What's all the talk about new lockscreen features in 8.1?

[NatKingColeslaw]

I saw references in both the WMPoweruser feed and in other comments about great lockscreen possibilities. I missed the actual talk, and haven't seen this expanded on at all. Anybody know what this is referring to?

 

[anon(7900571)]

Those are live lock screen , basically a theme on your lock screen. Rudy Hyun is working with Microsoft to develop more themes for the new lock screen

 

[NatKingColeslaw]

Thanks for the quick response. Like i said, i was only able to follow the live comments, not the actual speech. Are there any examples of this lockscreen theme? I don't think I really grasp what the idea is. Whatever it is, Rudy is involved. It'll be top notch.

 

[Yonic Boom]

I think it's neat how Microsoft reached out to Rudy and name dropped him at Build. It's nice to see a company so attentive to what's going on in their user community.

I'm excited to see what he comes up with.

 

[sueha]

Like i said, i was only able to follow the live comments, not the actual speech. Are there any examples of this lockscreen theme?

Go check the recorded session at the build website.

 

[NatKingColeslaw]

Go check the recorded session at the build website.

It seems others have questions about this as well, so I thought this was an excellent point for discussion on the board.

 

[jojoe42]

I can see a lot of lock screen customiser apps incoming making use of the new APIs. I did like that "Tokyo" lockscreen they showed off at Build though

 

[anon(7900571)]

I can see a lot of lock screen customiser apps incoming making use of the new APIs. I did like that "Tokyo" lockscreen they showed off at Build though

+920 , those three balls meet at same position , I want this gorgeous lock screen :smile:

 

[TechAbstract]

Those two lockscreens look cool. They need to make one with Cortana in it

 

[jojoe42]

Those two lockscreens look cool. They need to make one with Cortana in it ��

I'd like one with swipe-able content... then you could fit more info on the lock screen without cluttering it up.... or....a contextual lock screen that changes based on location and time. I know it sounds a little too much like Android but it is admittedly handy to have contextual content