No more TouchWiz jokes: Samsung’s software has caught up to its hardware
I challenge anyone to receive a notification on Samsung’s Galaxy S8 and not be charmed by the elegant blue pulse of light that traces the contours of the phone’s gorgeous screen. This sort of subtlety, this sort of organic, emotive, instant appeal is not something I ever expected Samsung would be capable of. But the company once judged to have cynically copied Apple’s iPhone design has exceeded all expectations this year: the 2017 version of Samsung’s TouchWiz brings its software design right up to the high standard of its hardware.
Good design is hard, and few companies know that better than Samsung. This manufacturing juggernaut spent most of its early days in the mobile industry just trying to keep up with innovation leaders like…
