Apps & Services
Galaxy Foldables and Tablets Get Productivity Boost with New App Optimizations
Google is working fairly hard to optimize its applications for large-screen devices, including tablets and foldables. Recently, the Big G has released its new Pixel Fold and Tablet device, and due to this, the company will focus a bit extra on the enhancement for large screen devices. This is already happening as Google is starting to make its first-party applications, and other third-party applications are also coming with more precise features for large-screen devices. Gmail is more enhanced for multitasking.
Gmail
Gmail is the most commonly used application in the world and provides many options for messaging with a professional touch. However, there is still a lot of potential to be unlocked for better communication services so as to bring more useful features and make it more reliable. Google is gradually rolling out new changes for the apps with the latest updates.
With the new changes, Google has rolled out a fresh update for Gmail, which will allow it to open the links on the split screen. In simple words, when you click a link in any email, it will now open in a side-by-side window instead of taking over the entire screen. The page link will open in Chrome on the right side of the screen, and at the same time, the main screen of the email with a multi-window view will be adjusted to just the message body.
Google Docs
Google Docs is a writing partner. It is fully inspired by MS Word and Notepad. The most special thing about this application is that it can be accessed from anywhere and on any device. You can enjoy all the features related to writing, like styling, fonts, and many more. The formatting toolbar is more visible; you will see a cursor, and you can tap once to see an on-screen keyboard if no physical keyboard is attached to your device.
Zoom
Zoom is a very popular application for video calling. It provides several features with a user-friendly interface that are mostly used for meetings. To make it more convincing for users, the application has introduced a tabletop mode, which enables you to take a Zoom meeting hands-free on your phone.
Adobe Acrobat Reader
Adobe Acrobat Reader is an application that provides a reading-friendly interface and also provides several features, such as editing PDF text and images, comparing PDFs and redacting sensitive information, and converting PDFs into file types like Word, PowerPoint, and Excel. On a large-screen device, you can use the application more smoothly. You can use the application in split-screen mode to do multiple things at once, and you can also drag and drop PDF files from a separate app to open and read them in Acrobat.
Dropbox
Dropbox has also renewed its interface for tablets and foldables. The layout now automatically resizes to best fit the screen, and to bring more convenience, the app also supports the ability to connect an external mouse and keyboard to your device.
Evernote
Evernote, as the name suggests, is a note-taking application, but with the latest development, the application is offering more new features like saving documents and handwriting notes, which are available in the sketch feature. But if you want to see the application’s full potential, you can run the application on tablets or foldable devices, where if you use it in landscape mode, you will now see a two-pan layout, similar to how the app works on a desktop computer. The application has also received improvements and is now more compatible with big-screen devices.
Todoist
Todoist is a task management application that provides many useful features that help you add new tasks and manage them as you plan. The developer of the application has made the interface of the application very simple, so any user can use it conveniently. For big-screen devices, the interface of the application makes it easier to reach navigational elements such as your settings or inbox, making it simpler to move through the app.
How do I get all these applications?
All these applications are available for tablets and foldable devices. You can easily download the application from the Google Play Store. We have already given the direct link on the name of each application, which will redirect you to the main page of the applications and provide a link where you can easily download or update them.
Instagram has brought several new stickers for the stories that will give users more creativity in creating stories. Whether you want to share your favorite song of the day or create your own custom stickers from your photos or videos, the new stickers will give more options to highlight the stories. Let’s explore all the new stickers and understand how we can use them.
Customize Music
Music stickers bring the utility of adding your favorite song to the stories, and now, to make it more interesting, they have grabbed the new ability for your followers to add their music to the same stories shared by you.
Highlight your stories with a new frame sticker
When you share precious memories or want to bring any special moment into the spotlight, you can use the new frame sticker that turns it into instant print. To reveal the content inside, your followers will have to shake their phones to develop the image.
Get more engagement with the new reveal sticker
Instagram users can post a hidden photo on the Instagram story and attach the reveal sticker to it. This will provide an interesting way for followers to uncover the stories by just messaging and tapping on the sticker. These tools will work as the ultimate attention grabber and will play an important role in gaining engagement.
Add cutouts to stories to make them more interesting
With the new cutout feature, users can easily make a cutout of their own photos and add it to any casual photos, which will provide a new way to make the stores more interesting and reveal the creativity they share with their friends and followers.
Availability of new stickers
Meta has officially rolled out all the stickers for Instagram users, but if you haven’t received them yet, it is advised to install them to update the application to the latest version. If you don’t revise the changes even after updating the application to the latest version, then you should wait some more time as it serves it with other features.
Samsung is preparing to introduce its new’smart forward’ service, which will leverage SmartThings to continuously update its SmartThings-connected smart home devices.
For your information, Smart Forward Service aims to provide regular and continuous software updates and offers fresh features to the products, irrespective of their debut in their market, whether they are new or old.
The latest development, the new smart forward update, brings some new features to several smart home-based devices, including the Bespoke refrigerator, 4-door family hub, Bespoke air dresser, and dehumidifier.
For the Family Hub refrigerators that were released after 2017, the latest 2024 model of the bespoke family hub was applied, including the functionality to quickly view photos and videos saved on your smartphone through the ‘Quick Share’ function on the refrigerator’s screen. Along with this, you can also run the ‘YouTube’ app right away to enjoy the content you want. Apart from this, it also gives the functionality to continue watching on the internet while the refrigerator screams from the smartphone.
The dehumidifier devices released last year now feature a “custom dying” function that automatically dries the interiors, making it more convenient to remove humidity regardless of the weather.
Meanwhile, the Bespoke Air Dressers released last year will take advantage of the ‘AI saving mode’ option. This feature will optimize Air Dressers’ energy consumption and help users save up to 15% of energy. However, it is worth noticing that when you use the AI saving mode, it may increase the drying time.
Samsung has released a new update for the “Samsung Core Services” application, version 3.1.01.1. With the latest update, the company has brought many significant changes to its applications, but they will surely improve their functionality.
According to the changelog, the latest update for the Samsung Core Services application includes new improvements, minor bug fixes, and some device performance enhancements.
For your information, Samsung Core Services is an application that provides the primary features used by Samsung applications quickly and easily through application updates, as opposed to software updates.
If you want to get the constant service of the Korean giant’s original application, then you should keep the “Samsung Core Services” application up-to-date. To do that, simply go to the Galaxy Store, select the menu option, then tap on the update option. If the update is available, tap the update button.
For starters, the Samsung Core Services application gives several utility options, such as Samsung Search. It provides a device search engine platform that enhances the functionality of various Samsung applications, including Contacts, Settings, and Finder. Along with this, the application also offers query suggestions to users, manages the incoming message, and extracts the verification to provide inline suggestions in the keyboard.