Here’s the Nothing Phone 3 and Its New Glyph Matrix Lights
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Here’s the Nothing Phone 3 and Its New Glyph Matrix Lights
The Nothing Phone 3 will have a new lighting system on the back. The Glyph Matrix is a dot matrix-like lighting system that can show off shapes, sizes, and some graphics, according to a tease posted today by Nothing. Nothing added, “When light becomes language” as a part of the tease, hinting at much more than just blinking lights. A previous render leak doesn’t have a space for this lighting system in it.
Nothing Phone 3 Glyph Matrix: As was previously announced, the Glyph Matrix is the new lighting system that will launch on the back of the Nothing Phone 3. It appears to be a dot matrix-like lighting system that can show off shapes, sizes, and some graphics, according to a tease posted today by Nothing. Nothing added, “When light becomes language.” as a part of the tease, hinting at much more than just blinking lights.
The new lighting system will live in the top right corner of the phone’s backside instead of across the entire back of the phone through several different light strips like we saw with Nothing Phone 2. You can see how this will look below in a screenshot we grabbed. The video tease is embedded further down the post.
This short clip doesn’t necessarily tell us much, other than the back of the phone won’t be fully filled with dot matrix lights. While that would have been cool, the rear lighting system is still such an odd concept to people like me who never put their phones face down. I do want to see what kinds of settings and options Nothing includes with this, though, as it could make for some fun notification and information presentation.
I will say that this tease seems to make that previous render leak a non-consideration now. The leak, which can see here, doesn’t have a space for this lighting system in it. That image shows a rounded camera system in the center of the phone with a circular housing that would seem to take up too much space for these lights to live and work.
Nothing Phone 3 launches July 1. It’s actually coming to the US in an officially supported capacity too. I can’t wait.
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Just When We Thought Glyph Was Gone, Nothing Phone 3 Brings Back Unique Glyph Matrix
Nothing has teased a new version of its Glyph interface. The company’s next flagship phone, the Nothing Phone 3, will have new LED lights. The new lights are placed in the top-right corner of the phone’s back. Nothing hasn’t revealed how the lights will work, but the teaser hints at custom patterns and notifications. Earlier this month, renders of what was claimed to be the Nothing phone 3 surfaced online, showing no visible LED lights and a triple-camera setup.
Nothing describes it as a new phase where “light becomes language.” While full details aren’t out yet, the company’s post suggests a more refined, dot-matrix-style LED layout — smaller and more focused than before.
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Design Leaks Are Misleading?
Earlier this month, renders of what was claimed to be the Nothing Phone 3 surfaced online, showing a phone with no visible LED lights and a triple-camera setup. This led many to assume that Nothing had ditched the Glyph interface altogether.
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However, the newly revealed teaser seems to suggest otherwise. When compared side by side, the leaked design doesn’t match up with the official Glyph Matrix placement. It’s now likely that the leaked model was a prototype of the Nothing Phone 3a, and not the main flagship.
What’s New with the Glyph Matrix?
The new Glyph Matrix appears to be more compact than the previous Glyph Interface, and its positioning suggests a fresh design direction. Although Nothing hasn’t shared how the lights will work, the teaser hints at custom patterns and notifications.
Speculation suggests that users might be able to assign symbols or animations to different types of alerts — like a dot-matrix WhatsApp logo lighting up when a message arrives. If true, it would offer a new layer of visual interaction without even unlocking the phone.
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Nothing hasn’t revealed full specs yet, but we already know the Nothing Phone 3 will run on the Snapdragon 8s Gen 3 chip. With the new Glyph Matrix teased and more announcements expected soon, it looks like Nothing is keeping its signature design language alive.
Source: https://www.droid-life.com/2025/06/19/heres-the-nothing-phone-3-and-its-new-glyph-matrix-lights/