LG has made a bet with its latest flagship Android smartphone, the V10. Launched in the fall of 2015, the V10 could be seen with an updated G4, but it stood on its own at the same time. The rubbery textured back cover and rounded metal sides have dramatically improved grip while the screen has been increased to a truer phablet size of 5.7″. But what made headlines was a risky feature – the second screen.
Contents1. Notifications2. Always On3. Music commands4. Quick Settings5. Favorite Apps6. Contact details7. Recent apps8. Camera controlsWhat do you think of LG's second screen?
LG has placed a secondary 2.1″ screen above the main screen. It wasn't the first time a phone maker had tried this kind of concept before. Samsung has dabbled in it in the past with the Continuum and more recently with the Galaxy Note Edge.
Alas, most of the market shrugged off secondary screens. But LG wasn't ready to sit down. The manufacturer has put a lot of effort into making its implementation worthwhile, and it's true, there are more that jump out at you. Therefore, we are going to go over all the cool things the V10 second screen can do.
Notifications are one of the most obvious features of the second screen. The secondary display can handle many of your notifications, keeping your primary display experience clean and uninterrupted.
What's nice is that the second-screen notification system isn't limited to basic things, like sending texts or emails as soon as they arrive. For example, LG has coded an interaction for phone calls. When a phone call comes in, you will see the number appear in the center of the screen and the green Pickup or red ignore sliding buttons, all without turning au main display.
Also, notifications are clickable (a shortcut to this app). So if an alert for an upcoming event appears, clicking on it will take you to the event details.
I would say the Always-On capability of the second screen is one of the most useful features. When the main screen is off, useful phone information is still displayed at the top.
Why it's good because you'll be able to see the status of your phone at a glance, without needing to turn it on or even touch it. On the left side of the screen, app icons for current notifications will accumulate. On the right side you will see the current weather, date, time and battery level.
It makes sense to worry about the battery impact of keeping a screen on all the time. However, the impact is minimal. The brightness changes intelligently depending on the situation. It dims when the phone is idle and lights up off when the phone is in your pocket (then turns on when you take it out of your pocket).
Tip: If you prefer to disable the feature, you can. Within V10 Display settings, tap settings on the second screen. Then disable the Show when main screen is off » setting.
LG has been smart to allow music playback control from the second screen. When you have music and turn off main screen, you can always play/pause, rewind or skip to the next track from the top of the phone. You will also see the song currently playing.
If you miss the controls before they disappear (they only stay on for a few seconds), just swipe left to right on the second screen to bring them up again.
You will also get the music controls when the main screen is au , but this setting is not enabled by default. Go to Display settings and in the Second screen settings.
Then tap Show when main screen is on .
In this area, you basically tell the system which commands to activate in the second screen. You access different controls by swiping horizontally. Enable the Music player parameter and swipe to the panel, then you are ready.
The second screen has four quick settings at your disposal, which you can toggle without turning on the main screen. When the phone is off, swipe from right to left on the second screen and you will see four icons.
From left to right, you can:
The content that the second screen always displays depends on the user. Whichever panel you are on will remain unless you switch to another. That's great if you have a favorite feature. For example, if you always want to have a list of your most used apps, you can set it.
Up to five favorite apps can be chosen to reside at the top for quick access. Samsung has added a similar feature to the Galaxy S6 Edge+ (App Edge ).
If you use your phone in the most traditional sense (for contacting people), you can set five of your frequent contacts to always show up. You may have seen Samsung try a similar thing on the Galaxy S6 Edge (Edge of people ).
Just tap the "+" sign and choose who will go there. When you tap on a contact, you receive shortcuts to call or text them.
The recent apps list in the second screen is one of my favorite features. I've never found Google's recent apps carousel interface to be the most efficient method. LG's implementation has the five most recently used apps always displayed at the top, eliminating the extra step of having to tap Google's recent apps button first (making multitasking a game of skill). child).
As you enter and exit apps, the list changes in real time. When you access an application that is not currently displayed in the range, its icon appears on the front (the leftmost place). If you navigate to a currently displayed app, its icon floats to the foreground. It's nice to see it changing with your actions.
One final second screen trick is a subtle feature of LG's camera app. LG cleverly uses this opportunity to let the extra screen serve as a toggle list between camera modes:Simple, Auto, Manual (Photo), Manual (Recording), andBreak (creates a photo/video collage).
LG's UX 4.0 UI is really good when it comes to camera features, so we like the clean layout of the V10. You should definitely worry more about taking the shot than digging around in the camera interface.
LG has undoubtedly gone to great lengths to make a secondary screen a welcome feature. It may seem like a gimmick on the surface, but the little conveniences that appear in practice show that there may be something in this method.
We'd love to hear your thoughts. Now that you've seen what the second screen has to offer, do you want to try it?
