11 Surface Duo features you SHOULD be using!
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Intro 0:00
Phone Link 0:52
Magic Eraser 2:24
Two browser windows 5:35
Video editor 7:20
Don't use the in app browser 8:25
Try to SPAN your apps! 9:53
Where do I get my wallpapers? 11:21
Turn Duo into an emulator machine 12:06
Handwriting recognition 13:38
eBook reading 14:41
Turn off one screen in book mode 15:31
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Great info as always, and not just for newbies! Appreciate your work.
Teams, OneNote, Outlook, etc. All the Microsoft apps I have on dual screen mode by default. If no other app is open then it will immediately fill up the full screen (which is what I want 95% of the time, and I can always flip it to one screen).
Perfect timing for me, many thanks for this helpful video!
I was thinking a while back, man I sure wish I could turn one screen off. Thanks for the Duo Mono suggestion. A simple app but does exactly what I was needing. Thanks brother!
these videos you do are always so helpful and the reason i stay subscribed. One note is amazing i daily run a pixel 7 now but always carry me Duo to school and people get tripped out when i take it out to take all my notes and also using the pen to write on it.
My Duo Guru, thanks again!!
Thanks definitely learned something new (handwriting). Also appreciate the time stamps
Thanks Mr. Shane. Im enjoying my duo now bec.of u sir ..thanks for sharing luv ur videos
Great video. I use the groups (long press on any app) for my email (gmail and msn) and calendar and work/personal programs in different configurations. Real timesaver.
I'm considering this device for phablet/chrome-book type usage. good video :)
Many thanks for this video! So useful! You are the best 👍
Hi Shane, great content as always. I recently treated myself with a Christmas gift, which happened to be a surface duo 2. Been longing for this device for a long time, and have probably seen all your videos on this particular device. So far I love it, but (there’s always a but), I’m having some issues with the screen seeming to zoom in and/or sorta cropping videos and images on specifically social media apps. CZcams reels, Facebook, TikTok, instagram…you name it. Is this a bug or something that you heard of before or perhaps even experienced yourself? It’s like everything is zoomed in just a bit so to edges of the picture is “out of screen”. This happens in both spanned and normal mode.
Since you mentioned TikTok In this video, I thought you might seen this yourself.
Again, thanks for always bringing great surface content. Huge fan 👍
Thanks for the tip on activating a new Chrome window. As a new Duo user, I've been wondering how to do that.
Love your channel. Quick question. Like you, I'm a big fan of the Duo 1 and 2. I've recently tried going back to the Duo, but noticed that the connection to my carrier data gets cut off randomly. Had this happened to you?
Do you know if anyone has used the Duo folded in the phone configuration? All the time?
Just got an original Duo to play with. My main device is a galaxy s21 ultra. But 8m so impressed with the Duo. And your videos are great. I'm subscribed. Do you ever think that Microsoft will make a Duo running windows 11 natively?
Hi, thanks for the hint with gboard. My handwriting seem to work quite well with gboard. Found it quite strange that Microsoft did not add something like that to the Duo 1 as a standard and you need to find another "app" in the appstore to have this feature.
This comment was written with gboards handwriting detection😁
I just wish there was an option to span across two screens with out missing any data. Like literally splitting and accounting for the physical gap between the screens. I don't mind the physical gap, but I can't accept losing the information covered by the gap.
Hi Shane, when my sd1 was on Android 10 I could span a Netflix movie across both screens and use a rotation app to turn the surface duo upside down. This would display the pixels below the screen gap (there was nothing hidden beneath the hinge gap). This seems to stop working since Android 11 update. Any way of getting this to work again? It was quite good to have the option of having the gap in the video, or turning the phone upside down and having no gap in the video
Top work as always Shane. Downloaded a couple of apps off of the back of this 👌
I also didn't know about the Chrome x2 windows thing - have been flipping back to Edge (which I usually only use with a work profile) if I need to do some serious web-multitasking - knowing that Chrome can do it will save me some time/hassle! And keep my history synced..
Also just to add another ebook suggestion into the mix - Pocketbook is pretty great, a lot more customisation than the others (can get the text borders, font, spacing, etc 'just right'), and Text-to-speech, and a very good offline dictionary with the Fora Dictionary plug in.
