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1. <?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:blogger='http://schemas.google.com/blogger/2008' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005" xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1524220243768860687</id><updated>2024-04-16T23:50:17.232-07:00</updated><title type='text'>adam501.blogspot.in/</title><subtitle type='html'></subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://adam501.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1524220243768860687/posts/default'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://adam501.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>Computer Virus</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06751985750811967965</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>3</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1524220243768860687.post-1605404775006935005</id><published>2018-04-21T08:49:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2018-04-21T08:49:09.058-07:00</updated><title type='text'>PUBG Mobile is fun, but it’s not very tense.</title><content type='html'>&lt;div dir=&quot;ltr&quot; style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot; trbidi=&quot;on&quot;&gt;
2. <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #727272; font-family: "Proximanova Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 19px; letter-spacing: -0.76px; line-height: 29px; margin-bottom: 21px;">
3. Player Unknown’s Battlegrounds (PUBG) lit the world on fire last year. It sold millions before it even left Early Access on Steam, and kicked off the battle royale gaming craze we’re experiencing right now. Now this FPS juggernaut is on mobile.</div>
4. <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #727272; font-family: "Proximanova Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 19px; letter-spacing: -0.76px; line-height: 29px; margin-bottom: 21px;">
5. </div>
6. <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #727272; font-family: "Proximanova Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 19px; letter-spacing: -0.76px; line-height: 29px; margin-bottom: 21px;">
7. In PUBG you play as a mercenary who parachutes, along with up to 99 other players, onto an island. Once they land, players scavenge for weapons, ammo, armor, and other supplies in a last-man-standing death match. The game’s map starts large, but quickly shrinks as the electrical storm around the island collapses into progressively smaller circles, forcing players together as the game goes on.</div>
8. <div class="desktop-visible" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #727272; font-family: "Proximanova Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 19px; letter-spacing: -0.76px;">
9. <div id="tpd-native-ad-b" style="box-sizing: border-box;">
10. </div>
11. </div>
12. <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #727272; font-family: "Proximanova Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 19px; letter-spacing: -0.76px; line-height: 29px; margin-bottom: 21px;">
13. </div>
14. <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #727272; font-family: "Proximanova Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 19px; letter-spacing: -0.76px; line-height: 29px; margin-bottom: 21px;">
15. It’s a simple concept with tons of room for complexity. You land on an island with 99 other people and only your fists. Find a gun and stay in the circle. Last one standing wins. Is it worth playing? That’s what we aim to find out in this PUBG Mobile review.</div>
16. <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #727272; font-family: "Proximanova Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 19px; letter-spacing: -0.76px; line-height: 29px; margin-bottom: 21px;">
17. </div>
18. <h2 style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #3f3f3f; font-family: "Open Sans Extrabold", sans-serif; font-size: 32px !important; font-weight: 500; letter-spacing: -0.02em; line-height: 44px; margin: 15px 0px;">
19. Features</h2>
20. <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #727272; font-family: "Proximanova Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 19px; letter-spacing: -0.76px; line-height: 29px; margin-bottom: 21px;">
21. </div>
22. <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #727272; font-family: "Proximanova Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 19px; letter-spacing: -0.76px; line-height: 29px; margin-bottom: 21px;">
23. The Mobile version of PUBG has pretty much all the features of its PC counterpart, with a few exceptions. The game only offers PUBG’s original map, Erangel — an abandoned, vaguely Eastern European 8km x 8km island. Everything from the PC version of this map — from the abandoned military base to the burned out nuclear power plant — has made it to the Mobile version of the game.</div>
24. <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #727272; font-family: "Proximanova Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 19px; letter-spacing: -0.76px; line-height: 29px; margin-bottom: 21px;">
25. </div>
26. <div class="clear" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; clear: both; color: #727272; font-family: "Proximanova Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 19px; letter-spacing: -0.76px;">
27. </div>
28. <blockquote class="quote_new center" style="background-color: white; border: 0px rgb(57, 210, 102); box-sizing: border-box; color: #39d266; font-family: "Proximanova Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 17.5px; letter-spacing: -0.76px; margin: 45px 0px 52px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 2px; position: relative; text-align: center;">
29. <div style="box-sizing: border-box; color: inherit; font-family: "Open Sans Extrabold", sans-serif !important; font-size: 34px !important; letter-spacing: -0.065em !important; line-height: 38px !important; margin-bottom: 14px; padding: 0px 20px;">
30. The mobile version of PUBG has pretty much all the features of its PC counterpart.</div>
31. </blockquote>
32. <div class="clear" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; clear: both; color: #727272; font-family: "Proximanova Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 19px; letter-spacing: -0.76px;">
33. </div>
34. <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #727272; font-family: "Proximanova Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 19px; letter-spacing: -0.76px; line-height: 29px; margin-bottom: 21px;">
35. </div>
36. <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #727272; font-family: "Proximanova Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 19px; letter-spacing: -0.76px; line-height: 29px; margin-bottom: 21px;">
37. All the weapons, gear, and vehicles available when PUBG first exited Early Access are here too. The guns it’s added since are absent, as is the game’s second map, Miramar.</div>
38. <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #727272; font-family: "Proximanova Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 19px; letter-spacing: -0.76px; line-height: 29px; margin-bottom: 21px;">
39. </div>
40. <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #727272; font-family: "Proximanova Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 19px; letter-spacing: -0.76px; line-height: 29px; margin-bottom: 21px;">
41. The game is totally free. You can login as either a guest or with Facebook to play. Gameplay and daily login rewards will earn your account experience and battle points, which can be spent on crates which contain a random piece of clothing for your character. Unlike in the PC version, you don’t start with any available clothing, but getting at least a pair of pants doesn’t take too long.</div>
42. <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #727272; font-family: "Proximanova Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 19px; letter-spacing: -0.76px; line-height: 29px; margin-bottom: 21px;">
43. </div>
44. <div class="wp-caption alignnone" id="attachment_853634" style="background: rgb(240, 240, 240); border: 1px solid rgb(226, 226, 210); box-sizing: border-box; color: #666666; font-family: "Proximanova Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 19px; height: auto; letter-spacing: -0.76px; margin: 10px 0px; max-width: 850px; padding: 7px; text-align: center;">
45. <img alt="PUBG Mobile" class="wp-image-853634 size-full" height="420" src="https://cdn57.androidauthority.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/Crate-e1523311558510.jpg" style="border: none !important; box-sizing: border-box; height: auto; max-width: 100%; padding: 0px !important; vertical-align: middle;" width="840" /><div class="wp-caption-text" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 0.8em; height: auto; letter-spacing: -0.04em; line-height: 29px; margin-top: 4px; max-width: 100%;">
46. Getting crates is pretty quick.</div>
47. </div>
48. <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #727272; font-family: "Proximanova Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 19px; letter-spacing: -0.76px; line-height: 29px; margin-bottom: 21px;">
49. </div>
50. <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #727272; font-family: "Proximanova Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 19px; letter-spacing: -0.76px; line-height: 29px; margin-bottom: 21px;">
51. The matchmaking works pretty quickly when queueing in squad, duo, or solo mode, though many of the options from the PC version are absent. Creating a private custom match doesn’t seem to be possible just yet. There’s a menu option for creating a “room,” but it appears to be for creating chat rooms, and also doesn’t seem to actually work yet.</div>
52. <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #727272; font-family: "Proximanova Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 19px; letter-spacing: -0.76px; line-height: 29px; margin-bottom: 21px;">
53. </div>
54. <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #727272; font-family: "Proximanova Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 19px; letter-spacing: -0.76px; line-height: 29px; margin-bottom: 21px;">
55. I never had to wait long to be matched with a squad, though connection issues were pretty common. Every team I played with had at least one player disconnect at the outset of the game. I never ran into any connection issues when I played, but at least one teammate was unresponsive in most games.</div>
56. <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #727272; font-family: "Proximanova Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 19px; letter-spacing: -0.76px; line-height: 29px; margin-bottom: 21px;">
57. </div>
58. <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #727272; font-family: "Proximanova Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 19px; letter-spacing: -0.76px; line-height: 29px; margin-bottom: 21px;">
59. The game has built-in voice chat, which works, though it feels like most players just use their phone’s speaker for a mic. If the mic is on the bottom of the phone, as is common, it can lead to some pretty annoying extra noise when players’ palms rub against it.</div>
