By default, Windows 8 recognizes the screen resolution of your computer and then accordingly displays
the app tiles in rows, as it thinks fit.
Not exact matches
Searching for podcasts is simple, and the
app displays them
in a
tile format that's easy on the eyes.
You can use it to find a missing sock
in your house, but you can also use it to locate the wallet you left on a streetcar — with the help of every other smartphone that has the
Tile app installed.
A little white Bluetooth - enabled square that can be attached to any item —
in a wallet, inside a guitar, stuffed inside a sock — the
Tile will ring whenever someone uses a smartphone
app to «call» it.
There is a handy The
Tile App that you can download for your smart phone
in order to track where you last left your item.
If the item is not within range and you're not sure where you could have left it just leave the
Tile app running
in the background and it will remember the last place and time you had your item.
So say you misplaced that item you recently stuck a
Tile too & you are within the 100 - foot Bluetooth range of your phone (200 feet for certain models), you just click «Find»
in the
app & the
Tile will then play a loud enough sound so you can easily find it.
The
Tile app is supported by Jaguar and Land Rover models that have the InControl
In - Car
app platform.
Thanks to the
Tile app, bags, wallets, or keys will never be left behind
in a rush ever again.
All you have to do is place a
Tile tag
in or on the devices you're worried about losing, and the
app will track them for you.
When logged
in with a kid's profile, the Ultra's home screen neatly organizes the tablets» various
apps within a few rows of rounded, color - coded
tiles.
Like the mobile
app, Kindle's desktop
app presents your reading material
in tiles that you can sort by title, author, and when you bought it.
Among the new features to look forward to, the Nook
app includes larger book
tiles for a better visual experience, along with availability of the Time, Inc. magazines, which are more
in demand.
The child - oriented interface, called nabi Mode, sorts
apps by category, and arranges these genres
in colored
tiles laid out across the screen.
If you want to stay
in nabi mode but don't want to use the
tiled interface, you can tap the
app icon on the top right corner to view
apps in thumbnail view.
People ain't buying it and manufacturers ain't making it, even though Windows Store
apps and large Live
Tiles were created with tablets
in mind.
The overall user experience of Windows RT is very similar to Windows 8, with the same Modern Interface populated by Live
Tiles that deliver snippets of updated information, such as the latest emails to arrive
in your inbox, or what's trending
in the Bing
app.
Shows scroll past
in a
tile format; if you press on a
tile and flick it toward the top of the tablet, the
app will change your TV to that program.
The Featured
Apps page displays apps in a tiled layout with images, and also breaks down apps into featured sections such as Apps for Kids and Indie A
Apps page displays
apps in a tiled layout with images, and also breaks down apps into featured sections such as Apps for Kids and Indie A
apps in a
tiled layout with images, and also breaks down
apps into featured sections such as Apps for Kids and Indie A
apps into featured sections such as
Apps for Kids and Indie A
Apps for Kids and Indie
AppsApps.
As we saw
in our closer look at BlackBerry 10, the default homescreen is a set of «
tiles» that represent a widget - like view of your recently used
apps while you can swipe to the left to view the messaging
app.
Each
tile gets updated
in real - time and is also useful for gaining quick access to your mailbox, Hancom Office for working on office documents and the calendar
app.
Electric Common, Water and Sewer, Trash Pickup, Elevator Service, Pool Service, Landscape / Lawn, Insurance, Manager, Security, Legal and Accounting, Master Antenna / Cable TV, Common Maint / Repair, Electric
In Unit, Internet Access, Pest Control, Single Level,
Tile, Laminate, Smoke Detector, Washer / Dryer, Wshr / Dryer Connection, Ocean Front, Lvr / DR Combo, Window / Wall Unit, Telephone, Refrigerator, Range, Microwave, Stainless Steel
Apps., Granite Countertops
Facilities, Legal and Accounting, Master Antenna / Cable TV, Common Maint / Repair, Telephone Service
In Unit, Internet Access, Single Level, Outdoor Pool, Restrictions, Security, Home Owners Assn Fee, Short Term Rental Allowed, Long Term Rental Allowed, Trash Pickup, Internet Access, Lawn Maintenance, Owner Allowed Motorcycle, Tenant Allowed Motorcycle, Indoor Pool,
Tile, Call Front Desk, Elevator, Smoke Detector, Furnished, Oceanfront, Inside City Limits, Ocean View, Double Sink, Tub, Shower, Vanity, Garden Tub, Lvr / DR Combo, Central Heat, Central Air, Electric, Slab, Electric, Cable TV, Electricity, Dishwasher, Garbage Disposal, Refrigerator, Range, Breakfast Bar, Oven, Microwave, Range Hood, Stainless Steel
Apps., Granite Countertops, Closing
Exploring involves moving to the appropriate token on the board and then tapping its digital counterpart
in the
app, whereupon it will tell you what new
tiles need to be put out, whether there are any monsters lurking etc..
