Ah, multitasking on a smartphone. Ever since split-screen capabilities have graced handsets, the controversial topic on whether this is actually useful has been on techies minds and in their debates. On one hand – we have the opinion that yes, sure, it's great to have yet another feature that would generally allow us to be more productive with our handset; on the other – a man could argue that there's only so much “productive” work you can do on a 5.5" screen, and splitting it in two just hampers the process.
We can't say we've been very avid split-screen users thus far, however, this year's rendition of the Samsung Galaxy Note line came out with a few new features and minor tweaks to the TouchWiz interface, which, we found, actually push smartphone multitasking into making at least a bit more sense. Adding to that, just a few small changes to the S Pen functions have made the overall experience with it better and given us a couple more options to work with. It just goes to show that a type of tech may seem like something redundant when it starts out, but given time and user feedback, manufacturers could turn it into something useful (holding breath for more Note Edge Screen updates and apps)
You can check out some ideas about using the Note 4 and Note Edge's features for a more seamless user experience below. Given what we've seen from the Note 3 Lollipop videos – it seems that the older Galaxy phablet will also be getting the shiny new UI, so if you own that one – take note of the functionality that's headed your way.
Sure, we've seen floating windows before, but activating them was usually cumbersome, and we were limited in the choice of apps, which supported the feature. Not to mention that one couldn't translate from a full-screen experience to a pop-up view of an app – if you wanted to, say, move your Internet browser to floating mode, you'd actually have to close it and open it specifically in the multitasking view (and you'd have to use the S Pen to gain access to the Pop-up View function).
Well, Samsung's new TouchWiz features make the process much more straightforward and usable – you can now move most apps into floating mode by just dragging your finger from an upper corner of the display towards the center. If you wish to maximize the app back to full-screen, just grab it and flick it towards the top edge of the device – voilà. See the slideshow below for a detailed description of the process.
We can't say we've been very avid split-screen users thus far, however, this year's rendition of the Samsung Galaxy Note line came out with a few new features and minor tweaks to the TouchWiz interface, which, we found, actually push smartphone multitasking into making at least a bit more sense. Adding to that, just a few small changes to the S Pen functions have made the overall experience with it better and given us a couple more options to work with. It just goes to show that a type of tech may seem like something redundant when it starts out, but given time and user feedback, manufacturers could turn it into something useful (holding breath for more Note Edge Screen updates and apps)
You can check out some ideas about using the Note 4 and Note Edge's features for a more seamless user experience below. Given what we've seen from the Note 3 Lollipop videos – it seems that the older Galaxy phablet will also be getting the shiny new UI, so if you own that one – take note of the functionality that's headed your way.
I. Getting your apps to float in windows
Sure, we've seen floating windows before, but activating them was usually cumbersome, and we were limited in the choice of apps, which supported the feature. Not to mention that one couldn't translate from a full-screen experience to a pop-up view of an app – if you wanted to, say, move your Internet browser to floating mode, you'd actually have to close it and open it specifically in the multitasking view (and you'd have to use the S Pen to gain access to the Pop-up View function).
Well, Samsung's new TouchWiz features make the process much more straightforward and usable – you can now move most apps into floating mode by just dragging your finger from an upper corner of the display towards the center. If you wish to maximize the app back to full-screen, just grab it and flick it towards the top edge of the device – voilà. See the slideshow below for a detailed description of the process.
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