New features in WM10 that we don't talk about enough

[Harrie-S]

If it ..
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IF my uncle would have had a womb it would have be my aunt.

 

[LeFreak]

Still, Windows 10 Mobile falls far behind competing OSes in many departments.

Feels amateurish / incomplete.
Massive inconsistencies between apps that are supposed to be from the same team.
Animations are inconsistent.

In whole, still feels like an alpha OS.

 

[LeFreak]

IF my uncle would have had a womb it would have be my aunt.

And if sh*t was sugar, we would all be rich.

 

[EspHack]

maps apps is finally feature complete I think, not smooth as here drive or as reliable as the old maps, but that's the default system wide for everything windows 10

similar with the new camera, lumia features but loses the rock solid stability and swype back to see last shoot-cameraroll, I've got a feeling that groove app is good, but the OS itself is dragging it down

Cortana now fully syncs with pc version, at the cost of everything else it had going for it on 8.1, its just a bing.com wrapper now

cant think of anything else now, other than i'd love my action center to sync between w10 devices, if I could see some derp texting me on wasap on my pc and reply to it right there, that would be great, and instead of a funky onedrive app the file manager app should act as the w10 pc explorer, so I can browse my files + onedrive files seamlessly

 

[anon(3463402)]

One-handed mode is also useful.

In whole, still feels like an alpha OS.

Funny. :grincry:

In whole, still feels like an excellent OS.

 

[chalx]

One-handed mode is also useful.


Funny. :grincry:

In whole, still feels like an excellent OS.

No, it still feels like alpha OS.

 

[Kartik 10]

Don't forget that W10M also has voice to text everywhere!

Yeah well forgotten. One of the most useful feature out there.

 

[theefman]

One-handed mode is also useful.

That iphone ripoff shouldn't be mentioned, and again shows the lack of forward thinking that currently defines Microsoft's mobile efforts. Here is Samsung's version which at least tries to apply some originality to fixing the problem.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=Cg7fGLApino

Far better solution than the copycat kludge Microsoft has implemented, but I bet because its on an android phone it will be panned...

 

[Harrie-S]

Finally a thumbs up weening-free post:

Unfortunately the complainers found this thread and weening started. (as if there where not enough posts for complains)

 

[raycpl]

True... Some people possesses deep compulsions to degrade every other thread with complaints and whining... We need more positivity.

 

[renuzaki]

to be honest i am disappointed in Groove its too slow :/ sometimes takes time to play next song and sometimes stops abruptly!
i do love the one hand usage mode so nice to have that! beside that the latest build kicks a$$! haha its fast smooth and there is absolutely no resuming screen! even Edge downloads files flawlessly when locked too which it usually couldn't in 100mb+ files

/L1020/10586.36

 

[raycpl]

I have no problem with lag on Groove. I keep about 400-600 mp3 (190-320kbps) on my SD card .. hope you have a highspeed card !!

 

[Michael Rivers]

The new icons and font make everything much easier to see and read. The whole OS just looks more professional and nice.

The settings are much better organized and easy to use.

Groove is vastly improved. The bug I had in which a random song from my recently played list would automatically start playing with no input from me seems to be gone. The app is more attractive.

Have to write something negative: no new podcast app.

 

[renuzaki]

I have no problem with lag on Groove. I keep about 400-600 mp3 (190-320kbps) on my SD card .. hope you have a highspeed card !!

as i said

/L1020/10586.36

i have Lumia 1020 (no sd card) i have about 220 songs mp3 (256b) to flac.
sigh :/
i tried uninstalling and installing groove

 

[raycpl]

as i said
i have Lumia 1020 (no sd card) i have about 220 songs mp3 (256b) to flac.
sigh :/
i tried uninstalling and installing groove

I have 920 (the innards are identical to the 1020 except for THAT camera!!!!!) Don't have any problem with Groove either, though I don't use flac files. Hope you get the problem sorted out.
My 920 is getting a new lease of life on W10M... Cheers

 

[Chintan Gohel]

Update the Original post with the features which will make thread useful at a glance.

I've done that and thank you for the suggestion, that is a good one

 

[Chintan Gohel]

Renaming my phone for Bluetooth or mobile hotspot sharing.. previously everything was "Windows Phone"

You could do that via pc but you're right, we can do this on the phone now. Thank you

 

[Chintan Gohel]

And sorry, adding the Flashlight to the action center is truly not a feature to brag about.

What seems like something that you wouldn't use is a great feature for me. I use flashlight dozens of times in the day at work at the factory. It's so easy to just swipe down and switch on flashlight. My engineering colleagues have to go through so many steps to get to the flashlight app on their phones that it's just frustrating. And then so many steps to switch it off.

Walking in the dark at night, just enable the flashlight. Searching for an item in the house in the dark, shining a light in dark corners or tight spots. These are reasons why having flashlight in action center is so useful.

 

[raycpl]

Yup. Two simple one handed steps - just using my thumb . Swipe down and tap top right corner.... Works every time ..!!

 

[Richard Culverhouse]

All positive here as well with my 950xl. Loving the phone and the system. I love seeing the system evolve like I did with the desktop Insider Preview.