The series of screenshots above show a few more of the G4’s unique software features. If you want to go this route, you have to ditch LG’s launcher entirely and install the Google Now Launcher from the Play Store. Although it is easy to switch off in the home screen settings, it would be nice if it could be replaced by something else, like Google Now. It duplicated information and functionality easily available in other parts of the phone, and in all the time we used the G4, we cannot say we used it once. An Evernote widget is also available if you have the application installed.Īlthough Smart Bulletin is an attractive and well-designed application, we did find its usefulness pretty redundant. There’s also Quick Remote, which is LG’s universal remote application that utilizes the G4’s IR blaster, and Smart Tips, which is the G4’s help app. The defaults are Calendar, which simply shows upcoming events (as in the right-hand screenshot) LG Health, which is not shown above since the app is not installed on this phone Music and Smart Settings (shown in the middle screen shot). The widgets can be reordered, and you can remove ones you do not need. What you find here is an aggregation of information presented as scrollable widgets that can be collapsed into the minimized list of the left-hand screenshot above. However, unlike Google Now, which is search on steroids plus personalized information cards, or Briefing, which is a glorified RSS reader, Smart Bulletin tries to be something different and, LG hopes, more useful. Just as Google has Google Now when you swipe right from its launcher’s homepage and Samsung has its Briefing application, LG has its own equivalent.
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