According to the latest from SamMobile, Samsung will look to implement a feature called Samsung Focus into the Galaxy Note 6, a communication hub of sorts, similar to BlackBerry Hub. Hub is a one-stop shop for different email services, social networks and texting services, allowing users to do most of their communication via a single application. That is Samsung’s goal with Focus, reportedly.
Claimed by SamMobile, Focus will focus on email, calendar events, handle contacts, and memos. It’s possible that Focus could simply replace all of Samsung’s general applications that handle these tasks, but that seems unlikely. As an example of usage, a user could log into various social networks from Focus, such as Facebook and Twitter, and handle all of the communication from the Focus hub. In addition, you could manage different email accounts from Focus, handling all incoming and outgoing messages from the same inbox. Same could be said for instant messages and texts.
From what SamMobile has seen so far, the app appears to be designed rather well, borrowing heavily from Google’s Material Design. For consumers, that’s a good thing. Upon opening the app, your daily schedule will be listed, along with dedicated pages for contacts and memos. As previously stated, it would be your go-to app for communication and networking.
With Samsung reportedly set to launch Focus with the Galaxy Note 6, it is currently unknown if it will be brought to past Samsung devices, but it is somewhat expected to at least make it available to Galaxy S7 models.
While it’s nothing new that Samsung wants to create yet another app, if Focus might rid the Galaxy Note 6 of other Samsung apps, that would be most welcomed. Here in the US, Google provides most of its popular apps (Calendar, Messenger, etc.) on Google Play these days, so doubling up with Samsung apps is just overboard.
Are you interested in Focus?
I’m definitely interested.
Typical DROID-LIFE article praising GOOGLE apps as if they are end all to be all. Samsung users enjoy SAMSUNG apps for a reason and 90% of SAMSUNG users disable all Google apps outside of Gmail. At the end of the day DROID-LIFE is nothing more than a shill site who caters to stock dopes and bend over for all things google nothing new here.
Says the Samsung shill. What a surprise.
You lick droid-life, tmonews, and Apple balls as well. You’ve always been a pathetic loser we laugh at you so often it’s comical.
1. Who’s this “we” you keep speaking of? You’re the only person who says ridiculously childish “insults” about me. You’re the only person who attempts to argue with me (and I say “attempts” because your idea of arguing is slinging juvenile insults around when the facts don’t support your position).
2. I don’t have a T-Mobile phone (mostly because they don’t even have service for 200 miles in any direction of where I live), so I have no reason to go to TmoNews. I have an Android phone and don’t really like Apple, so that pretty much invalidates the crap you’re spewing about that. And I rarely visit Droid Life. The only reason I’m commenting here is because you finally found the password for this Disqus account and commented here with it. Must be tough having so many profiles that get banned on every other month and forgetting which usernames/passwords are for which accounts. Unless you’re one of those “simpletons” who use the same password for everything.
Yes! It seems that Samsung is onto something.
need Note GPE (makes me smile and frown just thinking about it)
Oh fer chrissakes you comment drama queens. It’s just an app. And a rumored one at that. Don’t use it if it turns out you don’t like it.
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I give up.
Not sure why people are acting like this app will kill the phone. It’s just an app. Note 6 will still probably be the phone to beat this year judging by the GS6.
GS7* Got your back. lol
Lol *high five*
Typical DROID-LIFE article praising GOOGLE apps as if they are end all to be all. Samsung users enjoy SAMSUNG apps for a reason and 90% of SAMSUNG users disable all Google apps outside of Gmail. At the end of the day DROID-LIFE is nothing more than a shill site who caters to stock dopes and bend over for all things google nothing new here. Can’t help but laugh at droid-life they are typical shills for Google
Id say that its more like 10% do that. The google apps are a bit better (calendar, gmail, messenger, etc) and fit seamlessly with TW.
1. I love how you pretty much copied and pasted your original comment, like you’ve been doing for years. Do you have an original thought in your brain?
2. The only area in the entire article that could remotely be thought of as “praising GOOGLE apps”, is the second to the last sentence of article, which also happens to be the *only* sentence about Google’s apps, and is more about the stupidity of having multiple apps that do the same thing, rather than just one. Someone clearly needs to learn to read.
3. I’d really really really love to see just one source backing up your 90% claim. Most Samsung users probably don’t even use half the apps or “features” that come pre-installed on their devices, including you. But of course, I would expect nothing less from the Samsung shill who makes up facts to fit whatever you would like reality to be.
I agree, as a Samsung user I disabled YouTube, android device manager and google drive. I even made yahoo my default search engine.
Bet the Note5 won’t get it either, which is one of those things people tend to not consider when buying into certain devices; no consistency in software between devices from the same OEM. Touchwiz on the Note 4 is considerably different than on the Note5.
Sometimes it surprises me Samsung is as successful as they are.
Dafuq.
Because when you are stupid all good thing are bad. simple crap like IOS is the best
Will it be subject to Twitter’s token limit?
I did want a note 6….
I’d have to see it in person, to see if actually brought any functionality. What Samsung has done with it’s last few devices I’ve been a pretty big fan of. I got the Note 5 because it had the best hardware available, low and behold I use my stylus almost every day. Lots of features I never thought I’d use.
Good god, no. No. This is not necessary.
I’ve owned a Blackberry (a Q10) and I’ve used Blackberry hub. I’m actually really excited about this. When I went to a Blackberry info night for work and learned about it I was like “Bah, who would use that, that’s so dumb”
But honestly I gotta say, I’ve seen the light. And I’m SUPER keen to see it brought to Android.
When will you learn Samsung!
What didn’t they learn? How to continue to make sales despite the groaning from a small percentage of people?
possibly, depends on how it’s designed, the impact to performance. but if it runs well, it seems like a decent addition, especially if it can remove some of the redundant apps samsung adds to touchwiz.
Yes
more Touchwiz junk and more lag, yes bring it on..
Why stop at only two postings…keep it going.
My galaxy s7 edge has absolutely zero lag! My Nexus 5x lags like it’s going out of style.
Nope
If it’s anything like BlackBerry Hub, which it sounds like it is, then I’m in.
It seems that people whom have used Blackberry Hub (you and I for example) are keen for it and people who haven’t yet actually experienced it first hand are less open to the idea. We humans do fear change so, don’t we? 😛
Or, because it’s coming from Samsung people will groan regardless.
Hub is my favorite feature of BB10. So much easier than Android/iOS/Windows Mobile. Wish every OS had that.
http://i.imgur.com/wXq7NST.gif
Just one more app to disable
Touchwiz junk is more than bloat, it won’t go away even after you disable.
Get a life. I was just like you thought ios was the best and realize now i was just an idiot like what you are
most likely this can’t be disabled similar to knox.
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I suppose I would need to see how it is implemented, as I have never seen the blackberry version either. But, if it really is all of those in one inbox it sounds like it would be extremely cluttered. Now, if it is simply one app to handle all of these in separate tabs, that sounds fantastic
I’ve used Hub on Z10/Z30/Passport on BB10. What it does is have all of your messages and even phone calls in one big timeline. Each account that’s synced into the Hub is then tabbed and you can look at only those. You also have a “VIP” section to boot. Best part, you can send messages/emails/(used to Facebook)/Twitter directly from the Hub and not go to separate apps. Additional feature was seeing all attachments, again in a separate tab.
Hub is a great feature of BlackBerry 10. Tons better than searching around phone for messages/mails and such.
They just completely lost the wider consumer market.