This is the new Android app that Microsoft is working on

At Microsoft they know well that launching applications for the platform Androidmay be more beneficial than doing it just for Windows Phone, although some analysts believe otherwise. Of course, it is the users who benefit from these tools from a renowned company even if they are launched on the competing platform. After Cortana, the Microsoft Office package or the video tool Hyperlapse, now Microsoft wants to launch a launcheror environment useful for Android users.

This is Arrow Launcher, a launcher or visual environmentfor users who like a personalized terminal and with all the applications, contacts and information of interest at hand. Something like a new desktop designed by Microsoft to offer a comfortable and agile user experience for those who have a Android device Of course, at the moment it is in the private beta phase That is, only users with invitationYou can try it while waiting for the latest bugs to be corrected and to be released officially and definitively for all users.

This Arrow Launcher transforms the main screen of the terminal. So instead of having multiple desktops, Microsoft has decided to focus on three screensThe one on the far left collects contact information. It is a list with the most frequent contacts and the most recent means by which you have had contact with them: chats, email messages, calls” ¦ Useful to always have those people on hand.

For its part, the main screen of this launcher, the one in the middle, is centered on the applications In this case the screen is subdivided into several sections. On the one hand, the recently used applications appear at the top of the screen, making it faster to jump between any of them from that link. And, below, appear the applications Frequent, which are commonly used by the user.

Lastly there is the Notes and reminders screen A place dedicated to collecting shopping lists, tasks, notices, alarms and other information that the user wants to remember.Of course, the three screens have the same lower part. A dock or place to place the user's favorite applications, as well as the menu that leads to the entire collection of tools installed in the terminal.

There is also an arrow at the bottom of the three screens that invites you to slide your finger from bottom to top In this way you can Access all kinds of personalization options, as well as the terminal settings. It is worth criticism that Arrow Launcher is not surprising in terms of customization, since it does not offer to introduce new collections of icons, nor to customize their size. It also does not allow deleting or adding new screens. Of course, it offers to choose the wallpaper and even select that it automatically change daily for the background of the Bing search engine

At the moment it is in the testing phase before its official launch for all users. Something for which we will not have to wait too long. We will remain attentive to new movements of Microsoft for the platform Android