OS 10.2 hit like a storm over the weekend and lots of users have fired up the leak on their Z10, Q10 or Q5. While it's far from an official release, it's running very well for most users. 10.2 has a slew of new features with it as well. Everything from priority hub to interactive notifications to lockscreen notifications.
If you were wondering just what all the new features in 10.2 are, the folks at BBNews.pl have compiled a changelog of sorts that lists many of the new features found in the leaked OS. The original list was in Polish but Ronen took the time to list it out in English so we have a sizeable list of what's new.
Note that this is not an official OS and thus this isn't an official changelog or list of features. Some of these may or not be in the final version upon release (whenever that is) so this is simply a guide of what's current in the leaked OS 10.2 and what could possible make it into an official version.
If you find any features not listed here be sure to hit up the comments and let us know!
What's new in leaked OS 10.2
Performance
- Clearly improved system performance, application support (including Android Player) and animation
BlackBerry Hub
- New "Priority" with the ability to establishing automatic priority rules (For example, based on senders name…)
- Differentiation between priority messages in the hub (red bar on the right)
- Shortcut to a list of all attachments
Notifications
- New visual notification on the lock screen (just click on the notification icon to expand)
- The new "fast" actionable notification at the top of the screen (in any application) with the ability to respond and take action without running dedicated applications (mostly)
- A separate notification for each group of BBM
Home Screen
- A new quick settings menu with additional buttons and change of appearance
- Dedicated access icon for BlackBerry Hub
- New default wallpaper
System Applications
- Task Manager, which allows such check which applications are taxing your system and battery
- Weather app with a fresh look
- Native application Evernote
- New indicator for data
- Remember gets extensive improvements including a search option
- Changing some elements of the Music app’s UI
Default Applications
- Ability to select and / or change the default applications that run on certain activities / references
Relations
- Displays the total number of contacts
Phone
- You can send a predefined SMS when you reject a call
UI
- Simplification of many interface elements, improved buttons and sliders
Settings
- This finally is a native app. No more slow adobe AIR
- Change the look of some of the UI elements
Share
- A new screen with a preview of the file sharing
- Ability to edit photos directly from this screen before sending
Keyboard
- The different sounds of clicks for keys other than letters / numbers
- Vibration alerts can be activated by the introduction of an automatic change / amendment of the word
Clock
- More than one alarm – for the first time in BlackBerry OS, you can set more than one alarm at a time. Access to this feature can be accessed directly by an icon on the screen watch, which is located in the upper right corner.
Camera
- New shortcut to the location settings geolocation photos
- Preview transmitted images
- The camera can now turn on a grid
- After shooting, just drag its thumbnail in the top and then on one of the display in such case the – delete or share
Connections
- WiFi Direct
- New categories of tags NFC Smart Tags
Personalization
- Ability basic photo editing and to set as wallpaper
Voice Dialing
- Additional features for advanced voice dialing
Browser
- New loading bar browser
- Longer holding the "Back" button in your browser calls the abbreviated browsing history
- Reversible color reader mode (white text on a black background)
- The smaller top bar
Other
- New recordings instructional
- More instructions on the screen when you first start and configuration
- New information after a screenshot – the amount of free memory
- The new interface operations copy / paste
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