60. <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #727272; font-family: "Proximanova Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 19px; letter-spacing: -0.76px; line-height: 29px; margin-bottom: 21px;">
61. </div>
62. <h2 style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #3f3f3f; font-family: "Open Sans Extrabold", sans-serif; font-size: 32px !important; font-weight: 500; letter-spacing: -0.02em; line-height: 44px; margin: 15px 0px;">
63. Gameplay</h2>
64. <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #727272; font-family: "Proximanova Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 19px; letter-spacing: -0.76px; line-height: 29px; margin-bottom: 21px;">
65. </div>
66. <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #727272; font-family: "Proximanova Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 19px; letter-spacing: -0.76px; line-height: 29px; margin-bottom: 21px;">
67. <img alt="PUBG Mobile" class="alignnone wp-image-853637 size-full" height="420" src="https://cdn57.androidauthority.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/Screenshot_2018-04-06-15-42-44-e1523311691509.jpg" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; height: auto; margin: 10px 0px; max-width: 100%; vertical-align: middle;" width="840" /></div>
68. <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #727272; font-family: "Proximanova Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 19px; letter-spacing: -0.76px; line-height: 29px; margin-bottom: 21px;">
69. </div>
70. <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #727272; font-family: "Proximanova Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 19px; letter-spacing: -0.76px; line-height: 29px; margin-bottom: 21px;">
71. It’s all well and good if PUBG Mobile faithfully recreates the island’s geography and lets you use all the guns and drive all the cars of the original game, but if the controls aren’t up to the task, everything falls apart.</div>
72. <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #727272; font-family: "Proximanova Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 19px; letter-spacing: -0.76px; line-height: 29px; margin-bottom: 21px;">
73. </div>
74. <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #727272; font-family: "Proximanova Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 19px; letter-spacing: -0.76px; line-height: 29px; margin-bottom: 21px;">
75. To be clear: the controls in PUBG Mobile aren’t as good or accurate as the PC version. Duh.</div>
76. <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #727272; font-family: "Proximanova Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 19px; letter-spacing: -0.76px; line-height: 29px; margin-bottom: 21px;">
77. </div>
78. <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #727272; font-family: "Proximanova Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 19px; letter-spacing: -0.76px; line-height: 29px; margin-bottom: 21px;">
79. The game uses virtual joysticks for player movement and camera control, and a big button with a bullet on the right will shoot your gun. It’s a little clumsy at first, but actually feels pretty fluid after a few games.</div>
80. <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #727272; font-family: "Proximanova Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 19px; letter-spacing: -0.76px; line-height: 29px; margin-bottom: 21px;">
81. </div>
82. <div class="clear" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; clear: both; color: #727272; font-family: "Proximanova Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 19px; letter-spacing: -0.76px;">
83. </div>
84. <blockquote class="quote_new center" style="background-color: white; border: 0px rgb(57, 210, 102); box-sizing: border-box; color: #39d266; font-family: "Proximanova Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 17.5px; letter-spacing: -0.76px; margin: 45px 0px 52px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 2px; position: relative; text-align: center;">
85. <div style="box-sizing: border-box; color: inherit; font-family: "Open Sans Extrabold", sans-serif !important; font-size: 34px !important; letter-spacing: -0.065em !important; line-height: 38px !important; margin-bottom: 14px; padding: 0px 20px;">
86. It’s a little clumsy at first, but actually feels pretty fluid after a few games. </div>
87. </blockquote>
88. <div class="clear" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; clear: both; color: #727272; font-family: "Proximanova Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 19px; letter-spacing: -0.76px;">
89. </div>
90. <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #727272; font-family: "Proximanova Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 19px; letter-spacing: -0.76px; line-height: 29px; margin-bottom: 21px;">
91. </div>
92. <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #727272; font-family: "Proximanova Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 19px; letter-spacing: -0.76px; line-height: 29px; margin-bottom: 21px;">
93. The game offers a few different control options to make everything feel a bit better and get rid of the awkwardness of hunting for buttons you can’t find by feel. A floating shoot button, which moves to wherever your thumb last touched, makes shooting as simple as tapping where your finger already is, rather than having to reorient your hand to reach the spot that fires the gun. Items are automatically picked up, sorted, and equipped in game, which cuts down on some tedious menu management. The game also offers gyroscopic control options, which I’ve never enjoyed, but some swear by.</div>
94. <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #727272; font-family: "Proximanova Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 19px; letter-spacing: -0.76px; line-height: 29px; margin-bottom: 21px;">
95. </div>
96. <div class="wp-caption alignnone" id="attachment_854120" style="background: rgb(240, 240, 240); border: 1px solid rgb(226, 226, 210); box-sizing: border-box; color: #666666; font-family: "Proximanova Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 19px; height: auto; letter-spacing: -0.76px; margin: 10px 0px; max-width: 850px; padding: 7px; text-align: center;">
97. <img alt="PUBG Mobile review" class="wp-image-854120 size-large" height="420" sizes="(max-width: 840px) 100vw, 840px" src="https://cdn57.androidauthority.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/PUBG-Mobile-items-840x420.jpg" srcset="https://cdn57.androidauthority.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/PUBG-Mobile-items.jpg 840w, https://cdn57.androidauthority.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/PUBG-Mobile-items-300x150.jpg 300w, https://cdn57.androidauthority.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/PUBG-Mobile-items-768x384.jpg 768w, https://cdn57.androidauthority.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/PUBG-Mobile-items-16x8.jpg 16w, https://cdn57.androidauthority.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/PUBG-Mobile-items-32x16.jpg 32w, https://cdn57.androidauthority.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/PUBG-Mobile-items-28x14.jpg 28w, https://cdn57.androidauthority.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/PUBG-Mobile-items-56x28.jpg 56w, https://cdn57.androidauthority.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/PUBG-Mobile-items-64x32.jpg 64w, https://cdn57.androidauthority.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/PUBG-Mobile-items-400x200.jpg 400w" style="border: none !important; box-sizing: border-box; height: auto; max-width: 100%; padding: 0px !important; vertical-align: middle;" width="840" /><div class="wp-caption-text" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 0.8em; height: auto; letter-spacing: -0.04em; line-height: 29px; margin-top: 4px; max-width: 100%;">
98. Little touches like automatic item pickup improve playability a lot.</div>
99. </div>
100. <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #727272; font-family: "Proximanova Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 19px; letter-spacing: -0.76px; line-height: 29px; margin-bottom: 21px;">
101. </div>
102. <div class="aa_srma_container shortcodes_wrapper right" style="background-color: white; border-radius: 1px; border: 1px solid rgb(220, 221, 223); box-sizing: border-box; color: #727272; float: right; font-family: "Proximanova Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 19px; letter-spacing: -0.76px; margin: 20px 0px 20px 43px;">
103. <div class="shortcodes-header" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: -15px;">
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116. <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #727272; font-family: "Proximanova Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 19px; letter-spacing: -0.76px; line-height: 29px; margin-bottom: 21px;">
117. </div>
118. <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #727272; font-family: "Proximanova Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 19px; letter-spacing: -0.76px; line-height: 29px; margin-bottom: 21px;">
119. Even with those options, the game still feels a little clumsy. That clumsiness actually impacts what kinds of tactics and gameplay are effective. In the PC version, snipers can be pretty dominant. Erangel is a pretty wide open map, there are long stretches of relatively even terrain dotted with hills. Finding a good vantage point to pick people off isn’t hard. The precision of a mouse and keyboard makes this even easier.</div>
120. <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #727272; font-family: "Proximanova Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 19px; letter-spacing: -0.76px; line-height: 29px; margin-bottom: 21px;">
121. </div>
122. <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #727272; font-family: "Proximanova Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 19px; letter-spacing: -0.76px; line-height: 29px; margin-bottom: 21px;">
123. Fights in PUBG Mobile are more oriented around mid- and close-range engagements. It’s hard to hit people really consistently at a distance in this game. It’s even harder when accounting for bullet drop. Automatic weapons, as well as shotguns, with their wider reticles, seem especially potent here.</div>
124. <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #727272; font-family: "Proximanova Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 19px; letter-spacing: -0.76px; line-height: 29px; margin-bottom: 21px;">
125. </div>
126. <div class="wp-caption alignnone" id="attachment_853638" style="background: rgb(240, 240, 240); border: 1px solid rgb(226, 226, 210); box-sizing: border-box; color: #666666; font-family: "Proximanova Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 19px; height: auto; letter-spacing: -0.76px; margin: 10px 0px; max-width: 850px; padding: 7px; text-align: center;">
