There are updated
home screen widgets as well as settings toggles, making it easier for users to access essential options in just a few taps.
Resizable Widgets - Users can now change the dimensions of
their home screen widgets as they feel like.
One would also get access to the rich
home screen widgets as well as the new launcher and multitasking facilities on their devices that would be running this later version OS.
Not exact matches
The main
home screen contains shortcuts for favorites such
as Browser, Gmail and Play Store, while swiping to the left reveals a
widget - full of Nextbook - specific programs, including a product guide and FAQ.
The first
home screen on the Springboard is populated with a T - Mobile Bonus Apps
widget as well
as icons for the Android Market, Blockbuster, Music, TeleNav GPS, the web browser, and Zinio.
Further, Jelly Bean also allows for automatic resizing of app
widgets based on parameters such
as the
home screen where it has been dropped, the size to which the user expands them, and the amount of space that the
home screen has on offer.
Both devices will come preloaded with Swype
as well
as a «pre-configured
home screen» (read Alcatel launcher) with the most «essential apps and
widgets pre-loaded.»
I have the Nook app on my Moto phone and it works just
as well with all the features except no big rectangle on the
home screen, which is a
widget, but can be moved there.
>> the task switcher now gets enhanced all the more >>
home screen widgets can now be made re-sizable >> the update will enable the device to have USB host capabilities, thereby allowing USb peripherals such
as mouse, keyboard, game controllers and such to be connected to the tablet.
There will also be
home screen widgets for applications such
as Gmail, Calendar, and Browser will now be re-sizable while users will also now be able to transfer pictures directly from their digital cameras to the XOOM via a single touch by connecting directly to the XOOM through USB.
Included in Samsung's Jelly Bean updates will be the «Pop Up Play» floating video window, pause video capture, and Easy Mode which allows items such
as favorite contacts to be placed into resizable
widgets on the
home screen along with more control over incoming calls.
The Sony Xperia Tablet S offers a special
widget loader that lets you run
widgets as movable overlays, rather than things stapled to your
home screen.
Home screens behave
as they currently do on Android (swipe left or right to navigate, open an app drawer, retrieve
widgets, and so on), except you now get a customizable «favorites tray» that resembles the dock in iOS.
Instead of going the route of wholly replacing the Android 3.0 interface, Acer instead provides its own
widgets that appear on the
home screen as apps.
The company has made a handful of aesthetical changes to the OS, such
as a custom set of navigation icons in the lower - left corner of the
screen, and has added a series of attractive
home screen widgets that you can choose to use if you wish.
As you might expect, the Weather Clock
widget is front and center on the main
home screen.
Widgets and App Menu: Just as with Android Honeycomb tablets, the Galaxy Nexus features interactive and resizable widgets which you can use to populate the five home s
Widgets and App Menu: Just
as with Android Honeycomb tablets, the Galaxy Nexus features interactive and resizable
widgets which you can use to populate the five home s
widgets which you can use to populate the five
home screens.
As expected, users can customize all of the S II's seven
home screens with
widgets and shortcuts to apps.
As with previous versions of TouchWiz, pressing a
home screen for a few seconds opens an option to add
widgets, shortcuts, and change wallpapers.
Some of the Enhancements in the new Jelly Bean Update: — Buttery Smooth Performance & Great Stability (Thanks to Project Butter)-- Full User Interface Revamp (Same UI
as of the Galaxy S III and Galaxy Note II)-- TouchWiz Nature UX — Samsung's S Cloud services — Improved Camera features — New Lockscreen With Many Customization Options — New Features like Direct Call, Smart Stay and Pop - up Play — New
Widgets (From Galaxy S III)-- 2
Home screen modes — New Notification bar With More Notification Toggles — Google Now
Android 4.2 Jelly Bean features some great new enhancements over the original Jelly Bean build, such
as Photos Sphere support, the toggles in the notifications pane, profiles,
home -
screen widgets and more.
The Android 4.1.2 ZSLSJ firmware update brings the latest Google Now features, TouchWiz Nature UX, the same UI
as the Galaxy S3 and Note 2, brand - new lockscreen with multiple custom options, New
widgets, new S features, 50 GB Dropbox free cloud storage account, 2
home screen modes, expandable notifications and multiple other functions.
The update will integrate the company's full custom UI into the Android software, adding such features
as a dock - style app tray for quick access to commonly used applications, a series of custom apps and
widgets for the
home screen, and seamless access to Samsung mobile services like Media Hub, Social Hub and Allshare.
