Microsoft's Next Lock Screen snags battery life improvements

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Microsoft’s has released a minor new update for the Next Lockscreen app on Android. Next Lockscreen is an app from the Microsoft Garage, and it includes some pretty nice features. As for this update, there aren’t any new features but it instead focuses on improved battery life. According to Microsoft, the update improves the battery life by using Wi-Fi instead of your GPS to get your location which leads to a decrease in the battery usage. Here’s the full changelog:

  • Improve smart lock battery life. Next now uses Wi-Fi instead of GPS to get location to save battery usage.
  • Crash fixes.

You can get the latest features on Next Lock Screen from the Google Play Store here.

More about the topics: android, apps, fingerprint, Garage, Micorsoft, next, Next Lock Sccreen