127. <img alt="PUBG Mobile review" class="wp-image-853638 size-large" height="420" sizes="(max-width: 840px) 100vw, 840px" src="https://cdn57.androidauthority.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/Driving-840x420.jpg" srcset="https://cdn57.androidauthority.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/Driving-840x420.jpg 840w, https://cdn57.androidauthority.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/Driving-300x150.jpg 300w, https://cdn57.androidauthority.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/Driving-768x384.jpg 768w, https://cdn57.androidauthority.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/Driving-16x8.jpg 16w, https://cdn57.androidauthority.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/Driving-32x16.jpg 32w, https://cdn57.androidauthority.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/Driving-28x14.jpg 28w, https://cdn57.androidauthority.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/Driving-56x28.jpg 56w, https://cdn57.androidauthority.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/Driving-64x32.jpg 64w, https://cdn57.androidauthority.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/Driving-1000x500.jpg 1000w, https://cdn57.androidauthority.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/Driving-1200x600.jpg 1200w, https://cdn57.androidauthority.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/Driving-400x200.jpg 400w" style="border: none !important; box-sizing: border-box; height: auto; max-width: 100%; padding: 0px !important; vertical-align: middle;" width="840" /><div class="wp-caption-text" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 0.8em; height: auto; letter-spacing: -0.04em; line-height: 29px; margin-top: 4px; max-width: 100%;">
128. Driving and shooting is a more viable strategy late in the game.</div>
129. </div>
130. <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #727272; font-family: "Proximanova Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 19px; letter-spacing: -0.76px; line-height: 29px; margin-bottom: 21px;">
131. </div>
132. <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #727272; font-family: "Proximanova Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 19px; letter-spacing: -0.76px; line-height: 29px; margin-bottom: 21px;">
133. Vehicles often play a larger combat role too. In the PC version of PUBG, vehicles become a liability as the map gets smaller — they’re big, loud, and hard to miss. In PUBG Mobile, they’re actually pretty easy to miss. A fast moving target like a jeep, especially with someone in the passenger seat with a gun, can very easily ride around the perimeter of the circle and pick people off, even near the end of the game.</div>
134. <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #727272; font-family: "Proximanova Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 19px; letter-spacing: -0.76px; line-height: 29px; margin-bottom: 21px;">
135. </div>
136. <h2 style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #3f3f3f; font-family: "Open Sans Extrabold", sans-serif; font-size: 32px !important; font-weight: 500; letter-spacing: -0.02em; line-height: 44px; margin: 15px 0px;">
137. Performance</h2>
138. <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #727272; font-family: "Proximanova Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 19px; letter-spacing: -0.76px; line-height: 29px; margin-bottom: 21px;">
139. </div>
140. <div class="wp-caption alignnone" id="attachment_854121" style="background: rgb(240, 240, 240); border: 1px solid rgb(226, 226, 210); box-sizing: border-box; color: #666666; font-family: "Proximanova Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 19px; height: auto; letter-spacing: -0.76px; margin: 10px 0px; max-width: 850px; padding: 7px; text-align: center;">
141. <img alt="PUBG Mobile" class="wp-image-854121 size-full" height="420" sizes="(max-width: 840px) 100vw, 840px" src="https://cdn57.androidauthority.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/PUBG-Mobile-Dropping-in.png" srcset="https://cdn57.androidauthority.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/PUBG-Mobile-Dropping-in.png 840w, https://cdn57.androidauthority.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/PUBG-Mobile-Dropping-in-300x150.png 300w, https://cdn57.androidauthority.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/PUBG-Mobile-Dropping-in-768x384.png 768w, https://cdn57.androidauthority.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/PUBG-Mobile-Dropping-in-16x8.png 16w, https://cdn57.androidauthority.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/PUBG-Mobile-Dropping-in-32x16.png 32w, https://cdn57.androidauthority.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/PUBG-Mobile-Dropping-in-28x14.png 28w, https://cdn57.androidauthority.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/PUBG-Mobile-Dropping-in-56x28.png 56w, https://cdn57.androidauthority.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/PUBG-Mobile-Dropping-in-64x32.png 64w, https://cdn57.androidauthority.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/PUBG-Mobile-Dropping-in-400x200.png 400w" style="border: none !important; box-sizing: border-box; height: auto; max-width: 100%; padding: 0px !important; vertical-align: middle;" width="840" /><div class="wp-caption-text" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 0.8em; height: auto; letter-spacing: -0.04em; line-height: 29px; margin-top: 4px; max-width: 100%;">
142. The game really struggles to run when dropping onto the island.</div>
143. </div>
144. <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #727272; font-family: "Proximanova Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 19px; letter-spacing: -0.76px; line-height: 29px; margin-bottom: 21px;">
145. </div>
146. <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #727272; font-family: "Proximanova Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 19px; letter-spacing: -0.76px; line-height: 29px; margin-bottom: 21px;">
147. What makes PUBG a pretty good-looking game on PC is more or less missing in the Mobile version. The lighting and particle effects that really sell the game’s look have all been pretty much stripped out, and probably for good reason. Those kinds of elements can be pretty demanding for hardware. The result is a pretty bland-looking recreation. The terrain, characters, and weapons all look more or less the same as the PC version, just with muddier, lower-resolution textures.</div>
148. <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #727272; font-family: "Proximanova Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 19px; letter-spacing: -0.76px; line-height: 29px; margin-bottom: 21px;">
149. </div>
150. <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #727272; font-family: "Proximanova Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 19px; letter-spacing: -0.76px; line-height: 29px; margin-bottom: 21px;">
151. The game ran pretty steady on my <a href="https://www.androidauthority.com/lg-g6-review-752130/" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #39d266; font-family: "Proximanova Bold", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none; transition: color 0.2s ease-out;">LG G6</a>, but it definitely had its fair share of hiccups. I wouldn’t recommend playing on anything much older than that. I tried loading the game on its minimum iOS option, the iPhone 5s, and it crashed before loading the main menu every single time. I’d imagine Android phones of a similar age would struggle just as much.</div>
152. <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #727272; font-family: "Proximanova Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 19px; letter-spacing: -0.76px; line-height: 29px; margin-bottom: 21px;">
153. </div>
154. <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #727272; font-family: "Proximanova Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 19px; letter-spacing: -0.76px; line-height: 29px; margin-bottom: 21px;">
155. Regular gameplay ran fine most of the time. There were almost always serious frame rate drops when parachuting down to the island, but that’s not totally shocking. It cleared up as soon as I landed, when the game no longer had to render the whole island.</div>
156. <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #727272; font-family: "Proximanova Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 19px; letter-spacing: -0.76px; line-height: 29px; margin-bottom: 21px;">
157. </div>
158. <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #727272; font-family: "Proximanova Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 19px; letter-spacing: -0.76px; line-height: 29px; margin-bottom: 21px;">
159. The audio is pretty awful. In most versions of PUBG, hearing the direction and volume of noises like gunshots and footsteps is pretty important to learning an enemy’s location.  It’s a lot harder to tell this information in the mobile version. Footsteps were especially loud and all sounded pretty much the same to me. Regardless of where they were, once someone was within 15 or 20 feet of me, it all sounded the same. It all sounded bad too.</div>
160. <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #727272; font-family: "Proximanova Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 19px; letter-spacing: -0.76px; line-height: 29px; margin-bottom: 21px;">
161. </div>
162. <h2 style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #3f3f3f; font-family: "Open Sans Extrabold", sans-serif; font-size: 32px !important; font-weight: 500; letter-spacing: -0.02em; line-height: 44px; margin: 15px 0px;">
163. Conclusion</h2>
164. <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #727272; font-family: "Proximanova Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 19px; letter-spacing: -0.76px; line-height: 29px; margin-bottom: 21px;">
165. </div>
166. <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #727272; font-family: "Proximanova Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 19px; letter-spacing: -0.76px; line-height: 29px; margin-bottom: 21px;">
167. <img alt="" class="alignnone wp-image-854123 size-full" height="420" sizes="(max-width: 840px) 100vw, 840px" src="https://cdn57.androidauthority.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/PUBG-Mobile-Gameplay.jpg" srcset="https://cdn57.androidauthority.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/PUBG-Mobile-Gameplay.jpg 840w, https://cdn57.androidauthority.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/PUBG-Mobile-Gameplay-300x150.jpg 300w, https://cdn57.androidauthority.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/PUBG-Mobile-Gameplay-768x384.jpg 768w, https://cdn57.androidauthority.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/PUBG-Mobile-Gameplay-16x8.jpg 16w, https://cdn57.androidauthority.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/PUBG-Mobile-Gameplay-32x16.jpg 32w, https://cdn57.androidauthority.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/PUBG-Mobile-Gameplay-28x14.jpg 28w, https://cdn57.androidauthority.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/PUBG-Mobile-Gameplay-56x28.jpg 56w, https://cdn57.androidauthority.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/PUBG-Mobile-Gameplay-64x32.jpg 64w, https://cdn57.androidauthority.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/PUBG-Mobile-Gameplay-400x200.jpg 400w" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; height: auto; margin: 10px 0px; max-width: 100%; vertical-align: middle;" width="840" /></div>
