3rd party applications comparability

[raddy]

Hello

I was very much interested in LG G6 and have even ordered it once in eBay yesterday and cancelled it after getting to know one information none of the reviewers have pointed it out.

I have heard that most of the 3rd party applications would show black border even in portrait mode because of the aspect ratio difference.

But I was also been told that applications would automatically utilise the entire screen at least in portrait mode.

I have also heard that LG provided scaling function is not of great help as well.

I am from India and I am not sure how much time it would take for the developers here to update their application for a new screen aspect ratio.

Please provide your valuable inputs.

I am upgrading from Nexus 5x

 

[lingarajug]

This model released just 4 months ago so expect little delay with specific apps but LG's scaling works fairly well in standard apps, I would say stick with ur current phone for few months.

 

[raddy]

Thanks for your kind reply.
I am using the mobile phone mostly for applications and in portrait mode itself and would watch YouTube videos also.
I am not using the mobile phone for gaming.

Can you please post some photos of the scaled applications ?
I heard that the navigation bar would be in black colour even when an application scaled.

Are all Google applications and prominent 3rd party applications support the 18:9 aspect ratio?

 

[lingarajug]

yes the navigation bar does turn black but it will be hidden under the app your are using in full screen and pull down on noti panel will bring back the navi buttons, so if u watch YouTube videos after scaling u won't see any back bar while in full screen.

 

[luke9631]

yes the navigation bar does turn black but it will be hidden under the app your are using in full screen and pull down on noti panel will bring back the navi buttons, so if u watch YouTube videos after scaling u won't see any back bar while in full screen.

You mean I won't see black borders while youtubing in fullscreen?

 

[lingarajug]

yes but only if the content is in 18:9 format, lets say if u resize YouTube app and the video is also coded in 18:9 format then the bar will be hidden, at least that's my experience on couple of occasions so far.