Google is introducing a new series of Nexus phone cases today, and they’re a lot more interesting than the average snap-on shell. They’re called Live Cases, and that’s a fitting name, because these cases can actually interact with your phone. For one, snapping the case onto a Nexus phone will customize it with an animated wallpaper. The case also has a button on it that you can set up to launch a specific app.
The case only comes in one shape for each Nexus phone, but what it looks like can be customized quite a bit. Google allows you to print either a photo or a map on the case, and it provides tools to customize them with different filters and color schemes. The choices you make on those will affect what the case’s animated wallpaper…