168. <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #727272; font-family: "Proximanova Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 19px; letter-spacing: -0.76px; line-height: 29px; margin-bottom: 21px;">
169. </div>
170. <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #727272; font-family: "Proximanova Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 19px; letter-spacing: -0.76px; line-height: 29px; margin-bottom: 21px;">
171. You don’t need to be as calculating to go far in PUBG Mobile. Part of that is due to the inclusion of bots at early levels, which let you get used to the game’s controls without being totally exposed to its normally rather punishing difficulty. Even then, the game’s imprecise controls make for a looser, less tense experience. I think that’s a shame.</div>
172. <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #727272; font-family: "Proximanova Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 19px; letter-spacing: -0.76px; line-height: 29px; margin-bottom: 21px;">
173. </div>
174. <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #727272; font-family: "Proximanova Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 19px; letter-spacing: -0.76px; line-height: 29px; margin-bottom: 21px;">
175. What really makes PUBG great on PC is the tension of having to methodically make it to the middle of the map as you alternate between cat and mouse, never knowing where the next enemy will pop up. It’s a very different kind of shooter experience than most games, and a lot of that is missing in PUBG Mobile.</div>
176. <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #727272; font-family: "Proximanova Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 19px; letter-spacing: -0.76px; line-height: 29px; margin-bottom: 21px;">
177. </div>
178. <div class="clear" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; clear: both; color: #727272; font-family: "Proximanova Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 19px; letter-spacing: -0.76px;">
179. </div>
180. <blockquote class="quote_new center" style="background-color: white; border: 0px rgb(57, 210, 102); box-sizing: border-box; color: #39d266; font-family: "Proximanova Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 17.5px; letter-spacing: -0.76px; margin: 45px 0px 52px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 2px; position: relative; text-align: center;">
181. <div style="box-sizing: border-box; color: inherit; font-family: "Open Sans Extrabold", sans-serif !important; font-size: 34px !important; letter-spacing: -0.065em !important; line-height: 38px !important; margin-bottom: 14px; padding: 0px 20px;">
182. PUBG Mobile is fun, but it’s not very tense.</div>
183. </blockquote>
184. <div class="clear" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; clear: both; color: #727272; font-family: "Proximanova Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 19px; letter-spacing: -0.76px;">
185. </div>
186. <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #727272; font-family: "Proximanova Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 19px; letter-spacing: -0.76px; line-height: 29px; margin-bottom: 21px;">
187. </div>
188. <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #727272; font-family: "Proximanova Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 19px; letter-spacing: -0.76px; line-height: 29px; margin-bottom: 21px;">
189. PUBG Mobile is fun, but it’s not as tense as its PC counterpart. The stakes feel lower, and it misses out on a lot of what makes the PC version of the game so special — In essence, it feels a little hollow.</div>
190. <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #727272; font-family: "Proximanova Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 19px; letter-spacing: -0.76px; line-height: 29px; margin-bottom: 21px;">
191. </div>
192. <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #727272; font-family: "Proximanova Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 19px; letter-spacing: -0.76px; line-height: 29px; margin-bottom: 21px;">
193. PUBG has gotten numerous updates and improvements since it launched. PUBG Mobile will probably get similar treatment; The Miramar map has already made its way to the Chinese version. The game will no doubt improve and maybe one day offer the same tension as the PC version.</div>
194. <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #727272; font-family: "Proximanova Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 19px; letter-spacing: -0.76px; line-height: 29px; margin-bottom: 21px;">
195. </div>
196. <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #727272; font-family: "Proximanova Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 19px; letter-spacing: -0.76px; line-height: 29px; margin-bottom: 21px;">
197. If you’re looking for a new mobile shooter, you could do a lot worse than PUBG Mobile. The game is all there, it works, and it’s free. But if you want the same strategic, nail-biting experience of the PC version, you may be a little disappointed.</div>
198. <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #727272; font-family: "Proximanova Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 19px; letter-spacing: -0.76px; line-height: 29px; margin-bottom: 21px;">
199. </div>
200. <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #727272; font-family: "Proximanova Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 19px; letter-spacing: -0.76px; line-height: 29px; margin-bottom: 21px;">
201. What do you think of PUBG Mobile? Let us know your thoughts in the comments, also be sure to check out our PUBG Mobile tips and tricks feature, as well as our guide on how to change your name and appearance in PUBG Mobile.</div>
202. <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #727272; font-family: "Proximanova Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 19px; letter-spacing: -0.76px; line-height: 29px; margin-bottom: 21px;">
203. </div>
204. <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #727272; font-family: "Proximanova Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 19px; letter-spacing: -0.76px; line-height: 29px; margin-bottom: 21px;">
205. That’s it for our PUBG Mobile review. Looking for more first person shooters for mobile? Be sure to check out our best mobile FPS guide.</div>
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224. </a><a href="https://www.pcworld.com/article/3113677/android/cat-s60-review-batman-called-and-wants-his-phone-back.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #25a7d7; text-decoration-line: none;"><div class="rating" style="box-sizing: border-box; float: left; margin-right: 10px; width: auto;">
225. <span class="rating-star three-star" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: url("//csmb.staticworld.net/images/rating-stars-default.png"); background-origin: initial; background-position: -30px 0px; background-repeat: no-repeat; background-size: initial; box-sizing: border-box; display: block; height: 18px; width: 75px;"></span></div>
226. </a><span style="box-sizing: border-box; display: block; float: right; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 13px; margin-top: 5px;"><span class="on" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #959595; font-style: italic;"><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Caterpillar-S60-Dual-SIM-Unlocked-Smartphone/dp/B01GVCWNX2?SubscriptionId=AKIAIVYSMSQJCH4VBFJA&tag=pcworld02-20&linkCode=xm2&camp=2025&creative=165953&creativeASIN=B01GVCWNX2" rel="nofollow" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #959595; outline-offset: 0.2em; outline: red dotted 0.14em !important; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">on</a></span> <span class="vendor-name" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #161616;"><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Caterpillar-S60-Dual-SIM-Unlocked-Smartphone/dp/B01GVCWNX2?SubscriptionId=AKIAIVYSMSQJCH4VBFJA&tag=pcworld02-20&linkCode=xm2&camp=2025&creative=165953&creativeASIN=B01GVCWNX2" rel="nofollow" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #161616; outline-offset: 0.2em; outline: red dotted 0.14em !important; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Amazon</a> </span><a class="product-price" href="https://www.amazon.com/Caterpillar-S60-Dual-SIM-Unlocked-Smartphone/dp/B01GVCWNX2?SubscriptionId=AKIAIVYSMSQJCH4VBFJA&tag=pcworld02-20&linkCode=xm2&camp=2025&creative=165953&creativeASIN=B01GVCWNX2" rel="nofollow" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #8f0d10; font-size: 16px; font-weight: bold; margin-left: 2px; outline-offset: 0.2em; outline: red dotted 0.14em !important; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">$515.00</a></span></li>
227. <li style="border-bottom: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.45em; margin: 0px 0px 14px; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px 0px 4px; position: relative;"><a href="https://www.pcworld.com/article/3104931/android/htc-desire-530-an-affordable-phone-you-should-pass-on.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #25a7d7; text-decoration-line: none;"><h5 style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: facitweb, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, sans-serif; font-size: 0.875rem; font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.25rem; margin: 5px 0px 8px;">
228. HTC Desire 530</h5>
229. </a><a href="https://www.pcworld.com/article/3104931/android/htc-desire-530-an-affordable-phone-you-should-pass-on.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #25a7d7; text-decoration-line: none;"><div class="rating" style="box-sizing: border-box; float: left; margin-right: 10px; width: auto;">
230. <span class="rating-star one-half-star" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: url("//csmb.staticworld.net/images/rating-stars-default.png"); background-origin: initial; background-position: -45px -18px; background-repeat: no-repeat; background-size: initial; box-sizing: border-box; display: block; height: 18px; width: 75px;"></span></div>
231. </a><span style="box-sizing: border-box; display: block; float: right; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 13px; margin-top: 5px;"><span class="on" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #959595; font-style: italic;"><a href="https://www.amazon.com/HTC-Desire-530-Unlocked-International/dp/B01FCZYBP2?SubscriptionId=AKIAIVYSMSQJCH4VBFJA&tag=pcworld02-20&linkCode=xm2&camp=2025&creative=165953&creativeASIN=B01FCZYBP2" rel="nofollow" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #959595; outline-offset: 0.2em; outline: red dotted 0.14em !important; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">on</a></span> <span class="vendor-name" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #161616;"><a href="https://www.amazon.com/HTC-Desire-530-Unlocked-International/dp/B01FCZYBP2?SubscriptionId=AKIAIVYSMSQJCH4VBFJA&tag=pcworld02-20&linkCode=xm2&camp=2025&creative=165953&creativeASIN=B01FCZYBP2" rel="nofollow" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #161616; outline-offset: 0.2em; outline: red dotted 0.14em !important; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Amazon</a></span></span></li>
