{"id":337017,"date":"2017-03-29T06:04:51","date_gmt":"2017-03-28T22:04:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/techcrunch.com\/?p=1469962"},"modified":"2017-03-29T06:04:51","modified_gmt":"2017-03-28T22:04:51","slug":"evie-teams-up-with-verizon-to-launch-a-new-search-experience-next-to-your-android-home-screen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/asmawisham\/evie-teams-up-with-verizon-to-launch-a-new-search-experience-next-to-your-android-home-screen\/","title":{"rendered":"Evie teams up with Verizon to launch a new search experience next to your Android home screen"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Evie<\/a> is bringing its app search technology<\/a> to a new location on your phone.<\/p>\n

The startup has partnered with Verizon (which owns TechCrunch) to launch a new product called AppFlash. Like Evie\u2019s existing app launcher, AppFlash helps users find content and services across different apps \u2014 and Evie is working with Verizon to make this the default experience on customers\u2019 Android devices, popping up whenever they swipe to the left of their home screen.<\/p>\n

Using AppFlash, you can search or browse through listings\u00a0of restaurants, movies, music and apps. Then, once you find what you\u2019re looking for, you can jump into a specific app.<\/p>\n

So if you\u2019re looking\u00a0for a specific movie or TV show, you don\u2019t have to open each of your streaming video apps individually \u2014 you can just find it in AppFlash, then tap to watch in the correct service. Or you can look at restaurant listings in AppFlash, then open up one\u00a0app to get detailed information, or another to make a reservation.<\/p>\n

\"Sidescreen\"<\/a><\/p>\n

AppFlash also offers universal search across all your apps, and it suggests apps that you might want to open or download. Co-founder and CEO David Zhao said these recommendations take advantage of Evie\u2019s \u201cstructured understanding of the content inside of apps\u201d and are based on both context and user behavior.<\/p>\n

Plus, the product uses app virtualization technology developed during the company\u2019s previous incarnation as Voxel (which launched at TechCrunch\u2019s Startup Battlefield in 2013<\/a>). So if someone decides to try out one of the recommended apps, they can play with it for up to a minute without having to download it first, and with no data charges.<\/p>\n

Zhao said that while the Evie launcher has been installed more than 1 million times and has been used for 500 million app launches, by working with Verizon to deliver this experience right next to the home screen, Evie is\u00a0creating \u201cthe lowest friction way of complementing existing experiences,\u201d rather than \u201ctrying to change the entire experience on the phone.\u201d<\/p>\n

T.J. Vitolo, a director of product management at Verizon, added that his priority was making sure AppFlash was something that could be used by a mass audience, for whom this can serve as a way to \u201cdrive discovery for lots of services they\u2019re not familiar with.\u201d For more tech-savvy users, he said AppFlash could still be useful as a way to \u201cstring together logical app engagements \u2026 rather than bouncing from different apps.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"Sidescreen\"<\/a><\/p>\n

\u201cNinety percent of our smartphone users love their smartphone and love to get things done \u2014 they just want to know how to get them done simpler and easier,\u201d Vitolo said.<\/p>\n

The service\u00a0will be rolling out across Verizon Android devices in the coming weeks. Zhao said AppFlash is the Verizon-branded version of a new Evie product Sidescreen, which could eventually be offered by other mobile carriers.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have no contractual exclusivity with Verizon, but they are our first and most important partner,\u201d he added. \u201cWe are committed to making this work with Verizon first before other carrier\/OEM partners.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\"Evie\" Evie is bringing its app search technology to a new location on your phone. The startup has partnered with Verizon to launch a new product called AppFlash. Like Evie’s existing app launcher, AppFlash helps users find content and services across different apps — and Evie is working with Verizon to make this the default experience on customers’ Android devices. Read More<\/a><\/p>\n

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