The icon will appear on your home screen like
any other app shortcut or widget, so you can drag it around and put it wherever you like.
Not exact matches
If you seek an easy
shortcut to meeting attractive singles while on a vacation then Tinder and
other dating
apps that are heavy on local dating will be your best friend.
A new controller includes volume and seek forward / back controls for the audio system;
shortcut buttons for fast access to the most frequently used
apps such as Audio, Phone, Navigation (if available) and Home; and a large center dial to operate primary features of the most frequently used
apps, scroll menus and lists and select
other apps to be displayed.
At the front of the controller, you'll find two buttons and a rocker - like a mouse, but these are
shortcuts to the navigation system's map screen and a main menu where you'll find every
other function (
apps, audio sources, vehicle information, destination input, settings, and more).
Other «
apps,» however, are just
shortcuts to web pages, such as Gmail, Facebook, and Twitter.
Additionally, during your smartphone usage, it serves for additional functionalities, such as showing
app shortcuts and
other options on specific
apps — for example, the camera controls will show up there.
Other features of the handset include the Smart Keyboard with which you can customize up to 52 keyboard
shortcuts and gain access to various
apps and contacts quickly by designating each letter key to a specific function.
Other changes that will be added by this new build are as following: Power Manager display wakelock fix, bluetooth fixes, random reboot fixed, frequent data connection dropout fix, camera crashes eliminated, fixed camera focus in normal and HDR modes, USB Debugging security patched up,
app shortcuts security fixed, camera tweaks, MMS, Email Exchange, People Dialer Contacts, Calendar, DSP, VPN and IPv6 fixes, data usage graph fixed, internet telphony fix, FCC compliance fix, missed call LED fix and
others more.
Other entries include
shortcuts to your Music, Videos,
Apps, and the World Wide Web!
The image below shows all five screens at the top with options to add
app shortcuts, widgets, wallpapers, and
other shortcuts directly to each of them.
The
other center - mounted
shortcut key offers a bit more utility: it summons a list of titles Sony calls «small
apps,» which are - you guessed it - small - scale windowed
apps ranging in complexity from a calculator all the way up to a bare - bones browser.
Android 7.1.1 update brings some new things like the following ones:
app shortcuts, circular icons, support for image keyboard, storage manager intent, improved live wallpaper metadata, and tons of
other extra small tweaks.
When you download
other apps from the Play store, they automatically get added to this hub, but can still be accessed via their own icon
shortcuts.
On the
other hand, most currently do not work on Keyboardless devices due to poor user experience or complete inability to control the
app without keyboard
shortcuts.
As with
other ICS tablets, icons for Google Search and Voice search are located in the top left corner while the
apps screen
shortcut is on the bottom right.
Pulling down from the top right side of the screen reveals a quick settings menu with
shortcuts for Wi - Fi, Bluetooth, GPS, Airplane Mode, Brightness, and the Dolby
app, among
other tweaks.
If you tire of those options, you can swap them out for
shortcuts to any
other app.
Aimed at multimedia enthusiasts, the Alcatel Idol 4 comes with a dedicated button on the right side that gives
shortcut to
apps like camera, photos and videos among
others.
Other homscreens have
shortcuts to Slacker Radio, Amazon's MP3 Android
app, GoGo, GTalk, Gmail, and Google Maps.
The Acer rendition of Android is slightly different from
other devices: in addition to the typical all -
apps Android screen, there's an immediate home screen that displays the time, date and temperature alongside select
apps which can be added to this page by pressing and holding on to their
shortcuts.
These are the mind - mapping
app iBlueSky, useful for writers but also
other users, and Wikipanion, which provides
shortcuts for people using Wikipedia.
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.
Quick access buttons at the bottom of the screen act as
shortcuts to books, the newsstand, movies, music, and
other apps.
This is definitely handy for when you can't remember a particular
shortcut, you're navigating a new video
app, or your controller is all the way on the
other side of the room.
If you use AutoHotKey (Windows) or TextExpander (Mac), you can add timestamps in
other apps (the F5
shortcut only works in Notepad on Windows), and set up
shortcuts for your frequently - billed tasks.
A toolbar is essentially a
shortcut to a folder on your system, but the
shortcut is displayed as a toolbar like you might see in a browser or
other app.
