A quick look at what's new in the Lumia 925 and the upcoming "Amber" firmware update [Updated]

The Nokia Lumia 925 has only simply been released in Mainland china (equally well as other markets) and while we've been able to get some hands-on activity,  technology website WPDang has taken the new Windows Phone for a exam run, probing for new functions of features in the Nokia "Amber" firmware that comes pre-loaded with it. Amber is Nokia's codename for the next minor Windows Telephone 8 system refreshment which is known as "GDR2".

Bated from the standard update from Microsoft, Nokia has also packed in some of its own additions intended for Lumia phones only.

The OS version on the Lumia 925 is 8.0.10327.77. Simply when popping into the extra+info panel there's at present a large "Lumia Amber" nether software release, which should be blank on existing Lumia hardware. Component versions listed on this panel have curiously got goose egg on what'south listed on electric current Lumia Windows Phones.

The expected "double tap to wake upwardly" feature can exist configured in the brandish+touch panel of full general system settings. Nether the "touch" tab there is now an additional checkbox to plow the double tap waking feature on or off. Meanwhile the display+touch setting has got a new tab called "glance", which is the lockscreen clock feature. There are two options, the first is to impale the lockscreen clock afterwards xv minutes (off, 15 minutes or ever on), and the second dims the clock during night fourth dimension (this can be set).

The account and email settings of Windows Phone has received some update love besides. Aside from Google, Nokia, Outlook, Hotmail, Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn and Sina Weibo (this is but bachelor for Cathay folks), in Amber you lot can also add IBM Notes Traveler accounts to your telephone.

With the Amber update loaded, you lot can now enjoy the "flip to silence" function (motion picture on the left, bottom toggle) which HTC has been building into its Windows Phone from solar day one. The option is hidden under "audio" settings (the setting panel thrown in by Nokia, non the generic "ringtones+sounds" from Microsoft).

Nokia has also added more than wallpapers to Lumia 925'due south picture library. Of course the wallpaper files work perfectly on Lumia 920 also, the two of them sporting exactly the same screen resolution later all. If you are interested, WPDang extracted the pictures and shared over their SkyDrive hither.

Finally we move on to Smart Photographic camera. Y'all've been waiting for this nice little app for quite some time, haven't you? I won't talk any more nigh what it does again, since you folk should take read aplenty about information technology already here on Windows Phone Central. I affair might come as a bit of a shocker though: with Lumia Bister firmware, it has been confirmed that the Nokia Smart Photographic camera tin can replace the standard photographic camera app. If your telephone is bumped upwardly to the Amber firmware, go to the organization settings interface, switch to "applications" tab, and find "photos+camera" under it.

In that location will be a new dropdown listing letting you specify which camera app to launch when you concord the shutter button. No more finding and opening separate apps. You won't fifty-fifty need to fumble with camera lenses. Hold the camera button and wake your phone from hibernation directly into Nokia Smart Photographic camera. Cracking, isn't it? Sadly we volition probably not be able to do the aforementioned to other photographic camera apps such as ProShot. I remember can only be done by OEMs, who are allowed to piece of work more than magic than your average developers in the Windows Phone OS.

The color profiling in screen setting appears to have been contradistinct slightly besides. Before screenshots only show nonsense colorful doodles for users' reference in adjusting the saturation and temperature of the screen. Now apparently users are immune to fine-tune the screen color to pictures in their own picture libraries.

And that's well-nigh it for now. We will keep yous updated if whatsoever other new $.25 go spotted in the new firmware.

Source: WPDang

Update:

Howdy once more, Chassit the monkey does listen (if not then attentively, sad). Yous guys are request about FM radio, well information technology is there in Amber. Await at this:

Yes, that's radio nether podcast.

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