Windows Phone 8.1 – App list sorting and actionable notifications revealed in alleged screenshots

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More information is coming forrad regarding the forthcoming Windows Phone 8.i. This fourth dimension, declared screenshots from build viii.ten.12166.0 were posted in the Windows Phone Cardinal forums by user qXerro. Although we have not verified the screenshots (they tin be easily faked), we can confirm that the information revealed past them is authentic for the upcoming Windows Phone overhaul due early on adjacent year. In fact, the grammar mistake suggests they are re-created.

In three screen captures, posted below, we tin can see more than detail about the Notification center and sortable items in the App list in improver to a new battery display option.

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The Facebook notifications have not be verified, simply app list sorting is accurate

In Windows 8.1, currently in preview edition, users should exist familiar with the sorting option in the App list. Users can organize the listing by proper noun, frequency of use, category or date installed. Windows Phone Central has learned some time agone that this feature will also be nowadays in Windows Telephone 8.1, finally offer terminate users the ability to better control carte du jour arrangement. (We should likewise caution that we heard in that location were problems with it, so it may not make information technology to the terminal build.) By tapping the double-arrow in the upper right hand corner, users can select from those options listed above and this is reflected in these leaked screenshots.

The other new feature is actionable notifications. This will be a new enhancement to the electric current Toast notifications (i.e. pop upward) that users are familiar with and it will exist open up to developers with the new 8.1 SDK. One time once again, it will mirror Windows viii.1 and the Skype case, where users can answer the phone call with or without video or ignore, all from the Toast notification. The same will be in Windows Phone eight.one where you can for example directly respond to a text message without having to launch the app. This can be seen above with the Facebook message.

We tin also reiterate the news about 'ghost notifications' for the Notification Center, which Windows Telephone Central first reported on a few days ago. These will not be Toast notifications simply instead will become directly to the Notification Center so as to non constantly bother end-users. This option will be available to developers via the SDK and should give Windows Phone a superior notification organization.

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The third and final new tidbit reveals a "Show Battery percentage" selection nether the Bombardment settings. This will allow users to see the exact per centum of battery in the Chore bar next to the battery icon.

Other information revealed merely non verified is that the OS will be announced in January with the SDK due in February, most likely at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. The poster of the screenshots, qXerro, has noted that this current build has poor Wi-Fi and that the settings app crashes randomly, reminding us that Microsoft still has some work to do.

Windows Phone Central cannot maintain if the actual screenshots are real though (they could be re-creations) but we stand past the information revealed here. Of course, features tin be added and removed during the process then more changes may be forthcoming.

Update eleven:45 AM: Nosotros should likewise clarify that many of these leaked screenshots (or clever PhotosShops) are in fact based on older OS iterations. That means not too much should be placed on last UI layouts or functionality.

Source: Windows Telephone Fundamental Forums; Thank you, Muessig, for the tip

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