Fire OS 4 introduces a slight tweak to the visual design,
with new app icons, and adds a number of software enhancements, including user profiles, full screen mode, a new weather app, and more.
Not exact matches
With the
new destination, Facebook users will now see an
icon that looks like a store on the bottom of the homepage of the
app.
As Apple added
new services to those Apple TV models, it would litter users» home screen
with app icons, regardless of whether or not the user wanted them.
Users
with the latest version of Shazam installed on their mobile phones can simply open the
app and tap the
new camera
icon to start the visual experience.
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Icons...
The
new Gallery
app will receive a
new icon and a refreshed user interface,
with more white areas, and, to me, the resemblance to Google Plus is uncanny.
The user interface is
new, while still evoking some BlackBerry 6 elements like the drawer of
app icons collected into groups
with a status bar on top.
Out of the box, the PlayBook's Facebook
icon simply takes you to the social networking site's homepage; now, there's a
new Facebook
App for the PlayBook, along with a video calling a
App for the PlayBook, along
with a video calling
appapp.
Long press an
icon to drag and drop it
with the other
icon to build a
new folder, or press App Drawer - Menu - New Fold
new folder, or press
App Drawer - Menu -
New Fold
New Folder.
Viewers of this episode of DXTV can also unlock a
new piece of music by Michael McCann from the game's soundtrack by scanning the triangle
icon that appears in the video
with the Deus Ex Universe
app.
As Google isn't expecting that all developers who ever released an Android
app that's still available for download will be able to update their software
with support for adaptive
icons for a number of reasons, the
new feature won't break the
icons of incompatible
apps.
If you woke up today to find a
new icon planted on the home screen of your iPhone, you might be wondering, what's this
new Apple Music
app about, and what can I really do
with it?
The one you'll notice right away is a custom launcher
with round
icons and a
new swipe - up gesture to get to the
app drawer.
In Windows 10, Windows Store
apps that are acquired through the
new Store portal can be displayed within private company portal,
with API - level integration between management tools and the Windows Store to obtain full details of the
apps, including descriptions, requirements,
icons and more.
You can also easily upgrade from a messaging conversation to a voice call
with one click of the phone
icon in the
new app bar.
Google tried to bring some order to
icons with Material Design, including a
new template and list of guidelines for creating
app icons.
For instance, Google has finally started bringing a sense of order to
app icons,
with the
new «adaptive
icons» feature.
As we are mostly all on 7.0 on TouchWiz / Samsung Experience, we use a
new method of «Optimizing
apps» (you are able to see this when you update your phone, it will show a notification
with the Android Nougat
icon, saying that it is upgrading in the background), so this way of optimizing
apps also unloads target packages, ultimately disrupting the idmapping process at boot (due to target package not existing) and thus, a few people experience overlay unloads after a reboot.
Crescendo Launcher is a
new app that is not designed to blow you away
with amazing
icon packs or endless customization settings, it just keeps your experience pleasantly simple.
Using the
new 3D Touch technology (more on that in a bit), you can also press and hold the Camera
app icon and instantly choose to take a selfie shot
with the 5MP front - facing camera.
You're still limited to a six - by - four grid of
icons or folders for the most part, but the
new widget space over on the right makes things a bit more functional,
with a customizable feed of gadgets from
apps, both built - in and third - party.
That said, it's a strange point of discontinuity that the default
icons for Huawei's own
apps don't really seem to fit
with its
new, flatter, cleaner aesthetic.
Other improvements and fixes — Adds support for faster wireless charging on iPhone 8, iPhone 8 Plus, and iPhone X
with compatible third - party accessories — Introduces three
new Live wallpapers for iPhone X — Improves video camera stabilization — Adds support in Podcasts to automatically advance to the next episode from the same show — Adds support in HealthKit for downhill snow sports distance as a data type — Fixes an issue that could cause Mail to appear to be checking for
new messages even when a download is complete — Fixes an issue that could cause cleared Mail notifications from Exchange accounts to reappear — Improves stability in Calendar — Resolves an issue where Settings could open to a blank screen — Fixes an issue that could prevent swiping to Today View or Camera from the Lock Screen — Addresses an issue that could prevent Music controls from displaying on the Lock Screen — Fixes an issue that could cause
app icons to be arranged incorrectly on the Home Screen — Addresses an issue that could prevent users from deleting recent photos when iCloud storage is exceeded — Addresses an issue where Find My iPhone sometimes wouldn't display a map — Fixes an issue in Messages where the keyboard could overlap the most recent message — Fixes an issue in Calculator where typing numbers rapidly could lead to incorrect results — Addressed an issue where the keyboard could respond slowly — Adds support for real - time text (RTT) phone calls for the deaf and hard of hearing — Improves VoiceOver stability in Messages, Settings, App Store, and Music — Resolves an issue that prevented VoiceOver from announcing incoming Notificati
app icons to be arranged incorrectly on the Home Screen — Addresses an issue that could prevent users from deleting recent photos when iCloud storage is exceeded — Addresses an issue where Find My iPhone sometimes wouldn't display a map — Fixes an issue in Messages where the keyboard could overlap the most recent message — Fixes an issue in Calculator where typing numbers rapidly could lead to incorrect results — Addressed an issue where the keyboard could respond slowly — Adds support for real - time text (RTT) phone calls for the deaf and hard of hearing — Improves VoiceOver stability in Messages, Settings,
App Store, and Music — Resolves an issue that prevented VoiceOver from announcing incoming Notificati
App Store, and Music — Resolves an issue that prevented VoiceOver from announcing incoming Notifications
The whole Settings interface should feel much closer to what we can find on the Pixel 2 and Pixel 2 XL,
with some minor cosmetic / layout changes as well as a
new, white navigation bar
with dark
icons, similar to what we've already seen on the Pixel Launcher
app drawer.
