Microsoft Releases Picturesque Lock Screen App For Android Devices

Microsoft today released yet another lock screen app called Picturesque in Google Play Store. It is also a part of Microsoft Garage project. This new app brings the beautiful Bing home page images to lock screen and allows users to change the image (from the past 6 days Bing homepages) with just a shake of the phone or by swiping to the right. Uers can also see their missed calls and text messages at a glance on the lock screen and also search directly from the lock screen without unlocking your phone. Find full list of features below.

Key Features:

• Beautiful Bing Homepage images: Your lock screen will be updated with the beautiful daily Bing image; you could swipe through the images from past 6 days or shake your phone to change the image on your lock screen.

• Search on the lock screen: You could search for anything on the web directly from the lock screen and read all the linked pages without having to unlock your phone.

• Latest news: Keep yourself updated with the latest news headlines and tap through to read the full articles.

• Weather: Find out what the weather is at your current location; long tap through on the icons to get the detailed weather predictions for the week.

• Notifications on Screen: See your missed calls and Messages quickly from your lockscreen. Quick call or reply from the notification from Home screen itself.

• Regional Calendars & Muhurats (Only for Indian users): Personalize the lock screen to access your favorite regional calendars and Muhurat. Now you can figure out what festival is on for the day, rahu kalam, chogadiya/hora timings all from the lock screen itself.

• Camera & Phone controls: Access your phone camera from the lock screen; Change your WiFi, Bluetooth, volume, brightness settings; also use your phone as a torch from the lock screen.

Download it here from Play Store.