The problem could eventually be resolved
in the upcoming dashboard revamp, but for now, those using BT's homehub 5 are primarily affected and may find that their dashboard
tiles remain blank unless they do one simple thing — open up the Internet Explorer
app!
Your recently used games and
apps are shown
in the
tiled area and at the end of that
tiled area there is a section called library where all your games are stored so that you do nt have 20 or 30 games clogging up your main screen.
Aside from your games, TV and music
apps that are available
in the
tiled area there is a section called Live From Playstation.
The first thing we noticed on the Home screen is the large
tile in the middle displaying our most recently used
app.
The simple
app for amusing pixelation your photos and pictures.You can try to create: cards - puzzles for friends and family.avatars for social networks and instant messengers.stained glass, panels,
tiles in the bathroom:)
That
in itself isn't a problem, but sometimes it can feel a little laborious to scroll through pages upon pages of thick
tiles instead of a nice long list, especially when using one of the system's more common
apps like Achievements or your Friends List.
The Xbox One UI got rid of lists and the Xbox 360's Guide button
in favour of Windows 8 - inspired
tiles that would work better with a more
app - friendly interface.
Spencer showed an existing Steamworks game, Age of Empires II, running as a converted
app for UWP (which let it show off how many players were online
in a Start menu live
tile) and the game seemingly ran normally.
You can use your phone to «ring» your
Tile if you've misplaced something
in your house, and the
app remembers the last time it «saw» the
Tile.
On the iPhone, the
app uses a similar
tiled array to display stories, only
in a single rather than a double column.
Windows 10 already has full - screen ads on the sign -
in screen, ads that pop up from the taskbar, ads that appear as notifications, sponsored
apps in the Start menu, Candy Crush
tiles installed by default, and full - screen video ads
in the Solitaire
app.
In some cases,
tiles for suggested
apps may just be pinned and the
app may not yet be installed.
In fact, the Web version of OneDrive offers a big dropdown menu of
tiles for all these online
apps.
- Phone tweaks: brought back National data roaming option - Ultimate notification control: — fixed improper lights and vibration handling during quiet hours affecting mainly ongoing notifications — improved detection of ongoing notifications belonging to foreground services — active Screen: added option for ignoring quiet hours (shows active screen during quiet hours)-- active screen: don't apply to ongoing foreground service notifications — active screen: use direct wake up call instead of full wake lock (should improve compatibility on some devices)-- active screen: improved check for proximity sensor state - Statusbar tweaks: added option for using Lollipop signal icons (with full support for MediaTek Gemini)- Quick settings Network mode
tile: added option for specifying 2G +3 G mode: — allows to choose whether to use GSM / WCDMA Preferred or GSM / WCDMA Auto —
tile icon indicates which 2G +3 G mode is set (2G / 3G or 3G / 2G)- Quick settings QuickRecord
tile: — added option for choosing audio quality — added option for choosing auto - stop recording delay - PowerMenu: added option for hiding expanded desktop toggle
in power menu - Launcher tweaks: adjusted for compatibility with Google Search 4.0.26 (thanks to theknut)- GravityBox Actions: — added action for clearing all notifications — added action for toggling auto brightness - GB
App Picker: search field adjusted to allow inputting non-English characters (thanks to momomok)- Updated Polish translation (thanks to xtrem007)- Updated Portuguese (BR) translations (thanks to wyghor)- Updated Chinese (Simplified) translations (thanks to liveasx)- Updated Chinese (Traditional) translation (thanks to momomok)- Updated Hungarian translations (thanks to benjoe1)- Updated Italian translations (thanks to pesa1234)- Updated Russian translations (thanks to gaich)
- Quick Settings: — allow secured
tiles in lock screen when it's insecured by Smart Lock — added Battery
tile: ------ with icon showing current battery level ------ with text showing current temperature and voltage ------ single - press toggles battery saver mode ------ long - press opens Battery Settings ------ configurable in Tile specific settings menu - Power tweaks: added option for disabling battery saver indication (orange bars)- Signal Cluster: added option for disabling exclamation marks in status bar signal icons - Potential improvement of battery style handling on unsupported devices - Reduced some error logging on Xperia devices - Launcher tweaks: adjusted for Google App 4.5.12 and 4.5.13 - Updated Russian translations (thanks to ga
tile: ------ with icon showing current battery level ------ with text showing current temperature and voltage ------ single - press toggles battery saver mode ------ long - press opens Battery Settings ------ configurable
in Tile specific settings menu - Power tweaks: added option for disabling battery saver indication (orange bars)- Signal Cluster: added option for disabling exclamation marks in status bar signal icons - Potential improvement of battery style handling on unsupported devices - Reduced some error logging on Xperia devices - Launcher tweaks: adjusted for Google App 4.5.12 and 4.5.13 - Updated Russian translations (thanks to ga
Tile specific settings menu - Power tweaks: added option for disabling battery saver indication (orange bars)- Signal Cluster: added option for disabling exclamation marks
in status bar signal icons - Potential improvement of battery style handling on unsupported devices - Reduced some error logging on Xperia devices - Launcher tweaks: adjusted for Google
App 4.5.12 and 4.5.13 - Updated Russian translations (thanks to gaich)
You can use them to control whether to show extra
tiles on each column of
tiles, whether things like your most - used and recently - added
apps show up above your full list of
apps, and whether to open the Start menu
in full screen mode.
