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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Microsoft's new Android Launcher app feels closer to iOS 9 than Windows 10</td></tr>
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MICROSOFT has released a nifty new Android Launcher which brings some of the best of Windows to your Android smartphone.<br />
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Android is known for its endless customisation options.<br />
And now Microsoft has released an Android Launcher application which hopes to bring some of the Redmond firm's Windows 10 charm to your Google-powered smartphone.<br />
It's called Arrow and was briefly released in beta earlier this summer via a close-knit Google+ group for testers.<br />
But now Microsoft's first Android Launcher is available for everyone to try in the <a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.microsoft.launcher%20" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Google Play Store</a>.<br />
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The Android Launcher fits neatly into Microsoft's new platform-neutral business model and brings an intuitive and well-designed lick of paint to your Android homescreen.<br />
The design of the Arrow Launcher feels closer to iOS 9 than Windows 10 but should afford Microsoft the ability to tie-in some of its most successful Windows 10 services, including OneDrive and Office 365.<br />
But for now, the only clue that Microsoft is behind the beautiful Arrow Launcher is the inclusion of circulating Bing background wallpapers.<br />
The headline feature of the new Android Launcher is its ability to learn from your smartphone usage to customise and streamline its appearance.<br />
In a nutshell, the <i>more</i> you use it – the <i>better</i> it will get.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Arrow Launcher learns your habits and prioritises the right apps, contacts and files</td></tr>
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Arrow will present you with a Recent screen with the apps, files, images or contacts it thinks you are looking for, based on your day-to-day usage.<br />
It's similar to the new proactive Siri functionality Apple baked into iOS 9, which rolled out across the globe last month.<br />
Arrow also sorts your static app drawer based on your usage, too.<br />
As a result the entire OS feels fluid as it tries to pick-up your smartphone habits.<br />
Microsoft has not shied away from the customisation options which make Android such a popular choice.<br />
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Its new Arrow Launcher is compatible with all your favourite widgets, organised into one page, as well as third party icon packs.<br />
You can also customise the semi-transparent settings dock that is swiped up from the bottom of the screen – sound familiar, iPhone users?<br />
The dock brings together your favourite apps and commonly-used settings, such as Aeroplane Mode, Wifi Controls, a Bluetooth toggle, Torch Mode and more.<br />
It's a interesting side-project from the Microsoft Garage and is currently available in English and Chinese.<br />
Meanwhile, Microsoft is hard at work improving its own operating system, Windows 10.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Arrow Launcher allows Microsoft to tightly integrate its own cloud services and apps</td></tr>
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The new Microsoft OS has an impressive adoption rate – racking up 110 million installations in just 11 weeks – and is expected to receive <a href="http://newsnewsblog.blogspot.com.ng/2015/10/windows-10-microsofts-first-major.html#0">its first major update sometime next week</a>.<br />
But the new OS has not been without issues.<br />
Users have reported <a href="http://newsnewsblog.blogspot.com.ng/2015/08/windows-10-how-to-fix-slow-startup.html">infuriatingly slow boot-up speeds</a>, <a href="http://newsnewsblog.blogspot.com/2015/08/windows-10-how-to-fix-broken-wifi-after.html">trouble with wifi connections</a>, <a href="http://newsnewsblog.blogspot.com.ng/2015/08/windows-10-how-to-fix-slow-startup.html">privacy concerns</a> and <a href="http://newsnewsblog.blogspot.com/2015/09/windows-10-your-safety-settings-could.html">issues with child safety features following the jump to Windows 10</a>.<br />
Windows 10 is currently a free operating system upgrade to customers running genuine versions of Windows 7, Windows 8 and Windows 8.1.<br />
If you have managed to get your version of Windows 10 up and running smoothly <a href="http://newsnewsblog.blogspot.com.ng/2015/10/windows-10-7-tips-and-tricks-you-really.html">– NewsNewsBlog.blogspot.com has rounded up SEVEN top tips to master your new operating system</a>.<br />
And if you are feeling negative towards the new operating system, <a href="http://newsnewsblog.blogspot.com/2015/10/windows-10-5-worst-features-in.html">here are the WORST features Microsoft included in Windows 10</a>.

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