Performance was quick for the most part, though some delay occurred when switching between apps (when exiting the browser) and sometimes
swiping between home screens.
You can change the style of the app drawer, the animation when
transitioning between home screens, the number of apps shown on each page, the theme, the icons and just about everything else you might ever want to tweak.
Personally, I can't wait for a browser that lets you scroll webpages by swiping the scanner vertically, or a launcher that lets you
flip between home screen pages by swiping horizontally.
Samsung uses its signature TouchWiz Android overlay, and animations like swiping
between home screens lack the fluidity found in other ICS tablets, like the TF300, and the mini app tray that was so useful on the 7.0 was often laggy in my tests.
At the 3:10 mark, Peterson gives the iPhone X its first closeup, moving
between home screen pages before swiping down from the top right corner to open Control Center.
But the main point of the screen is to dissolve the
boundaries between the home screen and the Amazon store, and I suspect it will be an effective way of getting users to spend more money in the app.
The home screen affords many of the same options as the Pixel launcher on Google's bone - stock Pixel phones: pressing and holding anywhere on the screen lets you scroll through available wallpapers, insert widgets, switch themes, and swap the animated transition
effect between home screens.
There were no stutters at all when
flitting between the home screens and scrolling down through my Live Tiles, which is what I've come to expect from Nokia and Microsoft's joint efforts.
This will present users with eight different options for the animations displayed as the user swipes left and
right between home screens.
Originally, I found myself wishing Home worked like the Apple Watch, where it would switch back and
forth between the Home screen and the now playing screen (instead of the clock face).
As there is no availability of app drawer, Xiaomi has given a lot for the users to change the way home screens look, giving options of widgets, effects while
shifting between the home screens and such.
After a solid hour playing games, reading email, checking social networks, and generally
zipping between the home screens and different apps, the Redmi Note 4X hadn't stuttered.
Samsung adds its signature TouchWiz Android overlay and animations like
swiping between home screens lack the fluidity found in other ICS tablets, like the TF300, and the mini app tray that was so useful on the 7.0 was often laggy in my tests.
Icons can now be rearranged right on the watch, and the swiping gestures have been reduced to just side to side for
scrolling between home screens and down to go back a step.
In practice, a Jelly Bean - powered Galaxy Nexus launched the recent apps menu slightly faster than a Nexus running Ice Cream Sandwich, and offered zippier
transitions between the home screen and the all - app screen.
Swiping
between home screens and launching apps feels faster and smoother than any tablet I've ever used.
We did notice a bit of slowdown when flipping
between home screens, but that appeared to be a result of Lenovo's customizable animations more than anything.
Some things didn't feel especially different (like swiping
between home screens), but scrolling in iTunes felt faster, as did navigating photo galleries, for example.
Swiping
between home screens was responsive, but there was noticeable lag when opening some apps such as the Silk browser, Amazon's App Store and especially the camera app.
We also noticed a bit of lag when navigating
between home screens, and we often saw a loading pinwheel when flipping through pages quickly on the Kindle app (although it was never a problem when reading at a normal pace).
Swiping
between home screens is pretty similar to 3.0.1, but the experience is far more consistent.
In everyday use, the iPad mini opened apps quickly and never kept us waiting as we swiped
between home screens or opened Notification Center.
The latest Google Android features more reactive and uniform touch responses for smooth moving and switching
between home screens and apps, and Jelly Bean can smartly boost your device's CPU when required, and turn it down when not in use.
Save the occasional stutter when swiping
between the home screen and the Moto G5's built - in Google Now feature, it didn't exhibit lag or hiccups.
Apps open quicker than ever; moving
between home screens is smooth and fast; and content loads and scrolls without any stutters on apps like Twitter and Chrome.
Swiping
between home screens was responsive, but there was noticeable lag when opening some apps such as the Silk browser, Amazon's App Store and especially the camera app.
However, we did note a bit of lag when swiping
between Home screens and the App Drawer.
The nice thing about the keyboard is that it also doubles as a track pad, so you can actually use to scroll through a web page or your social media feeds, and also swipe
between home screens.
However, all other functions of the app (such as scrolling
between home screens and menus) performed smoothly with no noticeable issues.
While the X Venture didn't like switching between apps and multitasking, swiping
between home screens, typing, and scrolling were all as quick as you'd hope.
When you unlock your phone, the background image shifts perspective downward, and when you move
between home screens, your vantage point rotates along with it.
Not only is it an easy way to find apps without swiping
between home screens, the Dock is also now the linchpin of multitasking on the tablet.
The U Ultra sometimes hesitates for a moment after waking from sleep, and swiping
between home screens isn't consistently smooth.