A new
home screen widget shows a selection of apps that changes based on your location, surfacing your most frequently used apps at home, work, or on the go.
Not exact matches
The Library
widget on the
home screen shows the media stored on the device.
By default, the
home screen shows shortcuts to pre-installed apps and an interactive bookmarks
widget for launching one of your favorite sites with a tap.
The images below
show the camera app is accessible from the lock
screen, which is coming to Ice Cream Sandwich; the various
home screens and their
widgets; resizable
widgets and with scrollable content that will be found in Android 4.0; the multi-task application
screen followed by all the applications on the handset.
At the center of the
home screen sits a Kobo
widget that
shows your four most recently accessed books.
Other interface changes include auotomatic re-sizing of
widgets on
home screens when placing new
widgets and notifications that expand to
show you more information.
This central command, rendered on an excellent WXGA TFT LCD display (1,280 - by - 800 resolution),
shows users a holistic view of all of their
home screens, including
widgets, wallpapers, shortcuts and applications.
The upcoming update includes: a fix for the Mobile Hotspot feature, improvements in Mobile Hotspot security, updated VZ Navigator, Visual Voice Mail updates, V Cast App preloaded on the phone, MotoCast installation steps simplified, improved stability of data connectivity after Airplane mode is disabled, improved data throughput performance in low - signal 4G environments, improved battery life when using Phone Book Access Profile Bluetooth headsets, successfully save multimedia ringtones, favorites contact
widget updated, improved device stability when moving between
home screen panels, email icon updated, OTA updates
show correct remaining download time and Commercial Mobile Alert Service feature has been added.
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.
Instead of the bookshelf user interface that you get with the Amazon Kindle Fire's default software, there's a
home screen that you can populate with shortcuts to your favorite apps or
widgets that can tell you the time, provide updates from your social networks,
show weather forecasts, or other details.
It is also sporting 10:08 clock
widget, that so many HTC phones
show this time on the
home screen.
Monochromatic weather
widget is also
shown on the
home screen which will be feature of the upcoming HTC Sense 5 UI custom enhancements.
From anywhere on the
home screen, simply use a two - fingered pinch gesture, which will «zoom out» your
home screen and
show all available
widgets below and your
home screen pages at the top.
I've also become used to using LG's Smart Bulletin board, which slides in from the left of the main
home screen and
shows calendar entries, LG Health, and a music
widget.
One of the standout features from this latest version is the inclusion of Google's «At a Glance»
widget, which resides at the top of the primary
home screen and
shows the current weather along with any upcoming calendar events.
The Pixel
home screen is relatively unchanged, but long - pressing an icon
shows those aforementioned notifications and gives you an option to directly access that app's
widgets.
The next little touch that Google added to the Pixel 2 is a
home screen widget called «At a glance» that
shows your next calendar event in addition to the current weather.
An upgraded Pixel Launcher (the app that powers the Pixel 2 and first - gen Pixels»
home screens) moves the prominent Google search bar to the bottom of the
screen, where it's easier to reach, and adds an optional «daily briefing»
widget that
shows the current weather, temperature, and upcoming calendar entries.
To the far left of the
home screens you'll find a new Shelf feature (see video for example) that will display your frequent apps, contacts and is even customizable to
show mini
widgets which don't necessarily fit properly all of the time but will work in a pinch.
If an app has
widgets available, you swipe up or down on that app's icon on the
home screen, and it'll
show a
widget.
Rotating the ring to the right on the
home screen will let you see the
widgets in use, and a rotate to the left after reaching a particular
widget will
show the content of that
widget.
The animations when expanding the Smart Notice
widget, and when swiping into the Smart Bulletin
home screen pane, for instance, occasionally
show a little slowdown.
A large clock and weather
widget shows on the
home screen, with top six apps below it.