Only certain apps support it, but app developers now have an official API to target instead of having to wade through homebrew implementations by Samsung, LG, Huawei and so on. The big change is the addition of Split screen multitasking. You can disable the Now homescreen pane (the handle is now just a Search shortcut), but the weather widget remains in place, immovable.Īndroid 7.1 Nougat has changed the way multitasking works from the age of Marshmallow. Opposite the G handle is a weather widget, permanently fixed to the screen. The app drawer has an app search feature too, its top row shows recommended apps - recently installed and recently used ones. This works in concert with the In-Apps feature - Google results are mixed with results from the phone itself (apps, contacts and others). Instead of pulling on it, you can just tap it to access Google Search. Pulling out the app drawer from the bottom brings us back to the T-Mobile G1 daysĪ colorful G logo serves as a "handle" for this drawer. A similar "drawer" is the Google Now screen, which is the leftmost pane on the homescreen. By that, we mean that you slide out the app drawer from the bottom, just like in the original Android. The launcher itself has taken on a very Retro look.
And that's not the only thing that Google cut, but more on that in a bit.
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The Pixel XL software does not support themes, even though Android itself does (since 6.0 Marshmallow). Finally, there's an option to turn on slideshow from one of several channels (landscapes, cityscapes, etc.). Alternatively, Live data encodes information like time and weather into the movement of geometric shapes. The camera pans slightly when you unlock the phone and again when you move between homescreen panes.
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Our favorite is Live earth, which shows one of several sights from Google Earth (in full 3D) - the Pantheon, the Half Dome and Yosemite and even the Earth itself. The live wallpapers are quite eye-catching. Launcher shortcuts are a way to interact with apps even when they are not open Only Google apps seem to support it for now, but we're sure many more will add such options. You can add contacts, create new documents, quickly start Maps navigation and so on. The new long-press shortcuts are reminiscent of 3D touch - you press a shortcut and hold for a moment and a menu with relevant options will pop up. In a way, you can think of it as a "skin" - just no Samsung's, HTC's, LG's, Sony's or anyone else's, but Google's. The Pixel XL runs all-Google software, AOSP apps have definitely given way to their G-branded replacements. They will receive OS updates for two years (ending October 2018) and security patches for at least three years (or 18 months after Google stops selling Pixels from the Google Store). Better still, they have a promise of long software support by Google. The Pixels debut Android 7.1 Nougat, newer than what the first phone with Nougat had (LG V20 ran version 7.0).
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