The reason for this belief is Microsoft's positioning of the Duo as a productivity device and how it could potentially make MS productivity apps more feature accessible, while providing a different experience. This could very well be a reason, not necessarily THE reason. Unless Surface-droid is so smashingly cool I simply can't resist the temptation. Would be so nice to have just one OS in my life! But if I'm forced to have two, it's iOS and Windows for me. Five years without a Google account now, and never felt better.īTW I'd happily get rid of my iPhone (and Apple) from my life too if Duo released with Win10x.
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The dual screen Office stuff and full screen Swift Key stuff is cool, yes, but not sure it's enough to get me to go to google dot com and sign back up. Overall, think I'll wait a year or two and see if Microsoft puts Win10x on Duo. I also don't have a Google account, and don't want to get one. Still wish Duo was available in Windows 10x there are some UWP only apps I would love to run on it.
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Landscape Edge looks irritating with that big crack down the middle. Reserving judgement on having to go portrait with Edge until I can hold the device in my hands at the Microsoft Store though. Swift Key full screen in the lower half seems like a brilliant move.
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Those new features aren't in testing just yet, but we'll update this article when that starts to happen.ĭual screen Office apps look good. I'm told to expect apps like Microsoft News, Skype, and Xbox Game Streaming to have spanning modes and drag and drop where applicable. According to my sources, most, if not all, Microsoft apps will support Surface Duo's unique capabilities at launch. That's everything we've had the chance to test so far. I've not come across any apps that automatically span themselves upon opening, which I'm told is a deliberate user experience decision. For example, if I had Twitter pinned to the left display and tapped on its icon, the app would open on the left display.
It's very fluid and intuitive.īy default, all apps open in single-screen mode on the display where the app was initiated from. To span, an app across both displays, swipe the app up, but instead of letting go, drag the app over to the center bezel and let go there. To close an app, swipe up from the bottom just like an iPhone or Pixel device using gesture navigation. Surface Duo uses gestures for navigation, and they are an integral part of the dual-screen experience.
For example, I was able to highlight text in Edge, open Word on the other display, and drag the highlighted text from Edge to Word and let go to paste it into a Word document, just like you'd expect. Microsoft Edge also supports dragging and dropping images, text, and links from webpages into other apps that support drag and drop. Spanning Microsoft Edge makes more sense when using the app in portrait mode, as it gives you much more content at once without cutting down the middle of it. Web developers can choose to support dual-screens, but not every website will. Spanning Edge will also span websites, but most websites will be left with the Surface Duo's bezel cutting into the content. The UI will automatically adjust when spanning the app across both displays, putting the address bar on the left and the favorites hub in an icon on the far right on the right display. The default browser experience on Surface Duo is Microsoft Edge, and it also has support for dual-screens. Source: Windows Central (Image credit: Source: Windows Central)