I was thinking when watching that these videos must be great for Microsoft to reach new/potential customers for the Duo.. The Surface Go 3 was well earned! 😄 Keep them coming
Still trying to do the surface duo thing and sell my Note 20 ultra that was serving that need, but in the process of returning my surface pen and waiting for my surface pen to slim to arrive, still don't have as good of a note taking experience as I did on Samsung notes in my opinion. Still adapting though. Part of me wanted the one note to just be full screen so I could mark up PDFs or just write notes on a giant slab and it always defaults back to that mode that has the chapters to the left and stuff. I just can't get used to that in like zooming in and out with fingers and remembering to turn the pen back off because the note would only write if you were using the pen so you didn't have to constantly switch back and forth. Just trying to get used to it still.
Hindsight, I was really excited to try Evernote and that's the least intuitive note taking app I've ever tried to use.
I need a great dual screen comix reader!!
Hey bro thank you so much you're so
Hey Shane - This may be slightly off topic. Is there anyway when using 3 button Nav. the buttons can be switched? back button < to the otter edge of the screen? It's used 100's of times more than the running apps sq btn.
Not that I'm aware of.
Feedly! Love that app. Web Browser... But what if I only use Firefox?
Good vid I'll use cap cut looks like final cut
Samsung's is called "object eraser" it's built into the Samsung gallery app when editing a picture if you update the gallery app though Samsung's app store.
FYI handwriting is essential for inputting a lot of non-alphabet languages. Thanks for sharing the Google keyboard app
I just got my surface duo and it say duo mono isn't available because it was made an older version of android
I just saw this and have now installed the phone link app. Thanks! Only odd thing however is that if playing an app with audio on my surface pro e. g. CZcams music, the audio comes from the duo not the laptop. I find this counter intuitive. Clicking the sound icon only gives option to Bluetooth audio to other external devices. Maybe I am not set up right
There's a workaround, but it isn't great. czcams.com/video/cuQzpEZ1gR4/video.html
@@scaryifliteral great. I'll check it out. Thanks Shane 👍
Surface Duo is great, but it needs to have a "ultra power saving mode" as the worst thing is being out and about with a dead phone. and since Duo battery life is bad its more likely to happen.
Anyway to get something like that somehow? Samsung and LG usually has the option to turn it on automatically at 10% saving you from dying.
Surface duo battery saver mode doesn't do much it seems
I started using Zoho Notebook. I prefer it over onenote. Has anyone used it on the duo? Does it work well?
Do you know if best buy or Microsoft have warranty devices for accidental breakage?
I know Microsoft has a factory warranty against a defects that might be voided by physical damage. Not sure how their paid protection plan works or how it compares to Best Buy tbh.
Shane...do you know if there is a way to get the Surface Duo Glance (the far left page with "To Do", "Sticky "Notes", etc) feature on an Android? I love that feature and wish I could have that exact feature on my Samsung S21 Ultra as well
Simplest way is to install the Microsoft launcher on that device
@@scaryifliteral Done and I love it. Now I need to see what I might lose by doing that!
Hey Shane...have you ever had the issue of your surface duo 2 lowering the volume by itself? When watching youtube, netflix, or whatever...the volume lowers itself for no reason. I can't figure it out.
Yep, from max to about 3 steps down. No idea how to stop it.
Which keyboard are u using? What purple theme is that
Gboard
I just saw that Beach Camera has open box Surface Duo 256 GB for $260 with their clearance coupon code just in case anyone is looking to pick one up...
Wish kobo, feedly, reader by readwise supported span mode for reading
Now to improve touch screen in duo 2
Open a new browser works fine for me without the extra step. Just wanted to share
Yep, looks like they've brought it back.
Proof this damn phone tablet has got some killer features.
Will this device work with Verizon if I put my SIM card in it?
www.verizon.com/od/prepaid/bring-your-own-device/#/deviceDetails should work fine
Have you been able to get the Duo work with Android auto?
My car is from 2013. No Android Auto lol.
Would you recommend the Duo in 2023 or should i wait for Duo 3 ?
Duo 3 is likely to be a totally different device, not even dual screen anymore if the things I'm hearing are true.
@@scaryifliteral Okay. Hopefully the Duo getting supported in the future. I usually choose my device for 3 years and up.
