![]() ![]() That’s not multitasking, its a series of steps! Or maybe you use an app’s built-in share menu, which opens up a tray at the bottom of the phone while the rest of the screen goes dark and sits there unused. You highlight the text, copy it, swipe up to go home, tap on your messaging app of choice, paste it in, and hit send. Aside from a handful of apps like the Kindle app and photo editing app Mylio, only Microsoft’s first-party Android apps really have this type of functionality currently. The problem is that with the idea of dual-screen phones still so new, it’s going to take a while for app makers who aren’t Microsoft to adjust. This really transforms the way you use apps that actually have this added level of support. Not only does this change the way an app looks and functions, it also gives app developers a new way of designing how an app works, with Microsoft giving apps like Outlook and Powerpoint an enhanced UI to better utilize the Duo’s dual screen nature. Then there are completely new gestures like grabbing the small tab at the bottom of an app and dragging it to the hinge, which allows an app on one side of the phone to suddenly span both displays. This means you have to learn where you can and can’t swipe depending how you’re using the Duo, and with so many modes, it can take some getting used to. When in dual-screen mode, swiping in from the middle of the phone starting at the hinge is not only awkward, it’s hard to do. You can still do things like swipe up from the bottom to go home, but when it comes to swiping in from the sides to go back, that only works on one side. In this way, Microsoft is sort of entering uncharted territory, which means both us and Microsoft (and its partnership with Google) are learning as we go. It feels like the most natural thing in the world. This means that simply by putting your thumb on the lower hinge at the base of the phone, the Duo rests gently in your hand just like a real book. Meanwhile, the exterior of the device is practically unblemished, aside from the Microsoft logo embedded within the Duo’s outside glass, a USB-C port along the bottom, a side-mounted fingerprint sensor, and the usual buttons for power and volume.īut what you can’t see on the inside is just as critical, because unlike regular phones, the Surface Duo has duplicate sensors and accelerometers in both halves of the device, allowing the Duo to recognize which “posture” it’s in, so the phone can react properly to any of its various modes, whether it’s closed, propped up like a tent, sitting on a table like a mini-laptop, or rotated a full 360 degrees so that only one screen is in use.įurthermore, the Surface Duo feels balanced, almost like a proper chef’s knife, with Microsoft intentionally putting the Duo’s center of gravity toward the bottom of the hinge when it’s fully open. ![]()
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