232. </ul>
233. </div>
234. </div>
235. </section><section class="bodee" style="box-sizing: border-box; clear: left; color: #222222; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin-bottom: 20px; position: relative;"><div class="ad placement" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px center; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; box-sizing: border-box; float: right; margin: 0px auto; text-align: center; width: auto;">
236. </div>
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239. A year ago, we characterized Microsoft’s Windows 10 Mobile as a second-tier OS, but not one that’s second rate. Fast-forward nine months later to the Windows 10 Mobile Anniversary Update, and we’re still seeing signs of slow progress—but perhaps not quite fast enough for an operating system the market has largely given up o</div>
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241. My impressions of the Windows 10 AU are of tweaking, patching, and catching up. The most important additions include the new Wallet app, which finally allows tap-to-pay NFC payments for Windows 10 AU smartphones—something that both Android and iOS have had for years. The simplified Skype Preview app debuts, as it also has on PCs. An existing app, Continuum, now projects screens wirelessly onto a PC without the need for a Display Dock, and Windows 10 now exchanges messages and notifications between the phone and PC better than ever. Otherwise, there are other, minor adjustments, scattered throughout the updated OS.</div>
242. <div style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 1.125rem; line-height: 1.875rem; margin-bottom: 16px; max-width: 620px; padding: 0px; transition: margin 0.3s ease 0s;">
243. Fortunately, these new updates are rolling out to all Windows phones faster than expected, even “carrier-locked” models. Consider: Two phones—AT&T’s Lumia 640 and Verizon’s Lumia 735—were upgraded to vanilla Windows 10 just months ago, in <em style="box-sizing: border-box;">June</em>.  If you don’t have it, however, and absolutely want the Windows 10 Mobile AU now, jump on the Windows Insider program—and opt for the Release Preview, as it’s the best way to try out Windows 10 Mobile AU until the carriers get their act together.</div>
244. <aside class="fakesidebar fakesidebar-auto" id="fsb-2088" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: facitweb, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, sans-serif; font-size: 1rem; line-height: 1.625rem; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; max-width: 620px; overflow-x: auto;"><a href="https://www.greenbot.com/article/3105587/android/best-android-phones.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #25a7d7; text-decoration-line: none;">[ Further reading: The best Android phones for every budget. ]</a></aside><div style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 1.125rem; line-height: 1.875rem; margin-bottom: 16px; max-width: 620px; padding: 0px; transition: margin 0.3s ease 0s;">
245. We tested Windows 10 AU with a Lumia 950, plus a slightly older Lumia 640. Because the 640 includes just 1GB of RAM, interacting with the OS lagged slightly at times. But the new Anniversary Update also felt surprisingly stable, more so than Windows 10 AU on the desktop. As before, your best experience will be had by using the phone in conjunction with a Windows 10 AU PC, ensuring that data moves freely between both platforms.</div>
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247. All in all, though, it’s a minor update. Windows 10 AU for desktops necessitated a re-review of Windows 10. Windows 10 Mobile AU feels like more of an adjustment than an entirely new product, so we’ve chosen to update our original review with our impressions of the AU’s new capabilities.</div>
248. <h2 style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: facitweb, sans-serif; font-size: 1.8rem; line-height: 2.1rem; margin: 1.625rem 0px 16px; max-width: 620px; padding: 0px; transition: margin 0.3s ease 0s;">
249. Continuum, connecting to Connect</h2>
250. <div style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 1.125rem; line-height: 1.875rem; margin-bottom: 16px; max-width: 620px; padding: 0px; transition: margin 0.3s ease 0s;">
251. In our original review, we called Windows 10 Mobile’s Continuum feature its most impressive feature. The AU leaves that capability unchanged, but adds something new: the ability to connect the phone wirelessly to the Connect app on a Windows 10 PC.</div>
252. <figure class="large " style="box-sizing: border-box; clear: none; float: none; margin: 0px 0px 16px; max-width: 620px; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; width: auto;"><img alt="continuum connect edited" border="0" height="326" src="https://images.techhive.com/images/article/2016/08/continuum-connect-edited-100679121-large.jpg" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; float: left; height: auto; margin-top: 0px; max-width: 39rem; vertical-align: middle; width: 620px;" width="580" /><div class="zoom-icon" style="background-image: url("//idge.staticworld.net/idge/icon-image-zoom.png"); background-size: 24px 24px; bottom: 18px; box-sizing: border-box; height: 24px; left: 6px; position: absolute; width: 24px;">
253. </div>
254. <small class="credit" style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8); box-sizing: border-box; clear: left; float: right; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 0.625rem; line-height: 0.75rem; margin-top: -0.75rem; padding: 0px 4px; position: relative;">MARK HACHMAN</small><figcaption style="box-sizing: border-box; clear: left; font-size: 0.9rem; line-height: 1rem; margin: 0.5rem 0px; max-width: 620px; overflow: hidden; padding-top: 0.3rem;"><div style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #666666; display: inline; font-size: 0.9375rem; line-height: 1.25rem; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 5px !important; padding-top: 0px;">
255. The Continuum app on Windows 10 Mobile connected to a Surface Book and its Connect app.</div>
256. </figcaption></figure><div style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 1.125rem; line-height: 1.875rem; margin-bottom: 16px; max-width: 620px; padding: 0px; transition: margin 0.3s ease 0s;">
257. As before, Continuum offers the option of connecting via the wired Display Dock or wirelessly via Miracast—either to a dongle or now to a Miracast-enabled PC. Unfortunately, only certain newer phones like the Lumia 950 work with Continuum, not older phones like the 640. </div>
258. <div style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 1.125rem; line-height: 1.875rem; margin-bottom: 16px; max-width: 620px; padding: 0px; transition: margin 0.3s ease 0s;">
259. Though the connection process is seamless enough, connecting both devices takes a bit of prep. You’ll need to unlock both devices, then launch the Continuum app on the phone and Connect on the PC. The Connect app projects a Windows 10-ish desktop environment onto the PC, allowing you to use the phone’s basic functions and UWP apps in a full-screen environment.</div>
260. <aside class="nativo-promo nativo-promo-1 smartphone tablet desktop" id="" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 16px; max-width: 620px; overflow: hidden;"></aside><div style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 1.125rem; line-height: 1.875rem; margin-bottom: 16px; max-width: 620px; padding: 0px; transition: margin 0.3s ease 0s;">
261. Everything feels pretty laggy, though. While you can use the phone’s display as a touchscreen, you can’t then touch the PC screen to navigate. And, of course, there’s the obvious question: Why would you use a PC as a dumb display...when it’s a PC? (My guess is only in a pinch, and probably with a user who doesn’t own that particular PC.)</div>
262. <figure class="large " style="box-sizing: border-box; clear: left; float: none; margin: 0px 0px 16px; max-width: 620px; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; width: auto;"><img alt="win phone hub" border="0" height="388" src="https://images.techhive.com/images/article/2015/11/win-phone-hub-100629107-large.jpg" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; float: left; height: auto; margin-top: 0px; max-width: 39rem; vertical-align: middle; width: 620px;" width="580" /><div class="zoom-icon" style="background-image: url("//idge.staticworld.net/idge/icon-image-zoom.png"); background-size: 24px 24px; bottom: 18px; box-sizing: border-box; height: 24px; left: 6px; position: absolute; width: 24px;">
263. </div>
264. <small class="credit" style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8); box-sizing: border-box; clear: left; float: right; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 0.625rem; line-height: 0.75rem; margin-top: -0.75rem; padding: 0px 4px; position: relative;">ROB SCHULTZ</small><figcaption style="box-sizing: border-box; clear: left; font-size: 0.9rem; line-height: 1rem; margin: 0.5rem 0px; max-width: 620px; overflow: hidden; padding-top: 0.3rem;"><div style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #666666; display: inline; font-size: 0.9375rem; line-height: 1.25rem; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 5px !important; padding-top: 0px;">
265. The $99 Microsoft Display Dock lets you enjoy the Continuum feature on a Lumia 950 or 950XL.</div>
266. </figcaption></figure><div style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 1.125rem; line-height: 1.875rem; margin-bottom: 16px; max-width: 620px; padding: 0px; transition: margin 0.3s ease 0s;">
267. Otherwise, the wired version of Connect works best with the <span class="productLink" data-productid="1435759" style="box-sizing: border-box;">$99 Microsoft Display Dock</span>, which connects to—and powers—either the Lumia 950 or 950XL via its USB-C cable. (Similar docks are either in the market or en route from companies like HP, as an accessory for its forthcoming Elite x3 Windows smartphone.)</div>
268. <div style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 1.125rem; line-height: 1.875rem; margin-bottom: 16px; max-width: 620px; padding: 0px; transition: margin 0.3s ease 0s;">
269. Plug a wired keyboard or mouse into the 2.5-inch cube via one of the three USB 2.0 ports, and you’re in business. You’ll also have the choice of connecting via HDMI (with HDCP 1.3/1.4 copy protection) or DVI. Using DVI, your phone will act as a speaker. You can also connect a Bluetooth mouse and keyboard to the phone itself.</div>
270. <figure class="large " style="box-sizing: border-box; clear: left; float: none; margin: 0px 0px 16px; max-width: 620px; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; width: auto;"><img alt="Windows 10 Mobile Microsoft Continuum start menu" border="0" height="388" src="https://images.techhive.com/images/article/2015/11/win-phone-monitor-100629108-large.jpg" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; float: left; height: auto; margin-top: 0px; max-width: 39rem; vertical-align: middle; width: 620px;" width="580" /><div class="zoom-icon" style="background-image: url("//idge.staticworld.net/idge/icon-image-zoom.png"); background-size: 24px 24px; bottom: 18px; box-sizing: border-box; height: 24px; left: 6px; position: absolute; width: 24px;">
