LG UX 4.0 - comfortable shell chips

LG UX 4.0 - comfortable shell chips

Discussions about what the shell is better already can be attributed to the eternal debate about the origin of man or God. But you can breathe, I'm not going to say that the shell from LG is the best, but only want to pay attention to her positive qualities in comparison with the stock Android. I will not go into the evaluation of the design envelope, because it is full of favorite pens and all their own, but we can not say that apparently the new version of the shell looks better compared to the previous UX 3.0, which debuted on LG G3, and the pro version UX 2.0 I think nothing to say it is not necessary, so it was very specific. The new version is more concise and modern, changed the animation, the standard icons in the same style and have a square shape, and in general, the interface is pleasant and, at least, does not look worse than others. But DESIGN - discord, and most importantly in shells, as I believe, do not look and additional features extend the functionality of the device, it is about them and want to tell.

KnockOn, Knock Code

Please forgive me if I'm wrong, but as I recall, LG is the first to implement a function unlock double "tap" in the LG G2, and only later, many companies have adopted this chip for their devices. Very much it is convenient when the phone is on the table and you do not need to reach for the power button, which is usually located on the right side, and in the case of the LG G2, where all of the control buttons are on the "back" (as in the following flagship G3 and G4),

 this solution allows to justify this arrangement of buttons, otherwise the user would always have to hold the device to unlock. But the company decided to go ahead and create a function Knock Code. Its essence is that the screen is visually divided into four areas and using specific sequence of touches on these areas, from 2 to 8, the device is unlocked. This method of locking the smartphone is much more convenient than PIN or unlock pattern, but inferior to the fingerprint sensor in the iPhone or Galaxy S6 in terms of safety, convenience and speed.

Double Window

Allows you to run the display at the same time two applications, called clamping back button. Very specific function and application will find it is not all, but personally I quite often facilitated life. For example, you can simultaneously watch video, even in a small window, and to correspond. It works with all applications, not just some quite correctly adapted to the half of the screen. "Killer fichey" can not call it exactly, and Samsung has absolutely similar function, but its presence does not interfere, and some have quite the taste.  

Camera Chips

It is very popular now a phenomenon - self. Many manufacturers are trend and often in their press releases mention the coolest features of the front camera, but the main enemy of lovers Self - darkness. HTC has tried to find a solution to this problem in the smartphone Desire Eye, by placing a flash close to the front camera, but this is too drastic a solution. The LG did a lot easier and it seems to me, have created a brilliant solution - to illuminate the face using the display itself: the camera image is decreased, and the remaining area is filled with white, and the brightness of the screen gets out to the maximum.

Smart Notice

It's pretty simple, but very handy widget that releases from the constant view of weather forecast, he analyzes weather data and gives a little advice, for example, "Throughout the evening the weather is favorable" or "probably will rain, take an umbrella."