It's an entirely new experience for the home screen which swaps out the usual
app icons and widgets
in favour of
tiled content pulled from the Web.
Starting up the Photos
app is pretty simple: for most new machines and fresh installations of Windows 10, it's already
in the Start menu as a big
tile.
- Improved support for Motorola Moto G Dual SIM: — QS: adjusted network mode
tile (allows changing SIM slot on long - press)-- QS: adjusted handling and reordering of cellular tiles — QS: proper adjustment of signal tile size for tiles per row option — Signal cluster adjustments, including icon coloring (NOTE: cell signal doesn't support data activity indicators)-- fixed Smart radio — all other misc Multi SIM related adjustments - Quick settings: — revived Ringer Mode Tile (silent == priority)(thanks to romracer)-- revived USB Tethering Tile — fixed other misc issues in tile management (thanks to romracer)- BatteryBar: improved behavior in lock screen status bar (now allows bottom position)- ProgressBar: improved behavior in lock screen status bar (now allows bottom position)- Phone: — added workaround for missed calls notification LED — added 5s ramp - up duration for ascending ringtone - Ultimate notification control: — fixed issues causing unexpected heads up and notification icon «jumping» — show package names in app descriptions for better identification of packages having the same app name - Power: improved option for low battery warning policy - Navigation bar: improved handling of cursor control keys - Recents: added option for using alternate icon for clear all button - Fixed unexpected disappearing of centered clock and centered traffic monitor - Other misc Motorola specific fixes (thanks to romracer)- Updated Japanese translations (thanks to WedyDQ10)- Updated French translations (thanks to ch - vox)- Updated Hungarian translations (thanks to benjoe1)- Updated Chinese (Simplified) translations (thanks to liveasx)- Updated Portuguese (BR) translations (thanks to wyghor, KingKaminari)- Updated Russian translations (thanks to gaich)- Updated Chinese (Traditional) translations (thanks to PeterDaveHello)- Updated Malay translations (thanks to zamzam
tile (allows changing SIM slot on long - press)-- QS: adjusted handling and reordering of cellular
tiles — QS: proper adjustment of signal
tile size for tiles per row option — Signal cluster adjustments, including icon coloring (NOTE: cell signal doesn't support data activity indicators)-- fixed Smart radio — all other misc Multi SIM related adjustments - Quick settings: — revived Ringer Mode Tile (silent == priority)(thanks to romracer)-- revived USB Tethering Tile — fixed other misc issues in tile management (thanks to romracer)- BatteryBar: improved behavior in lock screen status bar (now allows bottom position)- ProgressBar: improved behavior in lock screen status bar (now allows bottom position)- Phone: — added workaround for missed calls notification LED — added 5s ramp - up duration for ascending ringtone - Ultimate notification control: — fixed issues causing unexpected heads up and notification icon «jumping» — show package names in app descriptions for better identification of packages having the same app name - Power: improved option for low battery warning policy - Navigation bar: improved handling of cursor control keys - Recents: added option for using alternate icon for clear all button - Fixed unexpected disappearing of centered clock and centered traffic monitor - Other misc Motorola specific fixes (thanks to romracer)- Updated Japanese translations (thanks to WedyDQ10)- Updated French translations (thanks to ch - vox)- Updated Hungarian translations (thanks to benjoe1)- Updated Chinese (Simplified) translations (thanks to liveasx)- Updated Portuguese (BR) translations (thanks to wyghor, KingKaminari)- Updated Russian translations (thanks to gaich)- Updated Chinese (Traditional) translations (thanks to PeterDaveHello)- Updated Malay translations (thanks to zamzam
tile size for
tiles per row option — Signal cluster adjustments, including icon coloring (NOTE: cell signal doesn't support data activity indicators)-- fixed Smart radio — all other misc Multi SIM related adjustments - Quick settings: — revived Ringer Mode
Tile (silent == priority)(thanks to romracer)-- revived USB Tethering Tile — fixed other misc issues in tile management (thanks to romracer)- BatteryBar: improved behavior in lock screen status bar (now allows bottom position)- ProgressBar: improved behavior in lock screen status bar (now allows bottom position)- Phone: — added workaround for missed calls notification LED — added 5s ramp - up duration for ascending ringtone - Ultimate notification control: — fixed issues causing unexpected heads up and notification icon «jumping» — show package names in app descriptions for better identification of packages having the same app name - Power: improved option for low battery warning policy - Navigation bar: improved handling of cursor control keys - Recents: added option for using alternate icon for clear all button - Fixed unexpected disappearing of centered clock and centered traffic monitor - Other misc Motorola specific fixes (thanks to romracer)- Updated Japanese translations (thanks to WedyDQ10)- Updated French translations (thanks to ch - vox)- Updated Hungarian translations (thanks to benjoe1)- Updated Chinese (Simplified) translations (thanks to liveasx)- Updated Portuguese (BR) translations (thanks to wyghor, KingKaminari)- Updated Russian translations (thanks to gaich)- Updated Chinese (Traditional) translations (thanks to PeterDaveHello)- Updated Malay translations (thanks to zamzam
