The year 2016 has turned out to be a very prolific one for Android apps, having reached a turning point of market saturation where quantity trumps quality. Still, though, we've seen lots of sparks of quality that have served to detonate new openings in app development. Here are 9 tools released this year that we think have proved most relevant for Android, video games aside.
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This is not a custom ROM or anything that modifies your Android configuration. When you launch the app you'll see the new desktop on your screen and from there, you can launch apps you already have installed, as well as use the ones included with Andromium OS like its integrated browser, calculator, or small media player.
When you minimize standard apps, shortcuts to them appear on the bottom taskbar, although they'll run in fullscreen superimposed over the rest of the interface when they're open. Only the integrated features mentioned above can be grouped and stacked in multiple layers.
Andromium OS is an interesting initiative that solves one of the main problems when it comes to using Android for more specific tasks than it was originally meant for. It opens a potential development path by unifying the mobile and desktop experience into one single environment.
Our picks: The most relevant apps of 2016
Turn your Android into a desktop PC with Andromium OS
A Holy Grail for Android developers has long been to find an efficient way to bring the experience of desktop operating systems to smartphones and tablets. Despite the apps to create floating windows or full operating systems based on Android for desktop computers, it's true that no one had managed to unify both experiences properly. Until now.
Andromium OS is looking to become our Messiah: it offers a desktop interface with windows on your smartphone and lets you control it with a keyboard, mouse, and external monitor.
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Looking forward to its development.
good idea