Users can
access the app drawer in two ways: firstly, by sliding up in the «frosted glass» and secondly by tapping the arrow above the zone.
Not exact matches
You can place whatever
apps, albums, movies, websites (anything that appears
in the main carousel) you want into the favorites
drawer for quick
access.
The
app finder
in the
app drawer is faster and will not give relevant internet results, Bixby has a new feature to wake you up with your favorite music, there's a new shortcut to quickly
access your Samsung Cloud content, automate your connected devices, and tons, tons more.
Lock screen icons make it easy to quick launch up to three
apps and radio toggles
in the Notification
drawer offer faster
access than digging into the settings when you want to connect to Wi - Fi, Bluetooth, and more.
A new slide -
in navigation
drawer on the left side of the
app gives you
access to different folders and accounts, a dedicated...
A new slide -
in navigation
drawer on the left side of the
app gives you
access to different folders and accounts, a dedicated search button lets you find files easily and pull - to - refresh lets you manually grab new files from the cloud.
This collection of photo - editing and enhancement tricks was previously buried
in an overflow menu
in the Gallery
app; now it's front and center
in the
app drawer, giving easy
access to editing capabilities
in «Shot & More,» the shooting mode that lets take a burst of photos and apply different effects after the fact.
It is evident that Pixel is doting a new UI style that requires users to swipe up
in order to perform certain operations like
accessing the
app drawer.
The home screen launcher still swipes over to Google Now, though you do lose the Pixel Launcher's long - press
app functions, as well as the swipe up gesture to
access the
app drawer — there's the old - fashioned button taking up space
in your dock instead.
To
access Google's massive, curated library of Android
apps, start by opening the «Play Store»
app that you'll find
in your
app drawer.
In other words, you can swipe up to
access your
app drawer, the Google Search widget is at the bottom of your home screen, the At a Glance widget will showcase the weather and upcoming calendar appointments, and there's a fully - functional Google Feed on the left - side of your setup (for better or worse).
In case you're not familiar with the
app drawer, it's the icon on the bottom of your Android device's display that you can click to
access all the applications on your device, not just the ones that are on your home screen.
There are small enhancements, such as the Google Now widget on the top left of the home screen, the revamped
app drawer that you can
access by simply swiping up from the quick
access bar, and new gesture controls that let you open the notifications tray by swiping down
in the fingerprint sensor
in back.
The Mate 7 let you unlock your phone just by tapping the sensor and
in the Mate S, Huawei have not only made this feature faster but also added gesture support to let you
access the camera, take a selfie, pull down your notifications
drawer or bring up the recent
apps menu.
An
app drawer can be
accessed by swiping up from the bottom of the screen, and once an
app has been opened for the first time, it will show on the home screen
in a grid view.
The new
app drawer can be
accessed by swiping up or down on the home screen as the dedicated
app drawer icon isn't present
in the pre-configured layout.
Still, it appears that the new launcher is comfortable with handling landscape views, users can still search for
apps directly from the
app drawer and the sliding arrow that featured
in the bottom third of the Nexus Launcher can still be accessible
in the new Pixel Launcher, with the same functionality of allowing
access to the
app drawer.
These
apps offer quick -
access to videos from YouTube and other services, but the truth is I don't need to see videos as much as LeEco seems to think I do, and I definitely don't need to have a video button
in the same spot that every other Android device puts the
app drawer.
Another big change, at least
in the Google Pixel's launcher, is that the
app drawer is no longer
accessed by tapping a dedicated icon on the screen.
In the case of the Google Pixel, it also somewhat confuses the design of the Pixel Launcher, making it less clear that you should swipe up from the bottom of the screen
access the
app drawer.