Tile (silent == priority)(thanks to romracer)-- revived USB Tethering
Tile — fixed other misc issues in tile management (thanks to romracer)- BatteryBar: improved behavior in lock screen status bar (now allows bottom position)- ProgressBar: improved behavior in lock screen status bar (now allows bottom position)- Phone: — added workaround for missed calls notification LED — added 5s ramp - up duration for ascending ringtone - Ultimate notification control: — fixed issues causing unexpected heads up and notification icon «jumping» — show package names in app descriptions for better identification of packages having the same app name - Power: improved option for low battery warning policy - Navigation bar: improved handling of cursor control keys - Recents: added option for using alternate icon for clear all button - Fixed unexpected disappearing of centered clock and centered traffic monitor - Other misc Motorola specific fixes (thanks to romracer)- Updated Japanese translations (thanks to WedyDQ10)- Updated French translations (thanks to ch - vox)- Updated Hungarian translations (thanks to benjoe1)- Updated Chinese (Simplified) translations (thanks to liveasx)- Updated Portuguese (BR) translations (thanks to wyghor, KingKaminari)- Updated Russian translations (thanks to gaich)- Updated Chinese (Traditional) translations (thanks to PeterDaveHello)- Updated Malay translations (thanks to zamzam
Tile — fixed other misc issues
in tile management (thanks to romracer)- BatteryBar: improved behavior in lock screen status bar (now allows bottom position)- ProgressBar: improved behavior in lock screen status bar (now allows bottom position)- Phone: — added workaround for missed calls notification LED — added 5s ramp - up duration for ascending ringtone - Ultimate notification control: — fixed issues causing unexpected heads up and notification icon «jumping» — show package names in app descriptions for better identification of packages having the same app name - Power: improved option for low battery warning policy - Navigation bar: improved handling of cursor control keys - Recents: added option for using alternate icon for clear all button - Fixed unexpected disappearing of centered clock and centered traffic monitor - Other misc Motorola specific fixes (thanks to romracer)- Updated Japanese translations (thanks to WedyDQ10)- Updated French translations (thanks to ch - vox)- Updated Hungarian translations (thanks to benjoe1)- Updated Chinese (Simplified) translations (thanks to liveasx)- Updated Portuguese (BR) translations (thanks to wyghor, KingKaminari)- Updated Russian translations (thanks to gaich)- Updated Chinese (Traditional) translations (thanks to PeterDaveHello)- Updated Malay translations (thanks to zamzam
tile management (thanks to romracer)- BatteryBar: improved behavior
in lock screen status bar (now allows bottom position)- ProgressBar: improved behavior
in lock screen status bar (now allows bottom position)- Phone: — added workaround for missed calls notification LED — added 5s ramp - up duration for ascending ringtone - Ultimate notification control: — fixed issues causing unexpected heads up and notification icon «jumping» — show package names
in app descriptions for better identification of packages having the same
app name - Power: improved option for low battery warning policy - Navigation bar: improved handling of cursor control keys - Recents: added option for using alternate icon for clear all button - Fixed unexpected disappearing of centered clock and centered traffic monitor - Other misc Motorola specific fixes (thanks to romracer)- Updated Japanese translations (thanks to WedyDQ10)- Updated French translations (thanks to ch - vox)- Updated Hungarian translations (thanks to benjoe1)- Updated Chinese (Simplified) translations (thanks to liveasx)- Updated Portuguese (BR) translations (thanks to wyghor, KingKaminari)- Updated Russian translations (thanks to gaich)- Updated Chinese (Traditional) translations (thanks to PeterDaveHello)- Updated Malay translations (thanks to zamzameir)
You could of course use the social network's website
in your browser, but you'll give up the advantages of live
tiles, the ability to use the social network
in the sidebar while you browse (as only one browser
app can be running at a time), and push notifications, so the experience just isn't the same.
