X-EDGE

X-EDGE$1.29

Rated 4.35/5 (34) —  Free Android application by TouchBoarder

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About X-EDGE

Prevent unintended touches on your screen edges, and as a bonus you get cool colored lines on the edge of your screen!! (this is optional of course)

Devices with curved screen edges and slim bezels have reportedly encountered issues with unintended interaction with the display and that palm-rejection features is not working as expected. It can feel like it's too sensitive around the edges of the display.

Problems with this:
- apps open accidentally
- camera apps not functioning properly
- display isn't rejecting unintended touches at the edge
- unable to take a snap!
- holding the device with one hand and using the keyboard
- you regret that you bought it

Whether you are affected by this issues or not will largely depend on how you hold the device... Even if the device has palm-rejection implemented to avoid these accidental touches from affecting the user experience. Touchscreen software can't detect with 100% accuracy whether it's a palm or a unintended touch.

Back in the days when iPhone 4 was launched with the Antenna-gate fiasco, Steve Jobs famously quipped that it was the users holding the device incorrectly. But sadly it seems like this is true about curved edge displays at the moment too. Apples solution for this was to supply special 'bumper' cases to those affected.

But at least on Android we can let other apps help us with this instead of costly 'bumber' cases. By adding the extra 'bumber' directly on the device screen edges instead! and that is what X-Edge is doing.

The way X-Edge is working is to notify you when a edge touch occur by flashing a red colored overlay on the edge touched. This will help you get a better grip on how you can adjust your palm and fingers when holding the device.

Some users are likely to be more affected than others simply based on the way they hold the device. And it can be quite easy to get accidental touches, which again can be a bit frustrating. The display is not properly rejecting the grip of your palm or fingers simply because there is no bezel or case to grab on your device or just the nature of the curved display.

This problem can be reduced, obviously, by adjusting your grip of the device.
But this is bothersome when it's causing unwanted interactions with the display.
With X-Edge the unintended touch is stopped and you get notified so you can adjust your grip instead.

Have you been having any of these problems with your device? Let us know if X-Edge are helping you by dropping a review below.

KNOWN PROBLEMS THAT X-Edge can't help with!

Sometimes the keyboard does not detect inputs or keys will not respond near the curving of the edge display. This can be incredibly frustrating and unfortunately X-Edge can't help with this. But it can help you with getting used to holding the device differently by notifying you when it's triggered.

How to Download / Install

Download and install X-EDGE version 1.0.0 on your Android device!
Downloaded 1,000+ times, content rating: Everyone
Android package: com.touchboarder.xedge.paid, download X-EDGE.apk

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App History & Updates

More downloads  X-EDGE reached 1 000 - 5 000 downloads
Price update  Price changed from $0.74 to $1.29.

What are users saying about X-EDGE

D70%
by D####:

Works great

D70%
by D####:

I like it, but....it needs tweaking, to fit the screen ratio of the S8+. It'd look great if the lines didn't stop right above the touch capacitive buttons. There also needs to be a paid, no-ad option. Nothing a simple update couldn't fix; five stars when you do.

D70%
by D####:

AWESOME! I love the S7 Edge but it's practically unusable without a bulky case and I hate cases. It defeats the point of a sleek slim device! I've been using the built in touch interaction to disable my edges but it also disables the buttons so again making the phone not really useable. This is exactly what I've been looking for. What took so long!? If you have an S7 Edge and are having issues with not being able to hold the stupid thing, then you NEED this app.

B70%
by B####:

Beautiful app with all sort of colour to choose from. But i'm having an issue of not able to remove the 'Dot' on the screen. Itchy finger of mine trying to mess things up in the developer section. Will be a great help if it can be remove. Thanks in advance

S70%
by S####:

Using my S7 Edge before this app I would press the edge with the inner palm while stretching my thumb to reach apps on the other side, this app changed my experience and it looks great unhidden (18px) setting is perfect for me

D70%
by D####:

Developers Option So you guys just decided to mess arround with the developers options and activate the show touch options spent 5 minutes trying to figure it out.

L70%
by L####:

I immediately tried it on the #1 source for aggravating circumstances of accidental touches and it will, I believe, take 10 points off my blood pressure within a week ! Excellent idea and great job !

G70%
by G####:

Doesn't work

X70%
by X####:

Works great on Samsung A5


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