1.1.1: - Screen off animation (default, CRT TV, Fade)- Disable keyboard full screen on landscape mode (support for Htc, Google, Aosp, Swift keyboards)- Disable
shortcut auto install while on launcher 4x5 grid (to avoid grid re-sizing)- Add an option to kill all front
App activities (It requires granting Root access to System user)- Few
other improvements
Motorola's
other contribution — Moto Actions — offers gesture - based
shortcuts for launching
apps and triggering settings.
Other than the likes of Google Assistant, Camera v4.2 and Pixel Launcher, the new Android 7.1 Nougat also adds
App Shortcuts to the Google Pixel and Pixel XL phones.
With Android 8.0 Oreo, you'll get new Redesigned Settings and Quick Settings, Advance
App shortcut, PIP (Picture In Picture), Notification Dots, New Emojis and
other enhancements.
In the future, the same action will also allow for song skips and possibly some
other shortcuts, as indicated by a number of code strings discovered in the latest version of the Google
app.
Typing the» /» key followed by an
app - related
shortcut allows you to share, search or bring up data from
other apps and services, such as sharing a Spotify song, search Google, or send a GIF through Giphy.
Swiping across the screen brings up settings, music player controls, camera
shortcut and
other apps, and the navigation is pretty smooth and fast.
Most
apps are met with a three - to - five second wait (some even longer) when first launching, even when pressing the customizable
shortcut button, leading to a more sluggish experience than we've had on
other Android Wear 2.0 devices with similar specs.
Beyond the usual Google
apps, there's a smattering of
other apps with
shortcuts enabled, like Twitter and Evernote.
Hold down on your profile picture at the bottom of the screen and you'll see
shortcuts to take you to
other applications, including the
app drawer.
Swipe - up Action for Icons on Home Screen - You can swipe up from any
app icon on the home screen and set to open
other apps or launch a
shortcut.
Other Edge Panels such as Favorite
Apps, Bookmarks, and 10 Favorite Contacts are just
shortcuts to things which can be achieved even from the home screen of any Android smartphone.
Pressing hard reveals a pop - up list of
shortcuts for
apps like the Camera, Settings and Messages (among
other pre-installed programmes).
That's where a
shortcut settings «card» lives, for toggling airplane mode, do - not - disturb, and making your iPhone bleat when it's lost down the back of the sofa cushions, along with a number of
other app - specific cards that pull out the single salient fact they believe you'll be most interested in.
Windows 7 and Vista have all the same Windows + X
shortcut keys as
other versions of Windows, such as Win + E for explorer and Win + D for the desktop, but adds in all of the Win +
keys to launch the shortcuts in the Vista Quick Launch menu (or switch to apps in Windows 7), as well as Win + X for mobility center, etc..
Taking the controls off the display's hands while viewing videos and just letting it be pretty is a legitimately useful idea, and these kinds of
app shortcuts are much more efficient than any weird floating «mini-apps» you'd find on
other devices.
The
other two boxes are nicer to interact with, and the Roku, in particular, has
shortcut buttons on its remote to get you to some of the most popular
apps, including Netflix.
This applies to the Quick Settings shade, Power menu, Pixel Launcher (
app drawer, folder background, Google Feed),
app shortcuts, and
other parts of the interface.
The Touch Bar acts as a virtual function row on keyboards, and includes additional features, such as
shortcuts to
apps and emojis, among
others.
Not forgetting that the Galaxy S6 Edge is now updated with the much more functional edge panel, which can now be used to create
shortcuts for a ton of
apps and
other useful features.
And, with a long tap on the
app's icon, you can get notification menu for the
app along with
other shortcuts and widgets.
The update also gets rid of Share Link due to incompatibility with Android N as well as a bunch of
other redundant
app shortcuts from the
apps menu, for instance, Splendid, Audio Wizard, Flashlight and System update.
Also new with v31 is official support for the Essential Phone, the ability to use Google's Product Sans front throughout your entire desktop for an even more Googley look, as well as support for pinned widgets and
shortcuts from
other apps.
These
apps will get their own window and
shortcut on your taskbar (on Windows 10 and anything running Chrome) or an icon on your home screen (on Android devices and
other smartphones).