271. </div>
272. <small class="credit" style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8); box-sizing: border-box; clear: left; float: right; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 0.625rem; line-height: 0.75rem; margin-top: -0.75rem; padding: 0px 4px; position: relative;">ROB SCHULTZ</small><figcaption style="box-sizing: border-box; clear: left; font-size: 0.9rem; line-height: 1rem; margin: 0.5rem 0px; max-width: 620px; overflow: hidden; padding-top: 0.3rem;"><div style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #666666; display: inline; font-size: 0.9375rem; line-height: 1.25rem; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 5px !important; padding-top: 0px;">
273. Windows 10 Connect (Continuum) and the Microsoft Display Dock provide a PC-like experience. Note that the Start menu might not look as distorted as it does here.</div>
274. </figcaption></figure><div style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 1.125rem; line-height: 1.875rem; margin-bottom: 16px; max-width: 620px; padding: 0px; transition: margin 0.3s ease 0s;">
275. Continuum can also forgo the Display Dock entirely, projecting your phone’s screen wirelessly via Miracast to a dongle or directly to displays like the Panasonic CX800 60-inch 4K monitor in our lab. The Continuum app senses nearby wireless displays and helps you set them up. It’s amazing to look at, but like Connect to a Windows 10 PC, not really practical—there’s a great deal of lag. </div>
276. <div style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 1.125rem; line-height: 1.875rem; margin-bottom: 16px; max-width: 620px; padding: 0px; transition: margin 0.3s ease 0s;">
277. With the Connect app running, your phone projects a PC-like, slightly low-res desktop view onto your display, roughly similar to the look and feel of a Surface Pro 4 in tablet mode. Microsoft goes to a great deal of effort to make your Connect experience feel like using a full-fledged computer. You can set a custom, landscape background for your monitor, and apps align themselves in a PC-like taskbar at the bottom of the screen. Tapping the Windows key brings up the Start menu.</div>
278. <div style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 1.125rem; line-height: 1.875rem; margin-bottom: 16px; max-width: 620px; padding: 0px; transition: margin 0.3s ease 0s;">
279. In Connect mode, the 950’s display transforms itself into a touchpad. You can slide your fingers around to move the cursor, tap with your finger to open apps, pan and scroll with two fingers, and right-click by tapping those two fingers. You can also access the phone’s keyboard to enter text—as well as the mic, which I found to be pretty handy for dictating text. The touchpad is simply an app, however, so you can slide over to another task if needed.</div>
280. <figure class="large " style="box-sizing: border-box; clear: left; float: none; margin: 0px 0px 16px; max-width: 620px; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; width: auto;"><img alt="Continuum on a 60-inch display" border="0" height="326" src="https://images.techhive.com/images/article/2015/11/20151117_165057-100629166-large.jpg" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; float: left; height: auto; margin-top: 0px; max-width: 39rem; vertical-align: middle; width: 620px;" width="580" /><div class="zoom-icon" style="background-image: url("//idge.staticworld.net/idge/icon-image-zoom.png"); background-size: 24px 24px; bottom: 18px; box-sizing: border-box; height: 24px; left: 6px; position: absolute; width: 24px;">
281. </div>
282. <small class="credit" style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8); box-sizing: border-box; clear: left; float: right; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 0.625rem; line-height: 0.75rem; margin-top: -0.75rem; padding: 0px 4px; position: relative;">MARK HACHMAN</small><figcaption style="box-sizing: border-box; clear: left; font-size: 0.9rem; line-height: 1rem; margin: 0.5rem 0px; max-width: 620px; overflow: hidden; padding-top: 0.3rem;"><div style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #666666; display: inline; font-size: 0.9375rem; line-height: 1.25rem; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 5px !important; padding-top: 0px;">
283. A Windows 10 Mobile phone projected onto a 60-inch screen.</div>
284. </figcaption></figure><div style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 1.125rem; line-height: 1.875rem; margin-bottom: 16px; max-width: 620px; padding: 0px; transition: margin 0.3s ease 0s;">
285. In Continuum, Windows apps scale to fill your entire display. That’s a key difference: Android tablets, for instance, can connect to an HDMI monitor via an MHL connector—but you’re forced to view the screen inside a narrow rectangle, which mirrors the tablet you have in front of you. The Windows 10 approach is much more useful.</div>
286. <div style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 1.125rem; line-height: 1.875rem; margin-bottom: 16px; max-width: 620px; padding: 0px; transition: margin 0.3s ease 0s;">
287. The image stretches a bit awkardly on a widescreen monitor, but it looks very nice while connected wirelessly to the Surface Book. Note that to minimize or close an app, you need to slide your cursor to the top-right corner—there are no visual cues telling you otherwise.</div>
288. <aside class="nativo-promo nativo-promo-2 tablet desktop smartphone" id="" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 16px; max-width: 620px; overflow: hidden;"></aside><figure class="large " style="box-sizing: border-box; clear: left; float: none; margin: 0px 0px 16px; max-width: 620px; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; width: auto;"><img alt="Windows 10 Mobile Continuum apps" border="0" height="326" src="https://images.techhive.com/images/article/2015/11/20151117_122356-100629168-large.jpg" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; float: left; height: auto; margin-top: 0px; max-width: 39rem; vertical-align: middle; width: 620px;" width="580" /><div class="zoom-icon" style="background-image: url("//idge.staticworld.net/idge/icon-image-zoom.png"); background-size: 24px 24px; bottom: 18px; box-sizing: border-box; height: 24px; left: 6px; position: absolute; width: 24px;">
289. </div>
290. <small class="credit" style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8); box-sizing: border-box; clear: left; float: right; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 0.625rem; line-height: 0.75rem; margin-top: -0.75rem; padding: 0px 4px; position: relative;">MARK HACHMAN</small><figcaption style="box-sizing: border-box; clear: left; font-size: 0.9rem; line-height: 1rem; margin: 0.5rem 0px; max-width: 620px; overflow: hidden; padding-top: 0.3rem;"><div style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #666666; display: inline; font-size: 0.9375rem; line-height: 1.25rem; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 5px !important; padding-top: 0px;">
291. When using Continuum, expect to see some apps grayed-out.</div>
292. </figcaption></figure><div style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 1.125rem; line-height: 1.875rem; margin-bottom: 16px; max-width: 620px; padding: 0px; transition: margin 0.3s ease 0s;">
293. I was very pleased at how I could sit down, open a Word file, begin taking notes on my experience, then return to my desktop PC and pick up where I left off, because everything is saved in the cloud. There’s one major limitation: Continuum works only with universal apps for now, such as Outlook/Mail, Messaging, Word, Excel, and Calendar. And there’s a minor one, too: while Edge displays a fullscreen experience, it can’t run Flash, unlike Edge for Windows 10 PCs.</div>
294. <h2 style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: facitweb, sans-serif; font-size: 1.8rem; line-height: 2.1rem; margin: 1.625rem 0px 16px; max-width: 620px; padding: 0px; transition: margin 0.3s ease 0s;">
295. Microsoft Wallet: maybe a little too convenient?</h2>
296. <div style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 1.125rem; line-height: 1.875rem; margin-bottom: 16px; max-width: 620px; padding: 0px; transition: margin 0.3s ease 0s;">
297. Microsoft Wallet may have been years late to the NFC tap-to-pay game, but it’s made up for it with its ease of use in the revamped version of Wallet, Wallet 2.0. I tried out Google Pay and Android Pay ages ago, and the small hitches—does the phone need to be unlocked? Do I need a PIN?—drove me to spent that extra second to pull out my wallet instead. </div>
298. <figure class="large " style="box-sizing: border-box; clear: left; float: none; margin: 0px 0px 16px; max-width: 620px; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; width: auto;"><img alt="microsoft wallet another edit crop" border="0" height="490" src="https://images.techhive.com/images/article/2016/08/microsoft-wallet-another-edit-crop-100678924-large.jpg" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; float: left; height: auto; margin-top: 0px; max-width: 39rem; vertical-align: middle; width: 620px;" width="580" /><div class="zoom-icon" style="background-image: url("//idge.staticworld.net/idge/icon-image-zoom.png"); background-size: 24px 24px; bottom: 18px; box-sizing: border-box; height: 24px; left: 6px; position: absolute; width: 24px;">
299. </div>
300. <small class="credit" style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8); box-sizing: border-box; clear: left; float: right; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 0.625rem; line-height: 0.75rem; margin-top: -0.75rem; padding: 0px 4px; position: relative;">MARK HACHMAN</small><figcaption style="box-sizing: border-box; clear: left; font-size: 0.9rem; line-height: 1rem; margin: 0.5rem 0px; max-width: 620px; overflow: hidden; padding-top: 0.3rem;"><div style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #666666; display: inline; font-size: 0.9375rem; line-height: 1.25rem; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 5px !important; padding-top: 0px;">
301. Windows 10 Mobile finally adds tap-to-pay with Microsoft Wallet.</div>
302. </figcaption></figure><div style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 1.125rem; line-height: 1.875rem; margin-bottom: 16px; max-width: 620px; padding: 0px; transition: margin 0.3s ease 0s;">
303. Microsoft Wallet eliminates that needless waste. If you’ve already uploaded a credit card for app, music, movies, and other purchases within the Microsoft Store, Wallet asks you if you’d like to use that card to make purchases as well. (If the Wallet app <em style="box-sizing: border-box;">doesn’t</em> ask for a payment card, you either don’t have the AU or you need to update the Wallet app.) All you need is a compatible, NFC-enabled phone like the Lumia 950, and at the store, the “contactless payment” icon at the cashier. Older phones that lack an NFC chip won’t be able to tap-to-pay, regardless of whether they’re running Windows 10 Mobile.You can store loyalty cards on the phone, too, though they’re not automatically applied to a purchase.</div>
