Microsoft launches a free lock screen app for Android

Microsoft recently launched a new lock screen replacement app called as Picturesque for Android devices, this app is a part of Microsoft Garage project, it replaces your Android phones stock lock screen and focuses on showing all the information up front. The Picturesque app displays beautiful images from Bing home page to your lock screen and allows you to change the image by just shaking your phone or by swiping to the right. Missed call and text message notifications will be displayed on the lock screen and you can also search directly from the lock screen without unlocking your phone.

Here is the full list of features this app offers:

• Beautiful Bing Homepage images:

Beautiful bing images are displayed on your lock screen and the images update daily; you can swipe through the images from past 6 days or can shake your phone to change the image on your lock screen.

• Search on the lock screen:

Using the bing search bar yiu can search for anything directly from your lock screen and can also read the searched content without unlocking your device.

• News:

It keeps you updated to all the latest news and headlines.

• Weather:

Shows you the weather of your current location; long tap the icons to get the detailed weather predictions for the week.

• Notifications on Screen:

Get your missed calls and text messages notification directly on you lock screen.

• Regional Calendars & Muhurats

(Only for Indian users):

You can Personalize the lock screen to access your favorite regional calendars and Muhurat.

• Camera & Phone controls:

Camera can be accessed directly from the lock screen; Change your WiFi, Bluetooth, volume, brightness settings from the lock screen.

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