10 Hidden Tips And Tricks to Try on Your Android Phone Update on 2020
1. Cast your Android screen
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| Android Casting |
For a number of years, you’ve been able to broadcast your Android phone or tablet’s display to the larger screen of a television using a Chromecast. In addition to beaming video from all the usual movie and TV apps, this streaming device can mirror your phone. Take advantage of a mirroring shortcut in the Quick Settings pane, which you access by dragging down from the top of the screen with two fingers. You should find a Cast option in this menu.
If it doesn’t show up, there’s another way to set up mirroring.
First, check to make sure you’ve installed the Google
Home app for Android. You probably already used this program to set up
your Chromecast. Open the app, tap Cast
screen/audio from its menu, and then choose your Chromecast. Your
device’s display should appear on the big screen.
2. Run apps side-by-side
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| Split screen |
Multitask
like a pro using two apps side-by-side.
One of the new features added in Android 7.0 Nougat is the option
to run apps side-by-side or one above the other. This view comes in handy when
you want to display photos, optimize your social networking, or multitask,
although it's a bit too laggy for gaming.
To set it up, tap the Overview button
(the square icon below the screen to the left), and choose which of your
recently used apps you want to see. Hold and drag it to the top or left of the
display, then choose another open app to appear alongside or under it.
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| Display size |
More
text and less images, or viceversa? On Android you can choose.
If you're struggling to see what's on the screen—or,
alternatively, if you want to cram as much content as possible onto the display
and don't mind doing a bit of squinting along the way—you can zoom in or out on
text and objects. Not all the apps will respond to these adjustments, but most
of them will.
4. Change volume settings independently
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| Android volume |
Never
oversleep again because of a barely audible alarm clock: make sure your volume
settings meet your needs.
Your device plays several different types of audio—including ring
tones, notifications, alarms, phone calls, and media. If you’ve ever gone to
the Settings menu, opened Sounds, and tapped Volume, you’ll have seen that you can use individual sliders to
adjust these audio types individually.
However, Android gives you a quick-and-easy shortcut. Tap the
physical volume buttons on the side of your device to make whatever’s currently
playing softer or louder (if no media is playing, this action will adjust your
ringtone volume). When you do, a small box will pop up on the screen, showing
which volume setting is changing and how. On the side of that box, you should
see a small arrow. Tap it, and the box will expand to show multiple volume
sliders at once. This can save you a trip to Settings.
5. Lock phone borrowers inside one app
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Screen pinning |
Screen
pinning locks the phone user into one app.
What happens when you want to lend a friend or young family member your
phone, but don’t want them rooting through your private information or posting
to your social media accounts? Screen pinning lets you be generous without
giving up your privacy. Pinning one app to the screen means that your phone
will only run that app until someone enters the lock screen code again.
Essentially, the user won’t be able to access any other parts of your phone
without your code.
6. Disable the lock screen at home
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Smart Lock |
Smart
Lock lets you unlock your phone with several options, including your voice,
face or your home.
To keep your device safe, you need to set up a PIN code or a
fingerprint scan to unlock your phone.
But this makes it more inconvenient to access your apps. Google’s Smart Lock
feature lets you remove this obstacle, giving you instant access to your
phone—but only when you’re safely at home.
7. Tweak the status bar
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System UI Tuner |
Want more
Android secrets? Try System UI Tuner, a hidden menu inside the operating system.
The status bar is a thin strip at the top of the screen display
that shows you notifications, your phone’s current signal strength, and battery
life, among other icons. Thanks to a hidden settings menu called System UI Turner, you can select exactly
which icons will appear in the status bar, and tweak extra settings for Do Not
Disturb mode and notifications. However, this menu only became available in
recent versions of Android, so older phones may not allow you to use it.
8. Choose new default apps
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Default apps |
The
ability to set default apps is one difference between Android and iOS.
One of the differences between Android and iOS is that Google's
mobile operating system lets you choose different default apps for web
browsing, texting, viewing photos and so on. A default app is the app that
opens automatically when you try and do something on your phone—so when you
click a hyperlink, for example, your default web browser app will open that
link.
9. Bring back lost notifications
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Notification log |
Bring
your notifications back from the dead with the Widgets menu.
It happens—you accidentally swiped away one of the notifications
that you wanted to read fully and now you have a nagging sense someone emailed
you, but are not sure. If you want to review all of your recent notifications
on Android, you’re in luck. This ability is possible—though the option isn’t
easy to find.
10. Activate one-handed mode
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One-handed mode |
This
keyboard tweak makes your phone easier to use one-handed.
As today’s phones continue
to grow in size, they become harder and harder to operate one-handed. So Google’s custom
keyboard, which is the default option on certain Android phones, has a
solution: A special one-handed mode that you can switch to with a simple
shortcut. If you own a Pixel or Nexus device, this keyboard will be your
default typing option. If you’re on a Samsung or LG phone, you’ll have to first download Google’s version and
set it as your default keyboard (as demonstrated in tip 8).
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