304. <figure class="medium right" style="box-sizing: border-box; clear: left; float: right; margin: 0.5rem 0px 1rem 1rem; max-width: 300px; width: auto;"><img alt="wallet loyalty cards" border="0" height="533" src="https://images.techhive.com/images/article/2016/08/wallet-loyalty-cards-100679137-medium.png" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; display: block; float: left; height: auto; margin: 0px; max-width: 375px; vertical-align: middle; width: 300px;" width="300" /><div class="zoom-icon" style="background-image: url("//idge.staticworld.net/idge/icon-image-zoom.png"); background-size: 24px 24px; bottom: 18px; box-sizing: border-box; height: 24px; left: 6px; position: absolute; width: 24px;">
305. </div>
306. <small class="credit" style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8); box-sizing: border-box; float: right; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 0.625rem; line-height: 0.75rem; margin-top: -0.75rem; padding: 0px 4px; position: relative;">MARK HACHMAN</small><figcaption style="box-sizing: border-box; clear: left; float: left; font-size: 0.9rem; line-height: 1rem; margin: 0.5rem 0px; overflow: hidden; padding-top: 0px;"><div style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #666666; display: inline; font-size: 0.9375rem; line-height: 1.25rem; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 5px !important; padding-top: 0px;">
307. Loyalty cards can be stored in Microsoft Wallet. You’ll also be notified of any purchase you make.</div>
308. </figcaption></figure><div style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 1.125rem; line-height: 1.875rem; margin-bottom: 16px; max-width: 620px; padding: 0px; transition: margin 0.3s ease 0s;">
309. When it comes time to pay, tap the phone on the reader. The phone must be powered on, but the screen can be off and even locked. </div>
310. <div style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 1.125rem; line-height: 1.875rem; margin-bottom: 16px; max-width: 620px; padding: 0px; transition: margin 0.3s ease 0s;">
311. Microsoft also wants you to validate your purchase, so as a second step you’ll need to use Windows Hello or a PIN to authenticate the transaction. Currently, Windows Hello on Windows phones is limited to iris recognition (Lumia 950 and HP Elite x3) and fingerprint recognition (HP Elite x3). I used the iris scanner on my Lumia 950 to validate the transaction, then tapped the phone again.</div>
312. <div style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 1.125rem; line-height: 1.875rem; margin-bottom: 16px; max-width: 620px; padding: 0px; transition: margin 0.3s ease 0s;">
313. I’ve used Wallet at several stores, and tap-to-pay works well. On one occasion my payment was rejected, but a second attempt succeeded. The broader implications are more important: Tap-to-pay is now an established way of paying via Android and iOS. This is a must-have for Windows phones.</div>
314. <div style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 1.125rem; line-height: 1.875rem; margin-bottom: 16px; max-width: 620px; padding: 0px; transition: margin 0.3s ease 0s;">
315. Be warned, however—the ease with which Wallet makes purchases means that you need to make sure you don’t lose your phone. Ensure you use a hard-to-guess PIN or password to unlock it, too. If you do lose your phone, you can use Microsoft’s existing “find your phone” service to remotely lock it down.</div>
316. <h2 style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: facitweb, sans-serif; font-size: 1.8rem; line-height: 2.1rem; margin: 1.625rem 0px 16px; max-width: 620px; padding: 0px; transition: margin 0.3s ease 0s;">
317. Windows Hello: A cantankerous convenience</h2>
318. <div style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 1.125rem; line-height: 1.875rem; margin-bottom: 16px; max-width: 620px; padding: 0px; transition: margin 0.3s ease 0s;">
319. The Windows 10 AU doesn’t make any obvious changes to existing hardware as far as Windows Hello is concerned, though fingerprint readers, such as on the HP Elite x3, are now supported. It does seem that Hello’s iris recognition has marginally improved on the Lumia 950, allowing me to log in more frequently than in months past.</div>
320. <div style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 1.125rem; line-height: 1.875rem; margin-bottom: 16px; max-width: 620px; padding: 0px; transition: margin 0.3s ease 0s;">
321. Windows Hello eliminates the need to constantly retype a PIN code by allowing the phone to visually recognize you. It’s Microsoft’s answer to the fingerprint readers built into the latest Nexus or Apple iPhone. In general, though, I found performance to be a mixed bag.</div>
322. <figure class="large " style="box-sizing: border-box; clear: left; float: none; margin: 0px 0px 16px; max-width: 620px; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; width: auto;"><img alt="Windows Hello Windows 10 Mobile" border="0" height="388" src="https://images.techhive.com/images/article/2015/11/win-phone-making-sure-100629105-large.jpg" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; float: left; height: auto; margin-top: 0px; max-width: 39rem; vertical-align: middle; width: 620px;" width="580" /><div class="zoom-icon" style="background-image: url("//idge.staticworld.net/idge/icon-image-zoom.png"); background-size: 24px 24px; bottom: 18px; box-sizing: border-box; height: 24px; left: 6px; position: absolute; width: 24px;">
323. </div>
324. <small class="credit" style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8); box-sizing: border-box; clear: left; float: right; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 0.625rem; line-height: 0.75rem; margin-top: -0.75rem; padding: 0px 4px; position: relative;">ROB SCHULTZ</small><figcaption style="box-sizing: border-box; clear: left; font-size: 0.9rem; line-height: 1rem; margin: 0.5rem 0px; max-width: 620px; overflow: hidden; padding-top: 0.3rem;"><div style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #666666; display: inline; font-size: 0.9375rem; line-height: 1.25rem; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 5px !important; padding-top: 0px;">
325. Windows Hello looks for your eyes to identify you.</div>
326. </figcaption></figure><div style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 1.125rem; line-height: 1.875rem; margin-bottom: 16px; max-width: 620px; padding: 0px; transition: margin 0.3s ease 0s;">
327. Microsoft’s recent <a href="http://www.pcworld.com/article/2994973/tablet-pc/microsoft-surface-pro-4-review-its-faster-its-better-and-it-has-more-competition.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #25a7d7; text-decoration-line: none;">Surface Pro 4</a> and <a href="http://www.pcworld.com/article/2995572/laptop-computers/surfacebook-review-microsoft-reimagines-the-laptop-and-its-glorious.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #25a7d7; text-decoration-line: none;">Surface Book</a> use special camera modules that scan your face to create a custom image to compare against the faces the camera subsequently sees. On the desktop, Hello authenticates you almost instantaneously.</div>
328. <div style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 1.125rem; line-height: 1.875rem; margin-bottom: 16px; max-width: 620px; padding: 0px; transition: margin 0.3s ease 0s;">
329. The Lumia 950 and 950XL, on the other hand, scan the irises of your eyes to authenticate you. Setup requires allowing the phone’s front-facing camera to scan your eyes for several seconds while it creates a reference image. After that, logging into the phone is as easy as looking into the camera’s lens.</div>
330. <figure class="large " style="box-sizing: border-box; clear: left; float: none; margin: 0px 0px 16px; max-width: 620px; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; width: auto;"><img alt="win phone eye scan" border="0" height="388" src="https://images.techhive.com/images/article/2015/11/win-phone-eye-scan-100629104-large.jpg" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; float: left; height: auto; margin-top: 0px; max-width: 39rem; vertical-align: middle; width: 620px;" width="580" /><div class="zoom-icon" style="background-image: url("//idge.staticworld.net/idge/icon-image-zoom.png"); background-size: 24px 24px; bottom: 18px; box-sizing: border-box; height: 24px; left: 6px; position: absolute; width: 24px;">
331. </div>
332. <small class="credit" style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8); box-sizing: border-box; clear: left; float: right; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 0.625rem; line-height: 0.75rem; margin-top: -0.75rem; padding: 0px 4px; position: relative;">ROB SCHULTZ</small><figcaption style="box-sizing: border-box; clear: left; font-size: 0.9rem; line-height: 1rem; margin: 0.5rem 0px; max-width: 620px; overflow: hidden; padding-top: 0.3rem;"><div style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #666666; display: inline; font-size: 0.9375rem; line-height: 1.25rem; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 5px !important; padding-top: 0px;">
333. Windows Hello setup requires gazing soulfully into the Windows phone’s camera for a few seconds.</div>
334. </figcaption></figure><div style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 1.125rem; line-height: 1.875rem; margin-bottom: 16px; max-width: 620px; padding: 0px; transition: margin 0.3s ease 0s;">
335. When Hello works, that’s all it takes to unlock the phone. But if you’re not holding the phone just so, or the light is a bit off, or you’re too close or too far away, then simply tapping your phone’s four-digit PIN is sometimes the only thing that works. I gave Hello a second or two to work its magic, and if it didn’t take, I just entered my PIN.</div>
336. <h2 style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: facitweb, sans-serif; font-size: 1.8rem; line-height: 2.1rem; margin: 1.625rem 0px 16px; max-width: 620px; padding: 0px; transition: margin 0.3s ease 0s;">
337. Under-the-hood UI improvements</h2>
338. <div style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 1.125rem; line-height: 1.875rem; margin-bottom: 16px; max-width: 620px; padding: 0px; transition: margin 0.3s ease 0s;">
339. Windows 10 uses the same Live Tile interface as Windows Phone 8.1, but with a more muted style that emphasizes wallpapers rather bright colors. Menus and options are much more organized, with a nice array of quick-action shortcuts that slide down from the top. Dedicated hardware buttons have been replaced with soft icons that slide in from the bottom.</div>
340. <figure class="large " style="box-sizing: border-box; clear: left; float: none; margin: 0px 0px 16px; max-width: 620px; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; width: auto;"><a class="zoom article-gallery cboxElement" href="https://images.techhive.com/images/article/2015/11/win-phone-hand-main-100629106-orig.jpg" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #25a7d7; display: block; max-width: 620px; overflow: hidden; position: relative; text-decoration-line: none;" title="<div class='credit'>ROB SCHULTZ</div>
