Android is
a great little operating system. It’s absolutely packed with great
features, awesome hacks, time-saving tricks.
But
do you really know about your phone or tablet
????
There
is something in this article that you were not known. Read to find out!
1 } Animation Scales
There are also lots of popular
entry-level phones that come with slower processors and only
1GB or 2GB of RAM. So your phone may be
lag, by this option you can boost your phone or tablet speed.
One solution is to change your phone’s “Window animation
scale”, “Transition animation scale” and “Animator duration scale” from 1x to
0.5x. Granted, it will make it feel faster.
Go to Settings > Developer options and
scroll about two thirds of the way down the list to find the necessary options
(Note : you’ll need to have first enabled Developer Mode).
2 } Clear App Defaults to open
It’s annoying when a link opens in a certain app rather than
in the browser. It could be a YouTube link, tweet, a Facebook page — you’ll end up waiting
around while your phone shuts down Chrome (or your browser of choice) and fires
up something else.
To fix this follow these steps
Go to Settings > Apps and find the app
that keeps opening. Once there, scroll down to Open by default,
press it, and then select Clear Defaults.
If that doesn’t work, try doing the same with your browser
app as well.
3 } Quickly Access the Quick Settings Menu
Wanna the Quick Settings menu? do you know you don’t actually
need to double swipe in order to access it?
Instead of this, a simultaneous two-finger swipe you can have
the same effect.
4 } Change your WiFi Network quickly
quickly switch between WiFi networks is not very
obvious. Sure, you have to go to Settings > Wi-Fi and
change it there, but there has a faster way.
Follow these
Swipe down twice from the top of your screen to open the Quick
Settings menu, and instead of pressing on the WiFi icon (which disables
it), instead press on the network’s name. You’ll immediately be given a list of
all the networks in your vicinity.
That is,
- if your version of Android supports this
5 } Locate Annoying Notifications
Do you offen getting an annoying app notification, but you’re
not sure which app is causing it?
There you can know it easily —
just long-press on the notification in question, and your
device will tell you.
After
you’ve long-pressed the app you’ll see an information icon. Press it, and
you’ll be access with the notification settings for the app in question.
6 } Cast Your Screen
Do you have a Chromecast ?
If have, you can do easily mirror your Android’s screen (and
individual apps) by using the cast.
You need just open the Quick Settings menu
and hit Cast. Your device will find your Chromecast (assuming
it’s on the same local network), and you are ready to go.
It’s great for showing off photos to family and relatives, playing games on a big screen, playing music through a external set of speakers. Though many apps, like YouTube, have a dedicated cast button within the app. After you’ve long-pressed the app you’ll see an information icon. Press it, and you’ll be presented with the notification settings for the app in question.
You can do things like block all its notifications, allow it to override priority mode, and make it hide private information.
7 } Priority Mode
Priority mode is probably one of the most underrated and
underused features on the operating system.
In short, it allows you to put your phone into silence mode, but still allow some “noise” to get through. This could be calls, texts, or WhatsApps from specific contacts, notifications from certain apps, or important alerts such as alarms.
To set it up, go to Settings > Sound & Notification > Do not disturb, then select the options that you require.
It can be quickly toggled on and off from the Quick Settings menu.
8 } Map Zoom
Ever need to use Google Maps one-handed? (No, not while
you’re driving!)
Just double tap the screen and swipe up and down to zoom in
and out — it’s a lot less fiddly than trying to pinch your fingers and hold
your phone at the same time!
9 } Smart Lock
Smart lock is smartly useful. It removes the need to use a
keypad lock when you’re at home or in another “trusted” environment where you
don’t neet to lock you mobile or tablet.
It can use GPS, certain networks, your face, or even your
voice to prevent your phone from locking itself, making for a much faster and
hassle-free experience.
Go to Settings > Security > Smart lock to
set it on your wish.
10 } Screen Pinning
this is a great way if you have kids and they using your
phone regularly, to make sure they don’t accident make huge bills or see
content that is age-inappropriate. Firstly, you’ll need to enable the feature.
By going to Settings > Security and scrolling down to Screen pinning.
To pin a screen, open the app, press the Overview button (square) and then the pin icon.
You can choose to PIN-protect the pinned screen, if you wish.
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