With a new preview of its Android Launcher, has Microsoft given the world a glimpse of its mobile future and the Surface Duo interface?
never really gave up on smartphones, it’s just that the move away from hardware sales to put the effort into supporting software and services on iOS and Android is not as visible to consumers. That may change when the Android-poweredgoes on sale - even though, and Microsoft is very clear about this, it is not a smartphone.
But it will use a lot of Microsoft’s Android apps that already run on smartphones, so you can get a n idea of how the Surface Duo will handle in some circumstances - for example the split screen view with one app on each half is pretty much going to be two standard Android apps next to each other.Microsoft's Chief Product Officer Panos Panay holds a Surface Duo at an event, Wednesday, Oct.
These new features include a dark theme compatible with Android’s dark mode settings, custom and adaptive icon packs, and support for portrait and landscape orientations. It’s also worth noting that Microsoft does not come right out and say ‘this is going to be on the Surface Duo’. For one thing, this preview will not be running publicly on a dual screened device where it has to span across in landscape or portrait orientations. But with significant reworking of code ‘under the hood’ I would be surprised if this is not part of the Surface Duo’s core software elements.
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