Tag: Updates

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Version 4.11 – a few changes, a lot of fixes

Version 4.11 is important for Floating Apps for Auto as we skipped 4.10. It was too unstable, and the added value wasn’t so significant to overweight it. For 4.11, we spent a lot of time testing it, improving tutorials and functionality. What started as an almost identical clone of original Floating Apps is now its…
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Version 4.10 is out!

Hello everyone, the next version of Floating Apps is out in the wild! What’s new? There are numerous changes to the floating browser, so it gets its own article. The backup/restore feature is also improved and there is a post with more details on the topic. There are also changes to the floating clipboard app…
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Version 4.10 – Improved browser

The floating browser is the most frequently updated app, and version 4.10 follows the trend and brings new features as well. Tabs have been changed the most – they come with separate close button for each of tabs as opposed to the single close button known from previous versions. However, you can still use “Single…
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Version 4.10 – Improved backup feature

The backup and restore feature is an important part of Floating Apps. It has already gone through a lot of changes and we’ve recently introduced completely new version with support only for cloud backups with Google Drive as a storage provider. Over the time, it showed up that this might not be the best decision…
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Version 4.10 – Full changelog

NEW LANGUAGE: Bulgarian (Please, help us to complete the translation) Backup: Adds an option to restore from local backup file. Backup: Adds support for offline backups with local files only. Browser: Adds an option to switch between single close button and close buttons in tabs. Browser: Adds a menu with extra options for long-tap on…
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Version 4.9 is out!

Floating Apps 4.9 is out and it comes with many improvements and bug fixes. Let’s talk a bit about the most important ones: New Search app is replacing old Google and Wikipedia search Browser and Bookmarks receives many improvements Multimedia apps are featuring a new gallery mode for selecting files Countdown is reworked and Document…
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Version 4.9: New welcome screen and overal improvements

In version 4.9, there are also numerous improvements to the overall system and the main app. Most notably, there is a new welcome screen. You will no longer end up in the list of built-in floating apps but in a nice welcome screen that helps you (and new users) to explore all features of Floating…
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Version 4.9: Browser & Bookmarks improved

The floating browser is the most complex floating app and it receives new features and improvements with every single release. And version 4.9 is no exception. It’s also more tightly connected with the bookmarks app. Configurable toolbar Different users have different needs and they use the browser in their very own way. Being able to…
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Version 4.9: File Manager, Image Viewer, Video & Music Player, and gallery mode

Gallery mode for Image Viewer and Video & Music Player Until now, it was a bit complicated to select images, videos and music files and it needed you to navigate through the file system. Of course, this option is still available but there is also a new gallery mode that uses the very same mechanism…
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Version 4.9: Document Viewer, Countdown and toolbars

Document Viewer rotates documents and can search in plain text files Some documents may be rotated and it’s not easy to read them. Not anymore! Viewing PDF and DOC/ODT documents is based on external modules and external rendering and for this reason, some features are almost impossible to implement. For example, a search feature. However,…
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