Prior to the release of the Nothing phone (1), a fresh, exclusive look at the London-based startup's first smartphone finally explains the phone's unusual rear design. Thanks to YouTuber MKBHD, who demonstrated the Nothing phone from every aspect in his most recent video, we get an exclusive glimpse at the device.
The front of the Nothing phone (1), which has consistent bezels and a punch-hole camera positioned top-left, was also seen out for the first time in the movie. It also provided information about the lighting configuration on the phone's back, known as the Glyph Interface by Nothing.
What is the Glyph Interface, number one?
In order to provide users with additional information about things like charging, alerts, and calls when the phone is laid on its back, the Glyph interface on the back of the phone consists of five lightning strips, each of which is said to be composed of over 900 LEDs.
Along with this, there is a Glyph Interface settings page where you may customise how the lighting strips are set up. This entails setting up the lights to display information such as how much of your battery has charged, the status of wireless reverse charging, and more.
What is the Glyph Interface's operation?
Users will be able to adjust a number of components related to these lights on the rear via the interface settings tab on the phone (1). These include the ability to control the light's brightness, several built-in ringtones that light up different portions of the light strips in time with the music, and a Flip-to-Glyph function that can only activate the Glyph interface when the phone is held upside down.
We can also see that the Glyph Interface may be configured to activate or deactivate at specific times of the day.
What is the Glyph Interface capable of?
Flip to Glyph: When the phone is held in the reverse position, the Glyph lights can flash to show incoming calls or alerts.
When using the phone to wirelessly charge accessories like the Nothing ear (1) earphones, the Glyph lights surrounding the wireless charging station may begin to glow.
Glyph ringtones will sync the ringtone music with the lights on the phone to alert users. (Image Source: YouTube/MKBHD)
One circle and one strip of Glyph lights are located towards the bottom of the phone and serve as a charging indicator and progress bar. The circle will illuminate to signal that the phone is charging, and the strip above it will serve as a progress metre to show you how much the phone has charged.
LED Flash: When taking images or recording video at night, the complete set of Glyph lights may illuminate simultaneously at maximum brightness to function as an array of LED flashes.
Glyph ringtones will sync the ringtone music with the lights on the phone to alert users. (Image Source: YouTube/MKBHD)
Recording indicator: Below the diagonal light strip on the top-right of the phone, there is a red LED in addition to the white LED Glyph lights. When you use the phone to capture videos of yourself, this blinks periodically to let you know that the recording is active.
Glyph Ringtones: To light up certain areas of the Glyph Interface in time with the ringtone, utilise the Glyph lights in conjunction with the phone's pre-programmed ringtones. Additionally, you may give specific ringtones to contacts, and when the phone is turned upside down, LEDs will show you who is calling.
Glyph ringtones will sync the ringtone music with the lights on the phone to alert users. (Image Source: YouTube/MKBHD)
Other enhancements include the ability to automatically turn off the Glyph Interface when in sleep mode and a Google Assistant feedback capability, about which we currently know nothing. Our best assumption is that it turns on the rear light whenever Google Assistant is activated verbally so you can be sure that Assistant is listening even when the phone is turned on its side.
Although these are the only capabilities we can expect to see at launch, Nothing may release software upgrades in the future that add other functions for the Glyph Interface. This has not yet been confirmed, but we'll learn more at the launch event, which begins on July 12 in the following month.
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