Folders finally coming to Windows Phone through Nokia’s Lumia Black update

Earlier today we covered some details on the Nokia's Lumia Black update that is beginning to rollout in China and other countries around the earth. Nosotros now accept more than details on new features within Lumia Black and the availability of the rollout. Information ahoy!

The Lumia Blackness firmware already comes on devices similar the Lumia 1520, simply now it's rolling out for the Lumia 1020 and Lumia 925 smartphones. Other devices volition get the update in the coming weeks. Nokia has a back up page on their site where you can check on the status for both the Bister and Lumia Black updates depending on your region and carrier.

What's new in the Lumia Black update? At that place's a couple of new features and improvements in imaging. Look forward to things similar:

App Binder
Nokia Glance Screen 2.0
Bluetooth LE
Nokia Refocus
Nokia Beamer
Nokia Storyteller
Nokia Photographic camera

Folders!

The biggest surprise is the add-on of folders into Windows Phone. App folders will permit users to group similar apps and settings into one folder every bit a tile on your Outset screen. A mod from Nokia Conversations replied in the comments of the corresponding blog post announcing the rollout and said that "nosotros'll bring more details on that in a future mail service" when answering how app folders volition work. This is a heavily requested characteristic among many Windows Telephone users and those running Lumia Black will be able to take advantage of it.

Samsung previously delivered Folders to their Windows Phone users via an app, and we imagine this will exist the case hither. And then stay tuned.

Glance 2.0 and more

The second version of Nokia'southward Glance Screen improves upon the cadre functionality and feature set from when it initially launched. The version in Lumia Black allows you to see notifications from your favorite apps like Twitter, Facebook, or WhatsApp. All devices with Lumia Black will also have Bluetooth Low Energy enabled (BT4.0). This allows for devices similar center rate monitors or fitness trackers to continue a stable connection and non drain the battery for either device.

In that location are a scattering of apps from Nokia that crave Lumia Black to work. Apps similar Storyteller, Beamer, and Refocus volition be bachelor to those with Lumia Black. There are certain limitations for what some of those apps can do on some hardware. For example, Nokia Refocus will only work with devices that have at to the lowest degree 1GB of RAM. Of form Nokia Camera now works from the Lumia 520 to Lumia 1520, but it really sings on college end hardware.

In terms of imaging, Lumia Blackness improves prototype quality (especially in the Lumia 1020) with a new set of algorithms. Images should look more natural with reduced noise in depression-lite situations.

When do you become the update? Soon. Similar we said, information technology's rolling out right at present to the Lumia 1020 and Lumia 925 globally. Check your specific carrier on this support page.

Source: Nokia Conversations, Lumia Black availability

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