Sentences with phrase «standalone apps»

Facebook has made a notable update to one of its many standalone apps: the app known as Events, which first launched last year as a way to bring users» calendar and event listings together, has been renamed to Facebook Local.

Here's what's new: Android 2.0 will enable some watches to do more without a phone attached, thanks to standalone apps.

Both iOS and Android users can now benefit from third - party standalone apps with enhanced functionality.

MIUI 9 also sees the launch of the Mi Calculator, Mi Explorer, and Mi Drop standalone apps on the Google Play Store.

While some Android Wear developers like Lyft pulled their original offerings as they started working on standalone apps for Android Wear 2.0, AccuWeather decided to continue offering its original product, regardless of how limited it may be.

Once updated, the three Fossil watches will work identically to the LG Watch Sport (minus the hardware differences, of course), including the Google Assistant, new navigation system, standalone apps, notifications and Google Fit fitness tracking.

Keep in mind Facebook has many standalone apps for features, like the one you can use for managing Facebook Pages.

Xbox Music and Xbox Video as standalone apps instead of the Music + Video Hub (allowing more updates to be pushed)

Plus, standalone apps in Android Wear 2.0 are addressing the naysayers who won't buy a watch because it needs to be tethered to a phone.

The new OS will let you run standalone apps on your watch without the need to have a connected smartphone on hand.

There are already a few Android smartwatches around that can connect to the web via 3G and even 4G LTE by themselves, but with Android Wear 2.0, you also get «standalone apps», where your wearable apps have direct network support for «better and richer» independent experiences.

The final key improvement, and possibly the biggest from a technical perspective, is the addition of standalone apps.

Android Wear 2.0 brings Play Store access to the wrist, offers an easier way of signing in to your devices, comes with new standalone apps, and will eventually get support for Google Assistant.

In addition to a «new user interface», standalone apps, Google Fit enhancements and Google Assistant integration, the handful of devoted LG Watch Urbane 2nd Edition LTE owners subscribed to the second largest wireless network stateside have August security patches to look forward to.

The Chromecast Ultra is best for those who are okay with (or desire) the simplicity of the Chromecast and don't need a remote or standalone apps.

The update will bring standalone apps, NFC with Android Pay integration, and access to the Play Store.

This follows an industry trend in creating standalone apps from multifeatured services.

Standalone apps and support for better connectivity make the Watch 2 more of a standalone device, and this can make a big difference when it's paired with an iPhone, because while Android Wear has long supported both iOS and Android, pairing it with an iOS device caused it to have limited functionality.

Standalone apps on Apple's OS will have to deal with lower network bandwidth in order to improve battery life.

The latest developer preview of Android Wear 2.0, released this week, reveals that iPhone owners will be able to install standalone apps, receive all notifications, and launch webpages on their phone from a watch app.

At that time the Komodo blockchain and all of the standalone apps that are being connected to it were simply a dream.

With cellular watches, standalone apps will mean you can use the watch to its fullest without even needing a smartphone switched on.

Furthermore, Microsoft is reportedly working on an advanced version of Cortana pulling data from project «Einstein», and standalone apps for iOS and Android platforms.

Android Wear 2.0 also includes tweaks to the interface, standalone apps, and widgets known as «complications.»

It will bring a material design - themed overhaul, standalone apps, improvements to watch faces, messaging, and fitness, and more.

These standalone apps are also faster than the phone apps of old, and if you're using an iPhone you'll now be able to download apps to your Android Wear watch.

But as in the past, Facebook typically uses standalone apps to experiment with ideas where it won't piss off its 1.65 billion users.

However, some standalone apps are finally making their way to the Play Store.

Standalone apps have direct network access to the cloud via Bluetooth, Wi - Fi or cellular connection.

Microsoft has separated important parts of the OS into standalone apps, available for download / update from the Windows 10 Store.

Although Android L is still months away from officially launching, some clever Android developers have taken bits and pieces of code from the developer preview of the new platform and have been modifying them for release as either standalone apps or launchers.

No NFC functionality and thus no Android Pay in the pipeline, though Google Assistant support, improved activity tracking and standalone apps should make the 2.0 update something to look forward to.

Standalone apps for Word, Excel, and PowerPoint debuted in 2015, allowing users to quickly edit documents, spreadsheets, and presentations on the go.

Obviously, this spec and feature list leaves the smartwatch out in the cold on many of Android Wear 2.0's headlining features, such as RAM - hogging standalone apps.

More significantly, with Android Wear 2.0 there's now support for standalone apps.

It brings a redesigned interface, an emphasis on standalone apps, and more robust support for standalone cellular smartwatches.

Standalone apps: You can download apps directly from the Google Play Store and if your watch has cellular connectivity, you can use them without your phone.

Last year, Facebook shut down its standalone apps incubator «Creative Labs» and several of its products, including Slingshot, Rooms and Riff.

The biggest change coming to the architecture of Android Wear is the availability of standalone apps.

New standalone apps work without a phone nearby.

Facebook has previously said that it wants its standalone apps to hit at least 100 million users before it starts monetizing them.

Remember, standalone apps are coming to a host of old and new Android Wear products, downloadable from their very own Play Store, with a revamped UI also in tow, watch face widgets, aka complications, built - in keyboard capable of smart replies, improved fitness functionality, smarter notifications, and so much more.

The app will continue development as part of Facebook's Creative Labs initiative for building standalone apps.

The big moves for Android Wear 2.0 are the introduction of better input options and the ability to use standalone apps.

Facebook is paring down its collection of standalone apps.

With Android Wear 2.0, developers can also create standalone apps that directly access the cloud when an Internet connection is available.

Standalone Apps are also a big deal for the newest upgrade to the platform.

Another announcement was Android Wear 2.0 which brings support for standalone apps and native keyboard to Android wearables.

Facebook has tried multiple times to copy Snapchat with standalone apps like Poke, Slingshot and Instagram Bolt.

Besides a number of custom overlays, the software package pre-installed on the Fossil Q Control is virtually identical to what other modern Android Wear devices are offering, including support for standalone apps and the Google Assistant.