From time to time, smartphone manufacturers like to show off concept devices, and OnePlus is no exception. The company revealed the OnePlus Concept One earlier this year with electrochromic glass that ...

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Chinese company Vivo is showing off a new smartphone prototype that features a unique color-changing glass back, one that dramatically shifts through different hues seemingly by magic. A video of the ...

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Now that smartphones are mostly slabs of glass on the front and uniform surfaces on the back, what do you do to stand out from the pack? If you're Vivo, you make a phone with a color-changing glass on ...

A color-changing smartphone is in development, according to new leaks. The phone uses electrochromic glass to change the device’s colorway seemingly on demand. vivo has subsequently confirmed it’s ...

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Chinese brand nubia REDMAGIC has teased a color-changing smartphone. The device seemingly makes use of electrochromic glass to switch its rear plate from opaque to transparent. Similar technology is ...

Faintly reminiscent of those Hypercolor t-shirts from the early 90’s are the Moving Color glass tiles that change color with exposure to heat. The tiles are available in eight base-coat colors, carry ...