Notifications are neatly organised, and indicated
with new notification dots above
app icons.
You will notice that the Sense 7.0 is getting flatter and more simple,
new icons,
new notification panel, updated themes
app to support Sense 7.0 features, update system
apps, updated home screen and widgets, updated settings menu,
new lock screen, better battery management, better
app permissions control along
with lots of performance improvements and bug fixes.
Highlights
New — Reading mode can turn on and off at sunset and sunrise automatically (05 - 03) New — Improved layout and readability for search results in Contacts (06 - 29) New — Virus scans and payment scans were merged into Security scan (06 - 29) New — Better blocklist rules with the possibility of separated rules for every SIM card (07 - 10) New — Switch for turning Battery saver automatically when charged (07 - 19) New — New display formats for update logs in Updater (07 - 25) New — Search for apps in the Dual apps settings (08 - 03) New — Mi Picks gets a new name and a new ic
New — Reading mode can turn on and off at sunset and sunrise automatically (05 - 03)
New — Improved layout and readability for search results in Contacts (06 - 29) New — Virus scans and payment scans were merged into Security scan (06 - 29) New — Better blocklist rules with the possibility of separated rules for every SIM card (07 - 10) New — Switch for turning Battery saver automatically when charged (07 - 19) New — New display formats for update logs in Updater (07 - 25) New — Search for apps in the Dual apps settings (08 - 03) New — Mi Picks gets a new name and a new ic
New — Improved layout and readability for search results in Contacts (06 - 29)
New — Virus scans and payment scans were merged into Security scan (06 - 29) New — Better blocklist rules with the possibility of separated rules for every SIM card (07 - 10) New — Switch for turning Battery saver automatically when charged (07 - 19) New — New display formats for update logs in Updater (07 - 25) New — Search for apps in the Dual apps settings (08 - 03) New — Mi Picks gets a new name and a new ic
New — Virus scans and payment scans were merged into Security scan (06 - 29)
New — Better blocklist rules with the possibility of separated rules for every SIM card (07 - 10) New — Switch for turning Battery saver automatically when charged (07 - 19) New — New display formats for update logs in Updater (07 - 25) New — Search for apps in the Dual apps settings (08 - 03) New — Mi Picks gets a new name and a new ic
New — Better blocklist rules
with the possibility of separated rules for every SIM card (07 - 10)
New — Switch for turning Battery saver automatically when charged (07 - 19) New — New display formats for update logs in Updater (07 - 25) New — Search for apps in the Dual apps settings (08 - 03) New — Mi Picks gets a new name and a new ic
New — Switch for turning Battery saver automatically when charged (07 - 19)
New — New display formats for update logs in Updater (07 - 25) New — Search for apps in the Dual apps settings (08 - 03) New — Mi Picks gets a new name and a new ic
New —
New display formats for update logs in Updater (07 - 25) New — Search for apps in the Dual apps settings (08 - 03) New — Mi Picks gets a new name and a new ic
New display formats for update logs in Updater (07 - 25)
New — Search for apps in the Dual apps settings (08 - 03) New — Mi Picks gets a new name and a new ic
New — Search for
apps in the Dual
apps settings (08 - 03)
New — Mi Picks gets a new name and a new ic
New — Mi Picks gets a
new name and a new ic
new name and a
new ic
new icon!
Once you've got your Chromecast up and running, you may spot a
new button popping up on your various Android and iOS
apps — a rectangular button
with a little wireless
icon in the bottom - left corner.
Home screen
New — Animated
icons for selected
apps in the default theme (09 - 01) Optimization — Folders open faster (07 - 10) Optimization — Users can set their main Home screen in the editing mode (08 - 29) Optimization —
New animation for launching and closing
apps (09 - 01) Fix — Couldn't close Recents in some cases (05 - 09) Fix — Issues
with icon size for Clock, Calendar, and Weather (05 - 16)
The diagram additionally entails animations of the interactions
with the
icon in the various launchers, shortcuts, configurations, dialogs to part and the conceal conceal of
newest apps.