Enhancements to the Photos
app: The updated Live
Tile for the Photos
app will now include your photos on OneDrive
in the recent photo rotation where previously you would only see local photos.
We fixed an issue from recent flights where dragging an
app from Start's All
apps list into the
tile grid would result
in Start crashing.
We've got more improvements coming
in future
app updates that will be delivered through the Store Beta including a Live
Tile showing what's currently playing, pinning favorites to your Start screen, exploring the full catalog and listening to Radio with an Xbox Music Pass, support for Kids Corner, the ability to shop for music
in the Store Beta, and more.
- General fixes and improvements: — QS: improved reliability of NFC
tile and GravityBox NFC Actions — QS: reworked Protected mode of
tiles — QS: fixed protected
tiles showing wrong color after unlocking — QS: fixed some long - press actions still working on protected
tiles while locked — QS: fixed press actions still working for header
tiles while locked — QS: removed info icon showing for protected
tiles — Improved image choosing / cropping to eliminate direct file access causing problems on some systems — ProgressBar: fixed not showing for
apps targeting old versions of Android — GB Torch: fixed auto - off feature to use Alarm (does not require WakeLock permission anymore)-- Phone: adjusted for the latest version of Google Dialer - OxygenOS improvements: — Added OOS theming support to GravityBox
tiles — Added option for enabling built -
in call recording — Added option for disabling Dash charging sound — Made Dash charging sound respect GB Quiet Hours - Samsung fixes and improvements (provided by Firefds)-- Fixed duplicate reboot confirmation — Added Samsung specific strings for rebooting into Download mode — Fixed disabling safe media volume warning — Fixed duplicate notification slider showing
in Volume panel - Updated Russian translations (thanks to gaich)
- Lockscreen shortcuts: — added additional slot — added option for scale correction - QuickSettings management: — added option for Haptic feedback (vibrate on
tile press)-- QuickAppTile: use default theme for launcher dialog — Moto: improved scaling of Signal
tiles (WiFi, Cellular)- Battery settings: — percent text
in status bar is now independent of existing stock percent text — added master switch for battery settings - Recents: added option for always visible Clear All button (non-OOS only)- Actions: improved killing of foreground
apps — kills only what's really visible to the user — removes killed task from the recents panel - Screenshot: use native method if available (e.g. uses OnePlus screenshot on OOS)- GB's
App Launcher: added option for choosing theme - Media: allow volume keys skip track for music playing remotely - Fixed app init on FBE devices for lockscreen shortcuts and QuickApp tile - Improved handling of explicitly triggered SystemUI restarts - Updated Chinese (Simplified) translations (thanks to liveasx)- Updated Turkish translations (thanks to Fatih Firin
App Launcher: added option for choosing theme - Media: allow volume keys skip track for music playing remotely - Fixed
app init on FBE devices for lockscreen shortcuts and QuickApp tile - Improved handling of explicitly triggered SystemUI restarts - Updated Chinese (Simplified) translations (thanks to liveasx)- Updated Turkish translations (thanks to Fatih Firin
app init on FBE devices for lockscreen shortcuts and QuickApp
tile - Improved handling of explicitly triggered SystemUI restarts - Updated Chinese (Simplified) translations (thanks to liveasx)- Updated Turkish translations (thanks to Fatih Firinci)
We fixed an issue that could result
in tiles pinned to Start from within an
app being blank after a restore.