Microsoft has separated important parts of the OS
into standalone apps, available for download / update from the Windows 10 Store.
Ever since Facebook turned Messenger
into a standalone app a few years ago, the company started piling up new feature after new feature on top of the basic tricks you'd expect from a mobile chat app.
It offers a bleeding edge look at incoming technologies; think of it like Chrome's various channels (stable, beta and dev) only Apple chose to break its «dev» channel out
into a standalone app.
Sony has broken out PlayStation Messages
into a standalone app, giving you the ability to quickly communicate with your friends on the PlayStation Network.
Not exact matches
The
standalone application has now become integrated
into Twitter's own
app, and in its first year, Periscope saw over 200 million broadcasts created, with over 110 years of live video watched daily.
We've built a
standalone service,» he says, one that has been integrated
into 5,700
apps to date.
Some safeguards could appear as
standalone apps, whereas others are tools that could be built
into future operating system updates.
TECH CRUNCH - Jan 22 - Tagged, the people discovery service with 300M registrations and 3M daily users, is stepping
into offline meetups by launching
standalone app Sidewalk that feeds you fun happenings in your city, as well as who you might run
into where you're hanging out.
However, video - based content was already segmented
into 3 to 5 - minute
standalone learning objects, making content easier to break down and consume with the help of an
app.
MM: The Diamond Comic Shop Locator Application is fully integrated
into every one of our comic store applications and is also available as its own
standalone app from iVerse.
Is there a future in the
standalone Audible
app now that Amazon seems to be gung - ho about integrating it
into Kindle?
Just about everybody uses Facebook, which means that just about everybody already knows that Facebook is migrating the Messenger functionality out of the core
app and
into a
standalone Facebook Messenger
app.
Are you going to keep your
standalone apps and keep your manga available on comiXology and other services, or do you plan to fold all your digital sales
into eManga?
CiteRight's Microsoft Word plugin and
standalone web and mobile
apps aggregate an entire law firm's institutional knowledge, turning old documents
into a network of living, intelligent, reusable work products.
You can also track and enter your billable time with your iPad using either the tools built
into your law practice management platform or a
standalone billing
app.
BlackBerry has now pushed their latest round of Android updates to Google Play and this month is packed full of changes for Hub users and it introduces Privacy Shade, thus far a
standalone app,
into the BlackBerry Hub + subscription service.
The product is an extension of the smartphone, but it has the capability of running some
standalone apps, and — like all things introduced at CES — it has voice control functionality with Amazon Alexa built
into the device.
To put it
into perspective, WhatsApp passed the 1 billion mark in February after seven years, while Messenger's initial release as a
standalone app was just over four years ago, in 2011.
This is one of the (currently)
standalone functions of the Android Wear, as it saves this data in the Fit
app and this is restricted to the watch only - there's no crossover
into wider access on your Android device.
Perhaps the coolest thing about
app shortcuts is that you can «copy» the action shortcuts from the long - press menu and turn them
into standalone shortcuts that live on the homescreen.
In November 2013 Facebook began shortcutting users from its main
apps into Messenger if they had the
standalone chat
app installed, and if you chatted with someone who wasn't using Messenger, you were given a link to invite that person to do so.
That's one benefit of Facebook's
standalone app strategy: it can pull the best features back
into its core Facebook and Messenger
apps with an idea of how people will want to use them.
Some VPNs may have their own
standalone apps, but ifyours doesn't, you can go
into the Settings menu, tap More under Wireless & Networks, and tap VPN.
The Fire TV also has plenty of
standalone third - party
apps, including Netflix and Sling TV, even if they don't all flow
into Amazon's home - screen listings and universal search.
Instagram has become a hub for home - made animation sharing thanks to its popular Boomerang feature that started as a
standalone app before getting baked
into Stories.
Everything that's needed to play VR content and
apps will be built
into the
standalone headset itself, Google announced at its annual I / O developer conference.
But this experiment in mobile could also teach Sayman what tricks to bake
into Facebook's next
standalone app.
The Fitbit
app (Android, iOS) is primarily designed to work with the Fitbit wearable activity tracker, but it's also turned
into a solid
standalone fitness tracker
app.
This will all be done through a web - browser rather than a
standalone desktop
app, and you can be logged
into multiple computers (such as a home desktop and laptop) at once.
Google Lens isn't a
standalone app, it's built
into the Google Photos experience, although it'd be great to see it become a
standalone app — maybe Apple should have a similar competitor in place soon.
It could be a
standalone app, or an API built
into Android going forward.
Now, instead of making
standalone apps to compete with Snapchat, it's baking popular Snapchat functionality directly
into its already popular Instagram and Messenger
apps.
Of course, Microsoft announced last week that it's now rethinking some of its Skype integration in Windows 10 with the upcoming launch of a
standalone Universal
app, rather than baking Skype functionality
into other core
apps on the OS.
In March last year, Facebook's team under David Marcus transformed Messenger
into a
standalone platform for third - party
apps.
Standalone smart home gadgets are becoming rarer as companies create products that can integrate
into a larger system, which is leading to a central hub of connected devices controlled from a single
app or dashboard.