Windows Phone Basics: The People Hub

Our next helpful article for those who are new to Windows Phone covers the People Hub - the one end for all your social requirements when on the go. The People Hub, as the proper noun suggests, is where all your contacts are available to communicate with. Upon launching the hub from the dwelling house screen (tile is present by default - a mosaic of randomly generated photos) you lot'll be presented with your contour summary with latest Facebook status or tweet (if not simply swipe to the correct - we'll keep things simple and start from the contacts list).

Underneath the Alive ID photo and condition is a list of synchronised contacts pulled down from your Windows Live account and any other account y'all have set on your Windows Phone (Facebook, Outlook, Google, etc.). Settings can exist manipulated to filter and evidence / hide friends from the various accounts (more on this in a 2d).

Selecting a contact will display available details for Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn likewise as numbers, addresses and other miscellaneous data. You'll notice in the app bar is a "link" option, selecting this will testify similar contacts which can and then be merged to keep things neat and tidy should you take the aforementioned contact on both Live and Facebook (or fifty-fifty Twitter and LinkedIn as well).

Swiping within a contact will reveal the "What's New?" pane, which is the RSS feed of social activeness for that individual. Latest tweets, images, Facebook status updates and Live updates are located in this list. Swiping again moves us onto photos that are available on their Facebook and Live accounts. Photos can be downloaded, commented on, and applied as wallpapers - this is the beauty of how deep Windows Telephone integration is. Last, and by no ways least, we have the contact history. This pane lists all communications betwixt yourself and that individual, whether it be SMS, electronic mail or previous phone calls.

It'south all nigh Me

Moving back out of the contact view, permit's take a expect at the "Me" area of the People Hub. Selecting your photo at the top of the contact list volition take you into your personalised Windows Phone social media HQ. The user is able to mail messages to social networks; log into Messenger (and Facebook Chat); view Twitter, Facebook and LinkedIn notifications; and view your own "What's New?" - which tin too serve as an preview of how other Windows Phone users would come across your social updates.

Too every bit actually visiting your Me section of the People Hub, y'all can as well pin a 'Me tile' to the dwelling house screen for more convenient access (check the pin pick in the app bar).

And then what is new?

The "What's New?" pane in the People Hub is much like the private news feeds within contacts, except this feed pulls downwards all updates for all your contacts and display them in one easier-to-digest location. As with contact specific news feeds in the hub, y'all're able to annotate, 'like', retweet / respond, view photos, and more than.

What social networks are active in this feed is configurable, which is particularly handy should you exist a pop chap on Facebook for example.

Check your recents

Next to "What's New?" is the recent section, which displays a number of contact tiles you've recently communicated with (or accessed through the hub itself). Recollect of the history list in the Music and Videos Hub, this section of the People Hub provides like shooting fish in a barrel access (and viewing) of recent communications or activity.

Join my group

Another neat feature of Windows Phone is groups. Contacts can be sorted into hands accessible groups that are displayed higher up the contact list. In the photo to a higher place we accept a "family unit" group with some contacts added. Selecting the grouping volition list all the contacts added into the grouping as well as a "What'due south New?" pane that'll bring down the feeds for the group just.

Groups can exist pinned to the home screen, much similar the Me tile, and act like the linked mailboxes with regards to convenience.

There'southward a setting for that

The People Hub settings can be accessed from the hub itself (via the "..." bill of fare in the app bar) or through the main settings (settings > applications > People). Here the user is able to manipulate a number of options, including:

• Import SIM contacts
• Filter contact list (hide/show contacts from your social networks and accounts)
• Hibernate/Evidence updates/posts from hidden contacts (see in a higher place option)
• Sort (and display) contact list by first or last name
• Allow hub to use location to find nearby places to check-in
• Account (and email) management

The People hub is the social gateway for Windows Phone users, and while information technology may appear to exist relatively calorie-free in functionality, everything from social network feeds to groups and communication history is all fully integrated without the requirement for tertiary-party apps on the Marketplace.

Cheque out our quick look at the People Hub in the video below.

Be sure to check out our other tutorials, including a guide for the Pictures Hub.

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