Android co-founder Andy Rubin’s Essential to launch smartphone on May 30

Android co-founder Andy Rubin's company 'Essential' is working on a new smartphone with a bezel-less display

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Andy Rubin left Google in 2014. He was head of Android till 2013. (Image teaser of bezel-less device by Rubin)

Android co-founder Andy Rubin seems to be ready to unveil a new smartphone under its company name Essential on May 30. Rubin teased about the bezel-less phone back in March, but not much is known about the smartphone or the company at this point of time.

Rubin was reportedly working on a new smartphone company of his own since 2015. In March, he gave little glimpse of the bezel-less phone on Twitter noting, “I’m really excited about how this is shaping up. Eager to get it in more people’s hands…”

Now on Thursday, Rubin again shared an update on Twitter by saying that he is ready to share what he was up to all this while, and asked people to follow the new Twitter handle called @Essential.

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The mysterious company Essential also noted about the announcement and its first tweet on Thursday says that “something big is coming on May 30th”. Essential’s first tweet reads, “Hi, welcome to our Twitter page. We’re here to let you know something big is coming May 30th! Stay tuned…”

According to rumours, a very high-end smartphone from Essential with 5.5-inch bezel-less display, Snapdragon 835 and 4GB of RAM could be on its way to compete with the likes of Samsung, Apple and Google.

Even a Bloomberg report from January noted that one of the prototype from Essential featured metal sides and a ceramic back. The handset might also feature a proprietary connector that would allow for magnetic hardware accessories to expand phone’s functionality over time.

The Essential Twitter account also posted another image where you can see the new smartphone’s but it’s all blacked out, and all you can see is an extra attachment on top. This is being seen as indication for an AR module on the smartphone, which could allow for 360-degree style photos, videos. Rubin has earlier shared imaged of his colleagues testing out a 360-degree camera.