The Lock screen already has an acrylic texture, as well as the Control Center, and some oter panels. The demoed build of Andromeda OS reveals Microsoft's intention to use Fluent Design for the UI. Control Center lets you turn Wi-Fi on and off, change screen brightness, control volume and music playback. This feature appeared in Windows 11 as a quick action menu on the taskbar, but it was originally developed for Andromeda OS. If you swipe up from the bottom, this gesture opens Control Center. Cortana and the Notification Center were combined into a single view, with Cortana managing notifications for the user. To access the Start, you need to swipe from left to right and swipe from right to left to launch Cortana. The Start and Cortana on-screen buttons were disappearing when opening apps, giving them the maximum visible area. Gestures play an important role in Andromeda OS. The Journal app has always run in the background, with all apps running on top of it. It acted as a digital notepad with the ability to take notes by hand, add sticky notes, insert images, 3D objects, and more. This canvas, known as 'Journal', served as a prototype for the Microsoft Whiteboard app. Home ScreenĪfter unlocking the smartphone, the user sees the main screen, which in Andromeda OS is another drawing canvas. So, in Andromeda the lock screen becomes a kind of canvas for quick notes and ideas that may come to you during the day. The lock screen saved the recordings made, and the user could see them after unlocking the smartphone. It was enough to pick up the Surface Pen and start writing. Right on the lock screen, the user could take notes with a pen without having to unlock the screen and go to a special mode or application. ![]() Lock ScreenĪndromeda OS was planned to become a unique operating system with instant access to note taking. Nevertheless, this will be enough to get an idea of what kind of mobile OS Microsoft wanted to create for Surface Duo. As you can guess, many features are buggy or not implemented at all. The appearance of the system doesn't look impressive. Microsoft is not working on any version of Windows for Surface Duo smartphones.Īlso, Microsoft didn't finish Andromeda OS, so the build in the review is a preliminary release. Its development has been terminated in 2018.
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