bit for a while now, and now… well, it basically showed it off. The company partnered up with MKBHD aka Marques Brownlee, one of the most popular tech YouTubers, to give us a first look at the Nothing Phone (2) and its new Glyph interface.

Here’s your first look at the Nothing Phone (2) & its new Glyph interface

This info has been shared as part of MKBHD’s latest ‘Dope Tech’ video. The Nothing Phone (2) section starts at the 12:50 mark, while the video itself is embedded below the article.

In this video, you’ll be able to see the phone from all sides. You’ll also be able to learn more about Nothing’s Glyph interface changes. The phone looks very similar to the Nothing Phone (1), but it seems like it has a different feel to it.

This phone has curved glass on the back this time around, and its lights on the back look a bit different. Those lights are now broken up into more sections, which is immediately noticeable. The Nothing Phone (1) had 12 individual LEDs on the back, its successor has 33.

The upper right section contains 16 LED lights on its own, and special functionality too

The upper right section contains 16 LED lights on its own, and it will be able to show you the visual progress of various functions. For example, when you’re upping or lowering the volume, or when a countdown timer is active.

These will work perfectly with native apps, of course, and apps that make use of Nothing’s API, like Uber, for example. Only two apps do that at the moment, but Nothing is hoping more of them will come on board. Those lights can show you a countdown timer of your arriving Uber, which is nice.

MKBHD also touched upon the Glyph Composer that Nothing announced recently, as you’ll be able to create your own ringtones and visualizations to go with them. MKBHD was unable to show us Nothing OS 2.0 just yet, though.

Nothing didn’t really change the design entirely here, it simply improved the one it had. The Nothing Phone (1) was a breath of fresh air when it launched, design-wise, and it’s nice to see that aesthetic make a comeback.