Aviate: An Android phone's Smart Desktop helper application

Absrtact: Aviate is an android mobile phone's Smart Desktop Helper application, it can be based on the location of Android users, time, itinerary and other information automatically adjust the application of mobile desktop, trying to help users not to find the relevant applications, in the corresponding field

Aviate is an Android mobile phone's Smart Desktop Helper application, it can be based on the location of Android users, time, itinerary and other information automatically adjust the application of mobile desktop, trying to help users not to find their own applications, in the corresponding scenarios for users to transform the needs of the application shortcuts. For example, when you go to work in the morning, there will be traffic information, and when you work, the main display will be calendar and meeting items.

Yahoo acquired Aviate this January, and today its features have been dramatically upgraded to offer features like Apple Spotlight: Users can search the desktop for apps, contacts, and even the entire network. Through Yahoo's network search technology support, users do not have to open a browser to see Yahoo search results, the official said Yahoo Aviate search results will be directly displayed on the phone desktop.

In fact, the Android system as early as a year ago has a direct search contact and apps function, and Google's deep link (Deep linking) technology allows users to search in the app, users click on a link, you can jump directly into the relevant app.

Obviously, Avita's functionality is not currently up to Google's height, but it also extends to deep-linked search results in some ways, as demonstrated by the effective integration of Avita's new features with SparQ, Gemini and Tumblr Yahoo bought an advertising company in January this year SparQ also has a deep link technology, it can automatically detect whether the user's mobile phone installed the corresponding site of the app, if there is, then the user clicks on the shopping link SparQ will automatically move it from the mobile side of the Web page to the app Gemini is a combination of mobile search and native advertising, users can see in search results like the normal content of the Web page advertising information, and Tumblr also in November launched the "Application Installation" advertising functions, such as the flow of information will appear in the game nonblank dots download Recommendations- Avita's search tools and desktop based search results and the synergy of these three applications have further enhanced Yahoo's competitiveness in the search engine market.

In addition, Yahoo is not always the default search engine for Android phones, it is not realistic to let a user to change the settings, despite the collaboration with Mozilla in November this year to replace Google as the default search engine for Firefox in the United States, but this time through the binding search function, After integrating its services into the aviate, Yahoo can no longer rely on the operating system or the default browser.

MUI said: "We have deep confidence in search." For us, this is an area worthy of investment, opportunity and growth potential. "and Yahoo in search engine in-depth layout, Avita is added a thick, according to Google Play data statistics, aviate download volume is currently between 1 million-5 million."