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hey what's up guys I'm kay PhD here and today we have a bit of an exclusive something that you haven't seen anywhere else on the internet and this is the first place you're getting to see it with me here so this is a live case for Nexus so if you have a Nexus 6p or a Nexus 5x and this is a case that you can get made for your phone now it's a little bit of an interesting process Google has decided to share with me so I'm going to turn around and share that right back with you let's go ahead take a look at a highlight so here's how it works you might remember this image I've had it as a wallpaper in like half my videos this is a faceted by Justin malar shout-out to Justin he's done a ton of awesome art like this I'll link your stuff right below that like button so to make the case you upload your image to Google's live case design studio it's a web app just for this so you can upload and then drag in position the picture how you like on the case Center it up fill the area do what you got to do and there it is and if it's a super simple image you can even further customize it with a couple built-in effects for adding color or like a dual tone look or stripes or patterns or whatever you want now the facet here is already pretty complex so I'm just going to appreciate it in all its original glory boom that's it you can choose between matte and glossy and you're done and that is what your case will look like according to the site for when you should get it and as you can see in real life it's pretty much on point with how it looks on the site it's a direct conversion between the image you uploaded whether it's one that you took on your phone or maybe photography or art is your hobby whatever you want it's a direct conversion of that and it's a quality print too I mean this happens to be a 4k image but most photos you take are larger than that and just like that you have a 1 to 1 limited edition Nexus case and even if you don't have a photo you want to use they'll also let you use a Google Maps location so let's say there's a city or a spot on the map that's special to you maybe a dope bridge or your favorite Park or the location of a new studio whatever it might be on Google Maps you can position it exactly how you want on the case and get it made like that there's also some customization of the style of the map so you can be sure that your is truly one-of-a-kind so live cases is pretty unique and it's actually pretty decent case as far as they go I mean obviously I'm not a huge case person but these are designed specifically by Google for these phones so the port cutouts and button cutouts and the fingerprint reader are all pretty much precise or on point and there's also a bit of protection which is the advantage of the case so the lip on the front extends just a tiny bit past the glass so if your phone goes facedown on a surface you don't risk any scratching now here's a cherry on top inside every live case there's an NFC tag button when you install the case for the first time and press the button you get linked to the Play Store to download the live cases app that's a new app and then the app will let you set the image you originally uploaded as your wallpaper for a little dual color action front and back so after you set that the live cases app will let you set the button as a shortcut to something else so to toggle the flashlight open the camera toggle Wi-Fi or even open any app you want on your phone so for the sake of an example let's say I calculate a lot of things I need the calculator app a lot so I'll set the case button to open the calculator app now anytime I want wherever I am press and hold that button for a second and boom calculator so I think this is pretty cool I have a couple other versions here as you can see this image is one of the best smartphone photos I've ever taken in the fog with some triangles for effect this one is just the mkbhd logo front and center no customization and this one is the Golden Gate Bridge can you see it it's an overhead Google Maps - you see now you see it can pretty much guarantee no one else has a case like that so there you have it that's a pretty quick and simple way to literally customize your phone in a way that nobody else can and it just kind of gets me thinking more about like customizing your devices and electronics I did a dope tech episode all about custom tech where you can skin your phone you can get a custom painted is just another thing to add to that list so I'll leave that link below if you want to check that out as well either way that's pretty much it thank you for watching I'll talk to you guys in the next one peace