Windows Phone 8.1 - Dynamic Lockscreen Preview Available

So, like promised by Joe Belfiore (corporate vice president and manager for Windows Phone Program Management) last week, Windows Phone users can now test the new dynamic lockscreen app. It's not yet a final version but we can have a look and feel of what's coming.

Called "Animated LockScreen Preview" and was made available by a publisher called Venetasoft. This is only a preview since the final developer APIs are not yet publicly available (what should be happening next days).

The preview has 4 lock screens that are basically restyled versions of the lock screens demoed at Microsoft's BUILD conference.
This 4 lock screens are called:
.: Tokyo
.: Diagonal
.: Stripes
.: Zoom

According to the information available on the Windows Store this app should also run on Windows Phone 8.0 devices with at least 512MB but the final version should be limited to a minimum of 1GB of RAM.

Here's a video showing up this app:



To download Animated LockScreen Preview just go here:

Windows Phone 8.1 - Dynamic LockScreen to Arrive Soon

During the latest Microsoft's BUILD Conference, a lot of features regarding Windows Phone 8.1 (WP 8.1) was revealed.

One of the most hyped features was the Dynamic LockScreen, an innovative feature not only for Windows Phone but also for other smartphones operating systems.

This is a features that should be available very soon.

Basically, this new features allows users to get a more customized lock screen with animated images, control music player, change volume settings, view new messages, etc.

In a proof that Microsoft's it's finally looking at the smartphones business in another away than before, this is not a native WP 8.1 feature but an independent app instead that can be installed via Marketplace.

Although we've not seen nothing since BUILD about this app, a couple of days ago, Joe Belfiore, a corporate vice president and manager for Windows Phone Program Management at Microsoft posted the following tweet, stating that the app could been a week from launching:

The app should be made available on a beta phase in English only and for devices with at least 1GB RAM.