With a minute and a few clicks you'll be checking the news, playing games, shopping and communicating with friends and family through social network apps and the pre-installed Email App that lets you configure several different email accounts and provides email
notifications on the tablet screen.
Its other trick, projecting your phone's
notifications on your tablet screen, worked flawlessly.
Not exact matches
It's the first version of Android optimized for
tablets, with everything from the included apps to the menu and
notification screens redesigned to look and work better
on larger
screens.
On a
tablet screen there's actually room to make the bottom bar useful, so they added
notifications and a small task bar to it.
The Nexus 9 doesn't really show it off to the max — Android still isn't really built for
tablets, and features like better lock
screen notifications are just going to be more handy
on a phone — but it's still a joy.
And while we have already covered foldable
tablets and dual -
screen phones from every possible angle so far, there is another patent (pending) from Samsung in South Korea that shows a typical Samsung like solution to how a
tablet with just a foldable
tablet on one side, and no display
on the other side, can still be made to function like a phone, with calls, text messages, and other
notifications being available in a side bar.
Notifications are designed to be less invasive on the TouchPad than on Honeycomb tablets, but the end result is very similar: When you get an email message, a notification appears in the margin of your window, not in the middle of your screen where it could block content (which is the iPad's way of handling no
Notifications are designed to be less invasive
on the TouchPad than
on Honeycomb
tablets, but the end result is very similar: When you get an email message, a
notification appears in the margin of your window, not in the middle of your
screen where it could block content (which is the iPad's way of handling
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There is now support for multiple user accounts
on tablets, native settings shortcuts in the
notifications pane, gesture typing (ala Swype), wireless
screen streaming via Wi - Fi Direct (over the Miracast protocol), widgets
on the lockscreen, support for USB audio docks, redesigned camera app with HDR mode, Photo Sphere capturing and a built - in editor with filters, as well as further stability improvement.
- Lockscreen tweaks: — added option for direct unlock (shows security challenge directly when
screen turns
on)-- fixed custom background graphics glitches during transition animations — fixed menu key unlock option (devices with hardware menu key)- Quick settings: — Cellular tile: added option to show icon when mobile data disabled (SIM slot 1 tile only
on Moto Dual SIM)-- Cellular tile: toggle mobile data
on / off
on tile long - press (SIM slot 1 tile only
on Moto Dual SIM)-- fixed SystemUI crash when switching users - Media tweaks: — brought back option for unlinking ringer and
notification volumes — fixed force media volume control
on non-voice devices (such as
tablets)-- fixed and simplified safe headset media option (requires reboot)- Ultimate
notification control: — added option for controlling
notification visibility in secured lockscreen - Updated Polish translations (thanks to xtrem007)- Updated Portuguese (BR) translations (thanks to wyghor)- Updated Russian translations (thanks to gaich)- Minor fixes in Greek translations (thanks to thdervenis)
The fingerprint reader is so speedy that I found myself unlocking the
tablet before I could read the
notifications on the
screen.
The digit recognition is so speedy that I found myself unlocking the
tablet before I could read the
notifications on the
screen.
There's even «Nowhere Bullet,» a PushBullet
screen saver that can display your Android phone or
tablet's
notifications on your TV.
The Nexus 9 doesn't really show it off to the max — Android still isn't really built for
tablets, and features like better lock
screen notifications are just going to be more handy
on a phone — but it's still a joy.
It was first introduced in Feb. 2011, along with the first Motolola Xoom
tablet, and included features such as a redesigned UI specifically for large
screens, along with a
notification bar placed
on the bottom of a
tablet's display.
Similarly, Fire
tablets can come with or without «Special Offers» — which are basically ads
on your lock
screen and in your
notifications.
In recent months, we've seen Google work
on adding split
screen in
tablet mode as well as inline replies in
notifications.