You get four columns that make the reverse-chronological ordering hard to comprehend. While you might assume that Keep’s “Multi-column view,” which is a more interesting way on phones to look at a lot of notes than a list, naturally scales to larger screens, it’s actually overwhelming on tablets. The entire time I was conscious of Google’s track record, but I was not ready for its first-party apps to disappoint me as much as it did.
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With the launch of Android 12L and the impending launch of updates and/or new devices, I tried to live that dream. In that fantasy, I’d use a large screen to quickly go through tweets, email, news, and other torrents of information during more laid back periods of the day (breakfast, lunch, etc). Google needs to walk before it can run, and its first-party apps are a pretty good indicator of their conviction to tablet this time around.I want to use a tablet. This is necessary for any first-party device or renewed push that calls for “ tablet-first apps” that take advantage of styli. Similar to how relatively quickly Google rolled out Material You for its biggest apps, such a push is needed for tablet experiences. The company’s wide portfolio of applications cover many classes of experiences (feeds, browsing, tools, etc) and good implementations of each would go a long way to inspire others on building their own. Google needs to have its first-party tablet apps serve as a guide, if not template, for third-party developers. That display has to be done thoughtfully and in a smart manner that is delightful. It cannot just be about showing more information.
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While there’s obvious reuse from the website, the Calendar team has meaningfully differentiated the app for tablets and that’s surprisingly a rare occurrence for Google.īeyond the straightforward idea of how to use the additional screen real estate, developers of apps listed in the bad and basic sections would do well to think about what large touch surfaces allow for. The background is kept lively by Calendar’s – at this point – iconic monthly illustrations, which are unique to mobile. However, the real star of the show is the Day and Schedule view where you can see the entire month – which serves as a date switcher – at the left, while there’s a list next to it. For starters, the Month and Week views get the space they need to show off events at a glance. My favorite Google app on Android tablets is Calendar. That said, YouTube avoids the overly desktop feel that Google Photos suffers from. It’s basically the website, down to the docked mini player when browsing the feed tab. Like the Music version, the player screen with it’s list of additional videos on the right that’s also used to show the video description is pretty good. It’s just an unfocused experience that complicates what should be a straightforward task.
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Meanwhile, the actual note-taking view is a pain that, like on the web, does not take up the entire screen, but rather appears in the middle with the background grid still visible. Instead of the index cards on pinboard analogy, a simple two-column approach with a list on the left and note content next to it would have been much better in this case.
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