Hey Community,
At Nothing, we believe your phone shouldn’t control you. Notifications should keep you up-to-date without pulling you away from life. That’s the philosophy behind our Glyph Interface. With custom light patterns, it tells you what’s happening without having to look at your screen.
The Glyph Bar and Glyph Matrix are designed to reduce distractions, not add to them. Important alerts, at a glance, without the doom scroll. It’s a different way of being present, and on Phone (4a) and Phone (4a) Pro, it’s better than ever.
Phone (4a) Pro
The Glyph Matrix on Phone (4a) Pro is built with 137 precision mini-LEDs and is 57% larger while being twice as bright as Phone (3)'s. That’s not a minor upgrade, that’s flagship-grade hardware at a mid-range price.
The Glyph Matrix isn’t just a light show. It’s a properly useful layer of information that lives on the back of your phone, so you can put the screen down and actually get on with your day.
Essential Notifications lets you assign discreet icons to specific contacts or keywords, so the people and messages that matter stand out, clearly for you, quietly for everyone else. Your phone face-down on the table, your Matrix lighting up with the icon you set for your best friend.
Progress-based notifications sync with your screen. Waiting on an Uber? Tracking a delivery? Counting down a timer? It’s all right there on the back, intuitive lights and motion cues that mean you can follow along without picking your phone up. Supported apps include Uber, Google Calendar, Zomato, Just Eat, and Google Maps, with more integrations on the way.
The Matrix also doubles as a daily tool: digital clock display, battery status tracking, solar path visualization, timer, camera countdown, and a selfie mirror. And of course, there’s always the Glyph Toy. For when you just want to enjoy it.
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Phone (4a)
The Glyph Bar on Phone (4a) features 63 precision mini-LEDs, up to 40% brighter than Phone (3a) Pro. Each square has 9 individual zones inside for smooth, detailed light patterns. It’s finished with a red recording light square at the base, a first for our (a) series line.
The Glyph Bar is an evolution of our Glyph interface just as much as our Glyph Matrix is. Using an all new way of displaying information while being our most focused and compact version yet, the Glyph Bar is there to help you when you need it, without distracting you when you don’t.
Essential Notifications allows for signals only you understand. Assign discreet Glyph bar patterns to specific contacts or keywords in Essential Notifications, so important notifications stand out, clearly for you, quietly for everyone else.
Progress tracking works just like it does on Phone (4a) Pro, only more compact. The Glyph Bar uses 9 Leds in each square to create a smooth gradient when showing progress for apps like Uber, Google Calendar, Zomato, Just Eat, and Google Maps, with more to come.
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🛠️ Community Creations
The Community has already been hard at work creating some all new Glyph Toys on the Phone (4a) Pro, here is a small selection of the incredible work they’ve already done.
Dice
“Give it a roll!”
Developer: Paul Gesekus
Counter
“Counter displays numbers from 0–99 via the Glyph Matrix, then loops back to 0. Tilt left or right to decrease or increase the counter, or shake your device to reset.”
Developer: Daniel Mashukov
Charging Hamster
Developer: Rahul Janardhanan and Thomas Legendre
Call Status
“A new way to shush people when you’re on a phone call”
Developer: Abhishek Lakhani
Star Map
“Glance up! Star Map tracks the nearest constellation to you, slowly turning overhead as the hours drift by, until the stars shift and a new one takes its place.”
Developer: Francesco Berti
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Drop a comment below and let us know which feature you find yourself using most! 👇
