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Minimal Phone 2 launcher
with the iPhone look.
The Minimal Phone 2 swaps e-ink for a colour AMOLED screen above its QWERTY keyboard. Glass OS makes the most of both: liquid glass on the screen, and a keyboard that opens apps and adds your notes and to-dos.
Why Glass OS suits the Minimal Phone 2
↗ Made for colour screens
The AMOLED screen is what makes the glass work. Panes bend the wallpaper behind them, and the dark theme looks deep black.
↗ A keyboard that does more
Type an app's name to open it, or start with a symbol to add a to-do, a note or an event without leaving the Home Screen.
↗ As busy or as quiet as you like
Hide any of the widget bubbles, hide the dock, or keep just the clock and the search bar for a calmer Home Screen.
↗ Everything stays on your phone
No account, no ads and no analytics. Notes and messages stay on the phone, and backups are encrypted.
Glass OS on the Minimal Phone 2
The Minimal Phone 2 is made for people who want to use their phone less, and Glass OS can be set up that way. Hide the dock and the widget bubbles and the Home Screen is just the time and a search bar. Everything else is a few letters away on the keyboard.
When you do want more, it's there. The Hub keeps your messages in one list, so you check them once instead of app by app, and Notes, To-do and Events are built in, so there's less reason to open other apps at all.
If you've been using a minimal list launcher, the Niagara comparison shows what's different, and the feature tour shows the rest.
Details of the phone are on The Minimal Company's site.
Home Screen
A quiet Home Screen for the Minimal Phone 2, with only the bubbles and apps you choose.
↗ Depth clock
A calm clock, with depth
Pick a quiet wallpaper and let the time sit behind it. The tall clock style suits a Home Screen with very little else on it.
↗ Widgets
Only the widgets you want
Weather, music, events, to-dos and notes each have a bubble, and every one of them can be hidden in Settings. Keep two of them, or none at all.
↗ Your apps
Tidy pages
Put everything you rarely open into a folder or take it off the pages altogether, and keep a short dock of the few apps you need.
The Hub
Catch up on everything in one sitting, then put the Minimal Phone 2 back in your pocket.
↗ The Hub
Check your messages once
The Hub gathers everything into one place, so you can check it once and put the phone down. Clear what's dealt with in a swipe and flag what still needs an answer.
↗ Liquid glass
Glass that suits an AMOLED screen
The Minimal Phone 2's colour screen is what makes the glass shine. Dark glass sits over true blacks, and if you'd rather keep things calm, classic glass is flatter and quieter.
Type to do anything
Skip the icon hunting and type what you want on those round keys.
↗ Typing
Fewer taps, more typing
Open apps by typing their names instead of scrolling through pages of icons. Add a note or a to-do from the Home Screen in one line and get on with your day.
- @ Message
- # Call
- - To-do
- ! Note
- * Event
- + Timer
- : Alarm
- ? Ask
Built in, so you need fewer apps
Notes, To-do and Events come with Glass OS, which means fewer apps on a phone meant to have few. See every feature on the Glass OS home page.
To-do
One short list of what needs doing, and nothing else.
Events
What's coming up, in a plain month view or a list.
Make it yours
A few calm choices are all it takes to make the Minimal Phone 2 your own.
↗ Settings
Only the settings that matter
The Minimal Phone 2 is about less, and so are the settings. A short list covers the look, the wallpaper, the clock, your icons and the language, and nothing else gets in the way.
↗ Icon packs
Calm icons for a calm phone
Choose a muted icon pack from the Play Store and the Minimal Phone 2's Home Screen turns quiet and consistent. Rename an app or give it a different icon whenever you like.
Glass OS on the Minimal Phone 2, screen by screen
How to install Glass OS on the Minimal Phone 2
- Search for Glass OS in the Play Store on your Minimal Phone 2.
- Buy it and let Play install it.
- Open Glass OS and set it as your Home app when it asks.
- Choose a wallpaper, then hide anything you don't want in Settings, Home Screen.
Get Glass OS for your Minimal Phone 2
£4.99
One-off, with free updates. Runs on the Minimal Phone 2 and any Android 13 phone.
Buy on Play StoreMinimal Phone 2 questions
Will Glass OS run on the Minimal Phone 2?
It needs Android 13 or later and a phone that lets you change the Home app. The Minimal Phone 2 runs Android underneath its own software, and Glass OS is made for keyboard phones like it.
Does it work on the first Minimal Phone with e-ink?
It installs, but the glass effects and wallpapers are made for colour screens, so you'd want the classic look and a plain wallpaper on e-ink.
Can I make it minimal?
Yes. You can hide the dock and any of the widget bubbles, so the Home Screen is just the time, the date and the search bar.
Is there a subscription?
No. It's £4.99 once and every update is free.
Not on a Minimal Phone 2?
Glass OS isn't only for the Minimal Phone 2. It runs on every Android 13 phone with a keyboard, and on touchscreen phones too.