In an APK teardown of the most recent version of the Google
app, a Google Bar has been discovered
with an in - OS editor and a
new icon - ready to roll for the
new version of Google Lens.
(02 - 12) · Optimization — Animation for clearing cache (02 - 12) · Optimization — Adjusted the button for clearing memory in Recents (02 - 12) · Optimization — Swipe response (02 - 12) · Optimization — Folders open faster (02 - 12) · Optimization — Users can set their main Home screen in the editing mode (02 - 12) · Optimization —
New animation for launching and closing
apps (02 - 12) · Fix — Couldn't close Recents in some cases (02 - 12) · Fix — Issues
with icon size for Clock, Calendar, and Weather (02 - 12) · Fix — Home screen
icons weren't displayed properly (02 - 12)
Google's Android 8.0 Oreo update brings
with it features like picture - in - picture (PiP) mode, revamped notifications, Google Play protect, a
new settings menu, files
app, better battery life and performance, smart text selection, adaptive
icons, and much more.
And
new in the latest version of Sense, Freestyle mode is a wacky home screen layout that lets you replace traditional
icons with stickers, and make your home screens an interactive scene where tapping stickers opens your favorite
apps.
This
new Firefox
icon holds onto familiar elements of past
app icons (like the fox and globe) but illustrates the extensive changes in Firefox
with bold colors and simplified shapes.
There's also «Adaptive
icons» for developers, and the system «animates interactions
with the
icons, and uses them in the launcher, shortcuts, settings, etc.» Android O will also bring «wide - gamut colour» support for
apps, and this should help imaging
apps, especially on devices which have a
new wide - gamut colour capable display.
With this skin, users can easily customize their Android experience without unnecessarily cluttering the interface, be it applying
new themes, adjusting
icons or even changing the
app drawer layout.
The update came
with a
new design for
icons of many
apps, including the Music
App,
App Store, Calculator, Messages, Contacts, Photos, iTunes Store, as well as Siri.
Notification Badges mimic iOS» unread badge counters — you'll see dots appear above an
app or folder
with new notifications, and tapping or pressing the
icon of an
app with a dot show it as a pop - up.
As for the iPhone 6S Plus, we get a
new technology called 3D Touch, which uses a pressure - sensitive layer below the display, that allows for hidden menus to be shown when pressing on something like an
app icon with a bit more force.
The all
new iOS 7 beta 5 bundled
with some
new icons for the
apps and settings.
In addition to the improvements part of WP 8.1.1, the Denim update will also bring to the Lumia
Icon some extra features like always - on Cortana, improved Camera
app with new imaging algorithms and 4k video recording, Moment and Rich Capture, and Auto HDR.
Android 4.4.2 KitKat for Verizon Galaxy S3 will bring white status bar
icons, multi-window tray for multiple
new applications, help tip pop - ups, multi-window combination, Photos by Google
app that replaces Google + Photos, new Google + User Locations widget, Backup Assistant + Media replaced with Cloud, widgets for S Suggest, S Bookmark 1 × 1, Samsung Music 4 × 1, Music Hub removed from Samsung Hub, better Wi - Fi connectivity and stability, more Tap & Pay types support for ISIS wallet, Emergency Alerts, Verizon Remote Diagnostic update to version 2.42.167, improved data connectivity and enhanced Dialer A
app that replaces Google + Photos,
new Google + User Locations widget, Backup Assistant + Media replaced
with Cloud, widgets for S Suggest, S Bookmark 1 × 1, Samsung Music 4 × 1, Music Hub removed from Samsung Hub, better Wi - Fi connectivity and stability, more Tap & Pay types support for ISIS wallet, Emergency Alerts, Verizon Remote Diagnostic update to version 2.42.167, improved data connectivity and enhanced Dialer
AppApp.
There's the skilled hand of experience at play,
with the all -
new app icons, subtle round corners and azure colors all providing an experience that feels complete in many ways.
Nova Launcher Beta is bringing all the Pixel goodness
with the most recent update, including the swipe - up
app drawer, Google Search pill, and
new folder
icons.
The Google pixel Launcher comes
with a dynamic calendar - like
icon, which displays the date at a glance, has a revamped
app drawer,
new round
icons for the
apps, and a lot more.
New features include picture - in - picture video that lets you multitask
with videos still playing in a corner, contextual copy - and - paste that makes it easier to select phone numbers, addresses and emails, and notification dots on
app icons.
The
new folder replaces the previous «stack» of
app icons with a circular «window» through which you can see up to four clipped
app icons contained therein.
Control of the Google Now / Search
app settings is better placed too,
with a menu you can open from the
new icon in the Google search bar.
The
new AR features will sport everything from 3D
icons to pop - up phrases like «bae» (if you're not sick of that word already, that is), «miss you», and more — and it's safe to say that Facebook will be updating and adding more and more AR features as the weeks move forward, just like any other social media
app with filters.