Update: Carl Pei has confirmed that Nothing now owns Essential's trademarks.

Software and hardware could both be on the cards but the focus will remain on privacy.

The band is getting back together, minus its most problematic member.

The company, started by Andy Rubin, released just one commercial smartphone.

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There's no evidence that his exit had anything to do with past controversies, but it does seem suspicious.

Essential has since confirmed that it's indeed behind a rather different take on the mobile phone.

Andy Rubin has been very quiet since October, but today he gave Essential Phone fans something new to hope for.

The patch doesn't include functional updates for Pixel phones.

Last we heard, there wouldn't be an Essential Phone 2, but this patent filing tells a different story.