Samsung Experience
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| Developer | Samsung |
|---|---|
| Working state | Current |
| Initial release | June 4, 2010 |
| Latest release | Samsung Experience 8 (Android 7.0) / January 19, 2017 |
Samsung Experience (styled "SAMSUNG Experience") (formerly "TouchWiz") is the user interface Samsung uses on its Galaxy-branded phones, based off of Android. Its original name was TouchWiz, being changed in late 2016 on a beta build of Android Nougat on a Samsung Galaxy S7.
TouchWiz was the former name Samsung used for its UI and icons. It was originally released on June 4, 2010, for the Galaxy S smartphone. Reviewers had criticized Samsung for including too many features and bloat, especially in the Galaxy S4, which included what many users called a "feature creep." In the following years, though, Samsung had incrementally removed the bloatware and extra features, until TouchWiz was no longer recognized as TouchWiz, leading them to rename it.
On December 15, 2016, Samsung registered a trademark for the name "Samsung Experience," along with a logo.
Samsung Experience makes several changes to Android's default homescreen. The apps icon is on the bottom right of the screen instead of the bottom middle, the Google Now search bar is just below the middle of the screen instead of at the top, and there is a weather widget at the top right corner of the screen. In addition, a user can edit the apps grid layout.
The "Edge" (curved glass at the edge of the screen) was originally introduced in the Galaxy Note Edge, and popularized with the Galaxy S6 Edge.
The tasks edge gives users a shortcut to commonly utilized tasks, such as making a phone call to a certain contact, setting a timer, and creating an event in S Planner. It is an assortment of icons (e.g. contact pictures [with phone, messaging, or mail icons], an app icon with a plus symbol on its bottom right corner, or a photo [from your library] masked in the shape of a circle [with the gallery icon on the bottom right corner]) on the right of the screen.
The people edge allows the user to add 5 different contacts to display on the screen, for quick access to functions such as calling, texting, and emailing. It displays the contact's name and photo.
The apps edge displays ten of a user's most frequently used apps, with five in two columns. A user can also add a complete folder to the screen.
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