Here's What Sailfish OS Has That Android, iOS Don't

Here's What Sailfish OS Has That Android, iOS Don't

The OS has features from Android, iOS and Windows Phone.  The Sailfish mobile operating system, which runs the recently released Jolla smartphone has been talked about quite a bit, majorly because the OS has the capacity to run Android apps on the Jolla phone. In the latest, the company is reportedly going to launch a version of the OS for existing smartphones running on Google’s Android OS. The OS though also has some features neither the leading Android OS nor Apple’s iOS have. 1) Priority to multitasking: The currently running apps are displayed on the home screen in the Sailfish OS. The OS has a multi-tasking menu, which is quite similar to the BlackBerry 10 OS. In addition, it also has quick access icons for the Dialer, messaging, browser and the camera. 2) Multitasking through gestures: Sailfish also gives the user the option to execute actions without opening them. It also shows the user what apps are running and a screenshot of the last task that has been performed on the device. Also, you can pause or play music by simply swiping on the media player. 3) Android support: This is by far the hero feature of Jolla’s new operating system. It has its own Sailfish store, which has apps specifically designed for the OS. In addition, you can also run apps that have been designed for Android. 4) Swipe: Android is not the only OS that Sailfish is inspired from. The platform takes the swipe away feature that is part of the iOS 7. This feature allows you to get to a previous windows by simply swiping from left to right. You can also view notifications by swiping up from the bottom of the screen. 5) Facebook Integration: How can Android not be having Facebook integration right? Well, the Sailfish OS has integrated Facebook right down to the core of the device. How? Well, it has feature like opening Facebook photos directly from your device’s gallery and Facebook messenger chats can be done directly from the SMS app. The latter being something that the Windows Phone OS has.

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