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<\/a><\/p>\nWhen you are out and about, another bunch of apps comes up. \u00a0This time with the location related apps Maps, Local.\u00a0 I have added in Calendar and a bus app.<\/p>\n
It senses where you are by sniffing the GPS and Wi Fi data.\u00a0 It will also show nearby locations of interest. If you are near a location that has been checked in on Foursquare, it will pop them up.\u00a0 For example, it shows recommendations of certain dish at a location.<\/p>\n At night, the homescreen changes for another set of apps for you.\u00a0 It groups Android Alarm and Torch together, for your convenience.<\/p>\n Aviate groups apps \u00a0into Collections, eg Work, Home, Out and About, Day Time, Night Time, Social, News, Games etc. \u00a0There are only 3 homescreens. \u00a0The main homescreen, settings and the app drawer. \u00a0The first three collections, Work, Home and Out and About can swiped into the main homescreen from the left, see below. \u00a0The Day and Night Time collections triggered by time,\u00a0pops into the main homescreen. \u00a0Work and Home collections are triggered by address.<\/p>\n Aviate Change Collection<\/p><\/div>\n If an app that you need is not listed in the collection, two swipes will get you to the new app drawer.\u00a0The default app drawer is now no longer an after thought with all the apps thrown. \u00a0In Aviate, all the apps are grouped and listed in alphabetical order. See picture below.<\/p>\n Aviate App Drawer<\/p><\/div>\n If you are like me, a stickler for the locations of your apps on homescreens, Aviate takes some time to get use to. \u00a0All these context sensitive homescreen comes at a price.\u00a0 It leaches an extra 2%\/hr of the battery life. \u00a0At the time of writing, this app is a closed beta product, so some bugs\/performance issues are to be expected.<\/p>\n The normal widgets for your apps can be installed, unfortunately only on the current main screen. \u00a0The most you can put in is one or two. \u00a0It does not scroll down. See below with four widgets installed. \u00a0The top widget is actually a picture, horribly compressed.<\/p>\n Aviate Homescreen with widgets<\/p><\/div>\n Putting the widgets in a collection gives a much better experience. \u00a0Swipe down to show the current collection, long press to install your favourite widget.<\/p>\n Aviate Work collection with Echofon and Flipboard widget<\/p><\/div>\n You can add change the contents of the collection by dragging the desired app from the app drawer into the collection. \u00a0If you press on the add icon, it suggests an appropriate app \u00a0from the Play store. \u00a0In this example, the SnapChat app. \u00a0You can control what collection you want to see in the Collections, by clicking on the gear icon at the top right hand corner.<\/p>\n Aviate recommending SnapChat<\/p><\/div>\n For Work collection , it suggest CamScanner. \u00a0You can have a repeating shortcuts across multiple collections. \u00a0For example I have Whatsapp shortcut in several.<\/p>\n Aviate Work homescreen with CamScanner widget<\/p><\/div>\n In the Music collection, it suggest installing the Pandora widget.<\/p>\n Aviate recommends Pandora widget<\/p><\/div>\n Games Collection, you can install SongPop<\/p>\n Aviate Games Homescreen with SongPop<\/p><\/div>\n For News, it recommends Podkicker Pro<\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/a><\/a><\/a><\/a><\/a><\/a><\/a>