I use the program iFit. I can use it on my Samsung Android phone, but it is not supported in Surface Android phone. How can this be? Would have thought it was Android that was important, not the hardware.
Some apps get confused by Duo. They think it's a tablet or something like that and it causes incompatibility issues that aren't real. A lot of the time you can go to APK mirror and download the app on your own and it runs fine.
@@scaryifliteral Have never used APK before. Tried it now, and could install iFit, but it crash and close, so guess it is not compatible with Duo2. Thanks for the tips though!
I dont use Chrome, but good shout out on that workaround. I hate mobile browsers removing features. I'd kill to be able to run older Firefox android browsers but they just crash upon loading, kicking some message about android cores being removed lol.
There's a Duo user community that migrated from *windows* phone you said? Really?
I've spoken with a surprising number of people who did just that.
It looks like the Surface Duo series is dead. Hopefully they will come up with something to replace it, but it is doubtful.
Not only have Duo and Duo 2 gotten monthly updates since launch, Android 13 is in active development as is Surface Duo 3. Why make stuff up?
@@scaryifliteral It's no longer listed under Surface devices on Microsoft's site, they removed it. It hasn't been available on their site for months. No other retailers are carrying it. Amazon might list one here and there. BestBuy has a clearance on them at a reduced price and none are available. The supply chain excuse Microsoft gave doesn't hold water, all the other major companies in this space are selling inventory. I will lay money that we will never see a Duo 3. I don't like it, just stating what's seemingly obvious. Software updates do not equal a future for the series.
@@scaryifliteral Where is your proof that Surface Duo 3 is under 'active development' let's not make stuff up.
Surface Duo 2 is out of stock for reasons I've discussed here multiple times. The short version is that supply chain issues effect a device like Duo a lot more because almost all of it is custom. It also is a small quantity device which means manufacturing is even more expensive. It makes no financial sense for Microsoft to order more hardware because of these factors and thus it is out of stock and likely never coming back. If you'd said "Duo 2 is dead" I wouldn't have said anything.
My proof that Android 13 and Surface Duo 3 are in active development is the fact that I've spoken to two people that have seen the prototypes. I can't share any more than that for obvious reasons. What I will say is that we're talking about people who sent me images of Duo 2 before launch and images of the cancelled Duo 2 Go before Windows Central got enough details to write a story. You can choose to ignore that and go with your gut, but I'm sticking with my proven sources on this one. You could also ask the reporter who is likely more connected to the development of Duo 3 than anyone, Zac Bowen, and he'll tell you the same thing.
The confidence that people have in their gut feelings on thins are honestly a wonder to me. I can speak to real humans who have proven their reliability and still not fully trust it until it's better proven, but fellas like you get a feeling in your tum tum and have all the confidence in the world lol. If something happens between now and next fall and Duo 3 never comes then something MAJOR would have happened behind the scenes and they would have wasted a ton of R&D money because Duo 3 is 100% being prototyped in at least two very different designs.
@@scaryifliteral So you have no proof. A couple of fellas told me they saw some prototypes, really? Proof would be pictures or better yet, video of a working prototype. You haven't even seen these images of these prototypes, so before they sent you images of a device right before launch, and then later of a cancelled device. You don't even have the images and you just helped prove my point. Images of the cancelled Duo 2 Go, which means that Duo 3 could easily be cancelled.
I get it, you're a fanboy and you so want to believe it, so much so, that you ignore the obvious. You said it yourself "It also is a small quantity device which means manufacturing is even more expensive. It makes no financial sense for Microsoft to order more hardware" this is exactly why there will be no Duo 3 in your own words. They don't sell enough of them. Microsoft doesn't publish the sales figures but one could easily assume the Duo program has lost a ton of money and will never be profitable. They tried twice and the demand is not there. It is a very niche product and Microsoft will not stick with niche products.
Look at what happened with the Nokia purchase. They had far more money invested in that and cancelled it.
The evidence is there, you just choose to ignore it because it doesn't fit your agenda. You don't even acknowledge it is a possibility that it could be cancelled.
If Microsoft does decide to take one more swing and bring out a new device, it would more likely be a foldable phone along the lines of a Samsung fold with one foldable inner screen and an outer screen.
I'll refer you back to this thread when the news comes out.