The Search bar lands directly beneath
the app dock which still appears to pull up to reveal the rest of your application library.
Instead, you pull it upwards from
the app dock which - because the app drawer icon is no longer there - has space for a fifth app.
The homescreen comes with a standard
app dock which can be swiped up for additional shortcuts, and toggles which can be customized.
Not exact matches
It not only comes with charging
docks for your phone, but it can also connect to an iOS
app,
which helps keep track of your bag and even informs you about the weather and TSA wait time.
A nifty
dock runs along the bottom, with five basic Google
app icons?for Play Books, Play Magazines, Play Movies & TV, Play Music, and the Play Store?and a folder packed with 11 other native Google
apps, including the Chrome Web browser
which now replaces the previous «Browser»
app.
The
dock at the bottom has five icons: Just For You (recommended titles), Shop Kobo, All
Apps, Library and Reading Life,
which gives you stats on how long you've been reading.
Better yet, you can choose
which of your
apps to
dock in the drawer to launch in a floating window.
One of the big selling features is that it will feature Microsoft's Continuum
which will allow you to use a
dock or adapter to connect to a TV or monitor, then use your
apps and see your content on a larger screen.
There are also some
apps which will appear onscreen when the device is placed in the
dock, and if you have multiple
docks, each one can bring up different
apps.
Apple's tablet also has iOS 11, the latest mobile OS for iPads and iPhones,
which adds a redesigned
dock, new split - screen multitasking skills, a new file system, and even drag - and - drop in supported
apps.
There's also Logitech's propritery ARX
Dock built into the keyboard that you can slot your smartphone into in order to use it as a small screen for monitoring computer temperatures,
which is currently all the companion
app is capable of doing.
A quick swipe up from the bottom iPad's display will bring up the
Dock regardless of what you're doing on the iPad,
which makes accessing your favorite
apps and switching between them much faster.
The software also adds some positive features: there's a
dock - free PC experience,
which functions straight out of the USB - C cable to any monitor; while a new split - screen proactive alert notification means you can side - by - side
apps when prompted to make best use of the 18:9 screen ratio.
There's an
app dock at the bottom that you can pull up when you're using any other
app,
which makes using the iPad feel closer to a MacBook — in a good way.
EMUI 8.0 does have some great features though: there's a
dock - free PC experience,
which functions straight out of the USB - C cable to any monitor; while a new split - screen proactive alert notification means you can side - by - side
apps when prompted to make best use of the 18:9 screen ratio.
When you get back up, go ahead and open the Pixel
Dock app,
which you'll now find in your
app drawer.
In addition to announcing a new 10.5 - inch iPad Pro, Apple revealed a number of features in iOS 11,
which will be released in the fall, that give the tablets desktop operating features like drag and drop, an expanded
dock for quick access to favorite programs, and support of a file system, including baked in support for popular third - party
apps like Dropbox and One Drive.
Samsung has also partnered with Microsoft to preload Office
apps on the device
which combine with Samsung's excellent first - party keyboard
dock for a potent combination of Android fun and Microsoft work.
The new
dock,
which can now expand for easier multitasking, and be swiped up onto the screen from within any
app.
It runs on iOS 11
which is expected to bring in new features like new customisable
dock improved multi tasking experience, redesigned
app switches, new Files
app, and much more.
That area used to be occupied by LeEco's Live
app,
which has been shifted to the right on the
dock, though you can now move it anywhere you would like.
And if you're using a Windows 10 PC capable of casting Miracast signals, you can use the Connect
app to beam its display to other Windows 10 PCs — again with no
docks or adapters on the receiving device —
which could be supremely handy when it's time to make a presentation.
WatchOS 4 overhauled the
Dock,
which gives you easy access to your most frequently used
apps.
If you continue swiping up on your iPad's screen after the
dock is visible — in other words, swipe up from the bottom of the screen but keep going, even after you see the
dock — you'll see the multitasking view,
which shows you thumbnails of recently used
apps.
