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Target: Android 5.0 (Lollipop, API 21)
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Picturesque Lock Screen, a Microsoft Garage project, brings the beautiful Bing home page images to your android lock screen. The app allows you to easily change the image (from the past 6 days Bing homepages) with just a shake of the phone or by swiping to the right. You could see your missed calls and text messages at a glance on the lock screen and also search directly from the lock screen without unlocking your phone. Picturesque also brings your current weather, news and Indian regional calendars on your phone lock screen.
Key Features:
• Beautiful Bing Homepage images: Your lock screen will be updated with the beautiful daily Bing image; you could swipe through the images from past 6 days or shake your phone to change the image on your lock screen.
• Search on the lock screen: You could search for anything on the web directly from the lock screen and read all the linked pages without having to unlock your phone.
• Latest news: Keep yourself updated with the latest news headlines and tap through to read the full articles.
• Weather: Find out what the weather is at your current location; long tap through on the icons to get the detailed weather predictions for the week.
• Notifications on Screen: See your missed calls and Messages quickly from your lockscreen. Quick call or reply from the notification from Home screen itself.
• Regional Calendars & Muhurats (Only for Indian users): Personalize the lock screen to access your favorite regional calendars and Muhurat. Now you can figure out what festival is on for the day, rahu kalam, chogadiya/hora timings all from the lock screen itself.
• Camera & Phone controls: Access your phone camera from the lock screen; Change your WiFi, Bluetooth, volume, brightness settings; also use your phone as a torch from the lock screen.
About
This release does not have a Play Store Description, so we grabbed one from version 2.9.4.0:
Wallpaper, Notifications, Quick launch camera, Cricket, Top News, Weather, Tools, Search web, Call/message frequent contacts and Launch favourite apps from your lock screen
✔ Rewards: Referral program in India market has ended. Eligible users can continue to redeem their FreeCharge coupons
✔ Wallpaper: Choose your own image or receive beautiful wallpaper for your lock screen background from Bing by Microsoft everyday
✔ Notifications: View missed calls, text messages, and other notifications. Customize and categorize notifications based on type and priority on your lock screen
✔ Contacts: One click access to WhatsApp, call and message frequent contacts. Search frequent contacts from lock screen directly
✔ Favorite apps: Launch favorite applications right from lock screen
✔ Security: Custom unlock features like enable pin, password and pattern unlock screen to secure your phone
✔ News: Read latest news in categories like business, sports, politics, top stories, national news and more, right from the lock screen
✔ Sports: Get live Cricket scores on your locker and stay up-to-date
✔ Search: Search contacts, applications and web without unlocking your phone
✔ Tools: Quick access to tools like camera, flashlight, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, ringer and more
✔ Camera: Get access to Camera in single touch right from your locker, now don’t miss any moment to capture
✔ Music: Control music from your locker
✔ Weather: Get up-to-date weather and temperature for your current location directly on your lock screen
✔ Rewards: Earn Bing rewards (in US market) for your searches
Picturesque Lock Screen by Microsoft is one stop solution to all your lock screen problems. Now secure your android device with a beautiful background integrated with features like Bing Search and app shortcuts to increase your productivity.
★ ★ ★ ★ What others are telling about us
★ Microsoft has been hard at work bringing in a new update to give users more to love – Android Headlines
★ Picturesque is undoubtedly one of the best-looking lockscreen replacement apps available for Android - Business Insider
★ Yet another sign that Microsoft under CEO Satya Nadella is a proudly cross-platform company –Gigaom
★ if you're looking for additional ways to spice up your locked device, it may be worth adding Microsoft's Picturesque Lock Screen to your list – Android Police
★ Gizmodo Top app of the week – Gizmodo
★ Business ETC top 5 app of the week – Business ETC
★ Picturesque may be experimental, but it’s also a workaround, putting Microsoft’s search engine front and center from the moment users turn on their phones – Green Bot
★ ★ ★ ★ Check out our videos made by Picturesque lock screen lovers
1. www.youtube.com/watch?v=m78-dBNBLEQ
2. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nys7BJCzh60
3. www.youtube.com/watch?v=n_mDTum9dBQ
4. www.youtube.com/watch?v=n_mDTum9dBQ
5. www.youtube.com/watch?v=IIA6csLPrj0
6. www.youtube.com/watch?v=cXBzGUEwe-I
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