Some of the Enhancements in the new Jelly Bean Update: — Android 4.1.2 — Build JZO54K — Buttery Smooth Performance & Great Stability (Thanks to Project Butter)-- Multi-View (Multi Windows Multitasking, same
as in Note II)-- Multi-View can also be disabled — Page Buddy — Notification Panel can now be customized — New Additions in Notification Panel — Smart Rotation (
Screen Display adjusts to your angle of sightings)-- Continues Input in Samsung Keyboard (Like Swipe or Android 4.2 Keyboard)-- Samsung's Cloud services — Features like Direct Call, Smart Stay and Pop - up Play — New Widgets From the Galaxy S III — 2 Home screen modes — New Notifications bar — Goog
Screen Display adjusts to your angle of sightings)-- Continues Input in Samsung Keyboard (Like Swipe or Android 4.2 Keyboard)-- Samsung's Cloud services — Features like Direct Call, Smart Stay and Pop - up Play — New
Widgets From the Galaxy S III — 2
Home screen modes — New Notifications bar — Goog
screen modes — New Notifications bar — Google Now
Dell Streak 5 Android 2.2 Tablet includes the Stage User Interface (UI) and a collection of
widgets that bring your content such
as music, photos and email to your
home screen.
So far, most manufacturers have stuck with the stock Android interface, opting for
widgets (Acer Iconia Tab A500) to simplify access to specific apps, or making minor tweaks to the
home screen buttons (
as Asus did on the Eee Pad Transformer) to make them cleaner.
Instead of wholly replacing the Android 3.0 interface, Acer instead provides its own
widgets that appear on the
home screen as apps.
It works
as a
widget on your
home screen and is designed to give you easy access to the books, magazines, movies, TV shows, and apps you've downloaded from the Nook Store.
Other items such
as improved
home screen widgets and new browser tools are more readily apparent.
This aggregates your Twitter and Facebook news into one direct feed and enables you to install it
as a
widget on the
home screen.
As usual, you get 5 desktops you can customize in order to properly arrange all your apps and
widgets, while at the bottom of the
screen you have Android buttons on the left (back,
home and task switching), while on the right you get alerts for battery, WiFi and the clock.
The allergy and alert
widgets will always remain present in the
home or «Choose Action»
screen, and will contain the exact same information
as the smaller icons in the patient reserve area.
The
home screen won't look like a usual Nougat one, however,
as Sony had adapted it for the experience to provide an array of
widgets, including weather forecasts, a virtual memo board, calendar integration, and a Skype portal for video chatting.
This means that almost any
widget you can use on your
home screen or lock
screen could potentially serve
as a sticky note.
iOS users can download the app to add a nice little search
widget on their
home screen, using it to quickly look up things
as you would on the website.
As your list of apps and
widgets grows, you might end up with a lot of pages on the
home screen and in the app drawer.
Do not worry
as we've curated a list of
home screen widgets which not only will make your phone look good, but also help in maximising productivity.
These are the side and top / bottom margins of your
home screen, and you want the
widgets to have
as much vertical or horizontal space
as possible.
The «Swipe» setting also enables ads, this time
as a
widget on your
home screen setup.
The main
home panel sports HTC's 4x1 Weather Clock
widget — yes, the old - school 4x2 Weather Clock is still alive and well, if you choose to add it — the Google search
widget (not embedded into the
home screen as on other phones), and the app dock.
Optimized Tablet UI — You will find this very interesting
as the general layout of UI has extravagant space on the
home screen for icons and
widgets.
You can also resize many
widgets, easily access system settings from the notifications menu, and use a pinch motion on the
home screens to see them
as thumbnails in an overview.
Details of the actual feed are lacking in Taboola's press release, which you can link to at the bottom of this story, but from the pictures provided, it looks
as if a
widget and a dedicated
home screen pane (where the Google feed would be at farthest left) will be involved.
This next app is a
widget, but it's disguised
as a regular
home screen folder.
This somewhat hidden setting is quite useful for busy
home screens,
as it allows you to overlap
widgets.
Most music apps come with a
widget or two for your
home screen, but there are third - party music
widgets that are more flexible with your music sources and or easier to theme if the one that comes with your music app isn't
as pretty
as you'd like.
Nova Launcher allows you to alter many aspects of your Android phones
home screen, such
as the app drawer, folders, dock, and their aesthetic, and has received a number of Android 8.1 Oreo features lately, including adaptive icons and the custom dock
widget.
As well as regular launcher features, like adding apps to home screens and customizing your wallpaper and widgets, Microsoft Launcher has some neat tricks others do not hav
As well
as regular launcher features, like adding apps to home screens and customizing your wallpaper and widgets, Microsoft Launcher has some neat tricks others do not hav
as regular launcher features, like adding apps to
home screens and customizing your wallpaper and
widgets, Microsoft Launcher has some neat tricks others do not have.
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.
It's my favorite launcher for a number of reasons; I love Action Launcher's Cover system,
as well
as the slide - out panel to the right of my
home screen that holds
widgets and apps without requiring a second
home screen — and yes, I'm that minimal jerkwad that only uses one
home screen.