Microsoft buys popular Android lock-screen app maker

September 12, 2015

Microsoft has added to its stable of Android apps with the acquisition of Double Labs, the makers of the Echo Notification Lockscreen, a popular app on Google's mobile platform that helps users control the notifications they see.Echo replaces the default Android lock screen with a new interface for handling push notifications. The app's marquee feature is its ability to categorize and sort a user's incoming notifications and only wake their phone for high-priority messages. In addition, users can tell the lock screen to remind them of notifications at a later time or in a different place, so they can postpone seeing notifications about personal emails until they get home, for example. To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here

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