Galaxy S8 lag may get fixed with TouchWiz Home update

There's this particular little bit of the experience that has particularly bugged those who need to dip into their app drawer that has been paved over.

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Galaxy Beta Program’s “New Note UX” makes app drawer optional

We got an early hint at what the Galaxy Beta Program would bring to the fore, including a bit of what the supposed Note 7 would have for hardware. But as the program has officially launched in Korea and China, there’s more we need to learn about in preparation for the next S Pen-toting phablet.What Samsung has dubbed the “New Note UX” has spread out to select Note 5 users and it is ...

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Life on Android without the app drawer and widgets

During a recent conversation with my friend (and soon to be fellow contributor to the Pocket Now family) Clifton Thomas, we debated the need for widgets and the app drawer within Android. Clifton has recently purchased the Nextbit Robin and despite rockin’ a close to bone stock version of Android it lacks an app drawer and widgets are handled via a separate layer that’s accessed via a pinch on one of the home-screens. Therefore, the Robin’s approach to Android is rather iOS-like in execution in that you are ...

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LG G5 reinstates ‘true’ app drawer option just in time for its launch

Although history tells us LG can’t hope to even come close to flagship Samsung phone sales numbers, there’s still a lot of online rumble regarding the modular G5 at the dawn of its global rollout. Scheduled to start shipping later this week, the 5.3-incher ...

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