341. <p>
342. My Windows 10 Mobile home screen.
343. </p>
344. "><img alt="win phone hand main" border="0" height="388" src="https://images.techhive.com/images/article/2015/11/win-phone-hand-main-100629106-large.jpg" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; float: left; height: auto; margin-top: 0px; max-width: 39rem; vertical-align: middle; width: 620px;" width="580" /><div class="zoom-icon" style="background-image: url("//idge.staticworld.net/idge/icon-image-zoom.png"); background-size: 24px 24px; bottom: 18px; box-sizing: border-box; height: 24px; left: 6px; position: absolute; width: 24px;">
345. </div>
346. </a><small class="credit" style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8); box-sizing: border-box; clear: left; float: right; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 0.625rem; line-height: 0.75rem; margin-top: -0.75rem; padding: 0px 4px; position: relative;">ROB SCHULTZ</small><figcaption style="box-sizing: border-box; clear: left; font-size: 0.9rem; line-height: 1rem; margin: 0.5rem 0px; max-width: 620px; overflow: hidden; padding-top: 0.3rem;"><div style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #666666; display: inline; font-size: 0.9375rem; line-height: 1.25rem; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 5px !important; padding-top: 0px;">
347. My Windows 10 Mobile home screen.</div>
348. </figcaption></figure><div style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 1.125rem; line-height: 1.875rem; margin-bottom: 16px; max-width: 620px; padding: 0px; transition: margin 0.3s ease 0s;">
349. Windows 10 AU introduces a number of conveniences to the main Windows 10 Mobile UI, some of which we’ll sum up here:</div>
350. <ul style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 1.125rem; line-height: 1.875rem; margin: 0px 0px 16px; max-width: 620px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 2.5rem; transition: margin 0.3s ease 0s;">
351. <li style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.45em; list-style-position: outside; margin: 0px 0px 0.5rem; max-width: 620px; padding: 0px;">The Quick Actions grid of shortcuts can be rearranged, so you can pick the four most frequently accessed actions. It’s slightly odd to realize that the <em style="box-sizing: border-box;">bottom</em> four grid icons are those most frequently accessed, though.</li>
352. <li style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.45em; list-style-position: outside; margin: 0px 0px 0.5rem; max-width: 620px; padding: 0px;">A new Battery setting (replacing Battery Saver) is actually a slight step backward, as Windows refuses to show you which component of your phone (the screen, the CPU, etc.) consumes the most juice. Displaying the battery life in hours and minutes, rather than guessing the time your phone will turn off, is needlessly obtuse.</li>
353. <li style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.45em; list-style-position: outside; margin: 0px 0px 0.5rem; max-width: 620px; padding: 0px;">An option to automatically switch the audio of a call from the headset to the speaker when pulling the phone away from one’s ear makes perfect sense.</li>
354. <li style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.45em; list-style-position: outside; margin: 0px 0px 0.5rem; max-width: 620px; padding: 0px;">Frustratingly, “chaseable tiles” still aren’t implemented. For example, the Photos app tile on the Start page won’t let you jump to the specific image it’s displaying when you click it.</li>
355. <li style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.45em; list-style-position: outside; margin: 0px 0px 0.5rem; max-width: 620px; padding: 0px;">Sharing webpages in Edge to Cortana finally works, allowing you to mark a page with a Cortana reminder to check it out. Swiping a webpage to go forward and back in Edge now works, too, though it can become confused by similar “swipe” navigation elements within a specific webpage.</li>
356. <li style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.45em; list-style-position: outside; margin: 0px 0px 0.5rem; max-width: 620px; padding: 0px;">Provided you have a Windows 10 AU PC, notifications can be dismissed on your phone and they’ll disappear from your PC as well, at least after a few seconds.</li>
357. <li style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.45em; list-style-position: outside; margin: 0px 0px 0.5rem; max-width: 620px; padding: 0px;">You still can’t place a call from a Windows PC via a connected Windows phone, though you can send texts. (This works with Android and iOS, too, with the Cortana app.)</li>
358. </ul>
359. </div>
360. </section></div>
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362. We make adjustments once they become available and will add new information.<br />
363. <br />
364. If it comes to privacy and Windows 10, there are lots of things which you want to contemplate. Probably the best starting point before you start to upgrade an present system or set up Windows 10 on a brand new one is to go the Privacy Policy and Service Agreement.<br />
365. <br />
366. Yes, that is lots of text even if you only read the summaries that Microsoft provides. Apply to Microsoft although please note that the 2 files are not exclusive to Windows 10.<br />
367. <br />
368. Tip: Check out our contrast of Windows 10 solitude tools. These help you speed up privacy associated changes to the working system.<br />
369. <br />
370. You will find "Windows" listed in the privacy statement.<br />
371. <br />
372. There you locate the key information:<br />
373. <br />
374. Microsoft creates a unique advertising ID for each user on a device running Windows 10. This can be switched from the Privacy Settings.<br />
375. What you say or type might be processed by Microsoft, for instance from the operating system's Cortana service or by providing spelling correction.<br />
376. Windows supports a location service that enables programs and services, for example Find My Device, to request where you are in the world. This can be turned off from the Privacy settings.<br />
377. Microsoft unlocks some Windows settings once you sign into some Microsoft account. This is done in order to provide users with a personalized experience across devices. Data that has synced includes installed apps and their preferences, internet browser history and favorites, passwords and wireless community titles, and addresses of all printers.<br />
378. Telemetry information is accumulated by Microsoft. This includes configuration data, installed applications and network and link information. While some of it can be turned off in the Preferences, not all may.<br />
379. You locate Privacy preferences that Microsoft makes available below Settings. The page is amazingly big and while it provides lots of options to you, does not give you full control over what is collected and filed.<br />
380. <br />
381. Open the Privacy settings using Settings' selection when Start opens along with a tap on the Windows-key. If Settings isn't listed there, hit and then kind Settings enter.<br />
382. <br />
383. After the Preferences window opens, switch to Privacy. There you find listed all privacy. Suggests have been in brackets)<br />
384. <br />
385. General<br />
386. <br />
387. Let apps use my advertising ID for adventures across apps (turning off this will refresh your ID). (Off)<br />
388. Turn on SmartScreen Filter to test internet content (URLs) that Windows Store apps use. (Off, but note that this may reduce security on the system. If you're inexperienced, then leave this on.)<br />
389. Send Microsoft info about how I write to help us improving typing and writing later on. (Away)<br />
390. Let websites provide locally relevant articles by accessing my language list. (Off)<br />
391. Location<br />
392. <br />
393. Turn location on or off. If on programs or services you allow may access data. (Off, if you don't rely on apps that require it to be around, e.g. the weather app)<br />
394. Location History. If you've turned off location services, you may choose to clear the location history on the apparatus.<br />
395. Let programs use my camera. (Off)<br />
396. Let programs use my mic. (Away)<br />
397. Switch off these to if you don't need apps to utilize the cam or microphone on your device. You will need it for the Skype program, Cortana for instance or pick providers.<br />
398. <br />
399. Windows and Cortana can get to you know your writing and voice to make better ideas to you. We are going to collect info for example current calendar events contacts, speech, and handwriting patterns, and assessing history. (Off, unless Cortana is utilized. This will turn off Cortana and dictation).<br />
400. Account Info<br />
401. <br />
402. Let apps access my name, image, and other account information. (Off, unless you need this for select programs. Then leave it on and set permissions per application instead).<br />
403. Calendar and Contacts<br />
404. <br />
405. Pick applications that can access your calendar or contacts. (Away, unless required).<br />
406. Messaging<br />
407. <br />
408. Let programs read or send messages. (Off if you're on the background and don't require apps to send text or MMS).<br />
409. Radios<br />
410. <br />
411. Let apps control radios. (Off, if you don't use programs that need this).<br />
412. Other apparatus<br />
413. <br />
414. Sync using apparatus. This setting syncs data with Microsoft and other devices you own. You may want to disable it, if you simply use a single device. Be aware that syncing can come in handy when you set the system up anew. (Off)<br />
415. Let apps use trusted devices. (Away, unless demanded).<br />
416. Send your device information to Microsoft. If you are an Insider, you cannot change from Complete(Recommended). If you aren't, you might change the setting to Full. It does not seem possible to turn off this entirely.<br />
417. What's moved should you switch the atmosphere to Basic is recorded in the FAQ (when you click on the learn more link):<br />
418. <br />
419. Standard information is information that is vital to the operation of Windows. This information helps maintain programs and Windows by allowing Microsoft know the capabilities of your device, what is installed, and whether Windows is operating running. This option turns on basic error reporting back to Microsoft. If you select this option, we'll have the ability to supply updates to Windows (through Windows Update, such as malicious software protection from the Malicious Software Removal Tool), however some apps and features may not work properly or at all.<br />
420. <br />
421. Background apps<br />
422. <br />
423. Select which software may run in the background (Turn off all you don't need.<br />
424. Settings > Update & Security > Windows Update<br />
425. <br />
426. Click innovative choices.<br />
427. Defer Upgrades (Permit, only available in Pro and Enterprise editions)<br />
428. Select "select how updates are delivered".<br />
429. Download Windows upgrades and programs from other PCs in addition to Microsoft. (Away).<br />
430. Changing the Telemetry value with the Group Policy Editor or Windows Registry<br />
431. <br />
432. This setting is identical to the diagnostics & Feedback setting. There's one difference however. While it may be set by Pro and Home users to basic only as the lowest degree this can turn off completely.<br />
433. <br />
434. To make the shift in the Group Policy, do the following:<br />
435. <br />
436. Set Allow Telemetry to Off in the event that you are utilizing an Enterprise accounts, to Basic if you are not.<br />
437. To make the change with the Windows Registry, do the following:<br />
438. <br />
439. Tap on the Windows-key, type regedit and hit enter.<br />
440. Confirm the UAC prompt whether it comes up.<br />
441. Use a local accounts<br />
442. <br />
443. Two account types: local accounts and Microsoft accounts are supported by Windows 10.<br />
444. <br />
445. You can use a local account instead. This can be arranged in the Preferences beneath Accounts > Your account.<br />
446. <br />
447. You'll notice you can not use certain features of the operating system, if you use a local account. Windows Store and certain programs become unavailable and accounts information isn't synced across devices.<br />
448. <br />
449. These settings are provided in the Group Policy Editor.<br />
450. <br />
451. Prevent the usage of OneDrive for file storage.<br />
452. Computer Configuration > Administrative Templates > Windows Components > Online Assistance<br />
453. <br />
454. Switch off Lively Help.<br />
455. Permit Cortana.<br />
456. Permit indexing of encoded files.<br />
457. Allow research and Cortana to utilize location.<br />
458. Don't let search.<br />
459. Don't search the web or exhibit web results in Search.<br />
460. Do not search the web or exhibit web results in Search within a metered connection.<br />
461. Establish what information is shared in Search (Alter to Anonymous information)<br />
462. Disable all syncing or the synchronization of particular settings, for instance Start, passwords or browser.<br />
463. Configure Error Reporting (don't collection additional files, do not collect extra machine info).<br />
464. Disable Windows Error Reporting.<br />
465. Do not send extra information.<br />
466. Computer Configuration > Administrative Templates > Windows Components > Windows Update<br />
467. <br />
468. Might want to place the scheduled day that is install as well. This permits you to block updates from being installed)<br />
469. Defer Upgrade (Pro and Enterprise only, may defer upgrades til next upgrade period)<br />
470. Switch on Software Notifications ("Enhanced notification messages communicate the value and promote the installation and use of optional applications").<br />
471. Permit signed updates from an intranet Microsoft update location.<br />
472. Additional resources of interest<br />
473. <br />
474. Placing your preferences for Windows 10 solutions - Official Microsoft manual<br />
475. Now You We need your help to make this guide as complete as you can. Got additional hints? Please share them.</div>
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