There's an address book - style index alongside the
right of the app drawer that lets you jumps to a specific letter.
The most notable difference is the lack
of an app drawer which means you are dependent on folders to keep things organized.
The biggest of these is the
presence of an app drawer and while it's disabled by default, enabling it is as simple as flipping a switch in the settings menu.
The interface hasn't changed much in
terms of the app drawer, as you still have app drawer and home screen separate, which is a good thing.
The basic premise, as you'll recall from our Action Launcher preview, is that the
idea of the app drawer is just too slow.
The easiest way to do this is to drag any unnecessary apps
out of your app drawer, then drop them onto the «App info» button at the top of the screen.
While Apple users tend to live in what we call the app drawer, Android users have home screens on
top of the app drawer so that most apps are out of the way and only what you want to see is on the home screen.
Though it might sound like a small detail, the
addition of the app drawer in the launcher is definitely a major addition to the Honor 8 that will come with EMUI 5.0 and it is sure to appease many owners of the smartphone who are based in the US.
In
place of the app drawer icon normally found at the bottom of the screen is a round shortcut that takes you to LeEco's Live application.
For starters, the Pixel launcher gets rid
of the App Drawer button on the home row, and now a fifth app shortcut can appear instead.
These apps can be found in the Microsoft folder in the app drawer;
speaking of the app drawer, you still need to sort the apps by name manually every time you install a new app.
A new feature recently added to the Google Now Launcher puts a dedicated section at the top
of your app drawer for your four most commonly - used apps.
There are differences, such as the lack
of an app drawer so apps are spread across home screens, iPhone - style.
Nevertheless, LG is now pushing out the update which marks the
return of the app drawer for the LG G5, Android fans will be pleased.
But every device has its own disadvantages here, especially with the after - sales service, and with issues such as heating up (in case of Yureka), absence
of app drawer in case of Redmi Note, while ZenFone 5 is the best bet against the Pioneer P6 in this case.
Stock ui is really boring you have to install an app from store for every little feature and they are never good and if they are good it's filled with ads miui is simple compared to stock like to turn on internet it's 1 tap on miui but 2 for stock ui there is no theme support, you can't turn off individual Sim like miui, can't even change the
background of app drawer quick, no auto brightness toggle etc
Why this
talk of the app drawer is important is because surprisingly, it is something that isn't available with the LG G5 any more.
Along with a visual overhaul, the latest iteration of EMUI brings much - needed features aimed at customers in Western markets, key among which is the
introduction of the app drawer.
It is a bit comical to have a highlight feature of an update be the
inclusion of an app drawer, but that is where we are with LeEco, which wants to expand into the U.S. with its fleet of products.
The
redundancy of App Drawer access methods, swiping either up or down, may not have been an issue if it weren't for the size of the screen.
In the UI menu, you can set your own icon pack if you have one installed, and you can adjust other appearance options like the
opacity of your app drawer, as well as grid sizing and icon scale.
New apps will always be added onto the
end of the app drawer, which is rather counter-intuitive if you prefer alphabetical.
The absence
of App Drawer by default (it can be added for a more stock Android - like experience) may also make your screens busy, but that's a case of preference whether or not you switch it on.
Overall, the LG G5 definitely brings with it a vast amount of changes to the software experience, and — lack
of app drawer aside — the changes deliver the best LG software experience ever released on a smartphone.
Surely placing commonly used applications on the home screen or other locations that are easy to access will remain an uncontested mode of device navigation for some time — especially since the Galaxy Note 8 has more screen real estate to hold more app icons on the home screen and the main
panel of the app drawer.
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.
It has also resisted the current, horrid trend to get
rid of the app drawer in favor of a more iPhone - like interface.