Operating System
The Note 3 Neo comes with Android 4.3/TouchWiz combo. Samsung's TouchWiz UI means you'd get big and glossy icons and menus, which the company believed will make the UI user-friendly. The Galaxy Note 3's UI has been optimised for the S Pen, a stylus that offers enhanced functionality with the device's built-in digitiser.
The homescreen of the device is the same you'd seen in the Galaxy S4 or a Note 3. Samsung has provided many of its own custom widgets like Samsung Hub, S Travel, etc. There's wrap around feature, which lets you scroll homescreens infinitely by always going from the last to the first one.
The Neo also has an app drawer which is the same as seen in the S4 or Note 3. The app shortcuts are presented as a customizable grid, alphabetized grid or list and you can hide shortcuts, view only downloaded apps, uninstall apps and add folders. There is an option to maximize space in the app drawer by stacking apps into folders. Pinch to zoom in the app drawer works the same as on a homescreen as it offers a glance of all panes as thumbnails.
The Neo offers the Multi-window multitasking feature, allowing users to have two apps running on your screen at the same time.
The phablet also offers lots of S-Pen-enabled apps. Once you pull the S-Pen out, as usual the OS will pop up the Air Command menu – a virtual ring of five shortcuts - Action Memo, Scrap Booker, Screen Write, S Finder and Pen Window.
Other interesting features of the device include S Translator, Samsung Smart Scroll, Air View, S-Voice Hands Free, Samsung Smart Pause, Screen Mirroring and Safety Assistance. The phone also comes with Samsung Apps, ChatON, Gmail, Play Books, Play Store, Hangouts, Voice Search, YouTube, Play Games, and Play Music.
