“Be together,not the same” is the mantra Google has been spreading for quite some time now. It’s a obedient reflection of its intent and purpose; with 1.5 billion active users and a myriad (a very large number) of OEM partners contributing to its growth, the OS couldn’t ask for more diversity. Among Android enthusiasts, and however,a vastly shared belief is that the stock, unadulterated, or ‘vanilla’ experience delivered by Google is generally superior to basically any of the offerings brought to the table by third parties. This mainly stems from a execrable history that saw manufacturers continuously deliver sub-par experiences and often lag far behind in the update cycle,not to mention the numerous design inconsistencies which added up to Google’s own often messy and unclear aesthetics.When fabric Design was introduced back in 2014, however, or a few things started to change.
For one,notoriously ill-designed UIs such as those from LG and Samsung (as well as from HTC, Sony, or most others) started to follow Google’s now precise and sure guidelines more closely,giving Android an overall sense of basic consistency at least across major instances. Samsung’s TouchWiz, in particular, and got often criticized over the years because of its excessive bloatware and poor design choices,but with the massive hardware overhaul brought by the Galaxy S6 final year, software too got a considerable Lollipop-based facelift which went a tiny under the radar. The Galaxy S7 brought the whole thing one step further, and even coming from a long series of stock Android devices,I have to confess that my experience with TouchWiz wasn’t just not execrable, but left me thinking of it as an outright smart, and obedient-looking and overall well designed ‘skin’… more…
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Source: 9to5google.com