According to Apple iOS 11, coming in September or October, introduces powerful new features for iPad, including: — a new customisable
Dock that provides quick access to frequently used
apps and documents from any screen; — improved multitasking, including a redesigned
app switcher that brings Spaces to iOS, making it easier to move between
apps or pairs of active
apps, used in Split View and now Slide Over; — the new Files
app that keeps everything in one place, whether files are stored locally, in iCloud Drive or across other providers like Box, Dropbox and more; — Multi-Touch Drag and Drop,
which is available across the system to move text, photos and files from one
app to another, anywhere on the screen; — a new document scanner in Notes,
which lets users easily scan single or multi-page documents, removes shadows and uses powerful image filters to enhance readability; and — deeper integration with Apple Pencil, with support for inline drawing to write along text in Notes and Mail, Instant Markup to easily sign documents, annotate PDFs or draw on screenshots, and a new Instant Notes feature,
which opens Notes from the Lock Screen by simply tapping Apple Pencil on the display.
The Pro version,
which is $ 3.99, unlocks a few additional features, such as
App Groups to let you create tabs in your app drawer, unread counters, widgets in the dock, and several useful gestur
App Groups to let you create tabs in your
app drawer, unread counters, widgets in the dock, and several useful gestur
app drawer, unread counters, widgets in the
dock, and several useful gestures.
Regardless of how you installed it, Pixel Launcher is a sleek - looking home screen
app with several unique features — most notably, an
app drawer that's tucked away neatly behind the aforementioned swipe gesture,
which means there's one less icon in your
dock.
It's very similar to the
Dock on the Apple Watch,
which keeps your most - used
apps pre-loaded for you.
Unlike previous iterations of split - screen multitasking, you now drag
apps up from the permanent
dock which holds your chosen
apps as well as a few of your most recently open ones.
For example, you can turn on something called the Navigation
Dock,
which creates a movable software button to replace the Back, Home and Recent
Apps row you know, love and understand how to use because it's on every other Android phone.
Series 2 ships with watchOS 3
which includes new interface changes like the
Dock, swappable watch faces and faster launching
apps.
Dock: The Apple Watch's side button,
which in WatchOS 2 would surface a list of contacts when pressed, now brings up a dedicated
Dock that has been designed to surface your favourite
apps and recently used
apps.
Software: Lenovo has customised the Android interface to make it more friendly for laptops, including a
dock at the bottom
which houses all your open
apps, looking much like the Windows Taskbar.
The Pixel Launcher doesn't have an
app drawer button,
which makes room for another icon on your
dock.
Johnson and Johnson is showing off their medical iPhone
app which works with a small
dock connector over Bluetooth serving as a finger pricking device for glucose testing.
A new feature that I particularly like is that you can now swipe up or down on the home screen to access the
app screen,
which not only frees up an icon on the
dock but replicates the gesture found on the Pixel phones, as well as popular Android launchers such as Nova.
iOS 11 will also give iPad owners something to look forward to as it brings a number of welcome improvements including an expanded
Dock, a new
App Switcher and the Drag and Drop,
which will finally let users copy and paste text, links and files between various
apps.
The bottom
app dock also shows up in the multitasking menu,
which is now laid out in a grid.
Another handy feature for a larger phone is the activate the Floating
Dock, a side - positioned shortcut (
which you can drag to position) that contains the trio of Android soft keys, plus a lock screen button and quick tidy - up (for closing unnecessary
apps).
Tap the
app drawer icon in the
dock at the bottom of the display and you'll find a vertically scrolling list of all your installed applications — of
which very few come preinstalled.
Apple Watch is getting a UI makeover with watchOS 3
which completely changes how you interact with
apps, making them faster and easier to access thanks to the all new
Dock feature.
When the phone is connected to the
dock, it automatically launches the recently revamped Android Auto
app,
which was redesigned to work on a phone's display.