6 Hidden & Unknown Tricks of Android
Have you ever wondered there are things that your smartphone enables you to do things that you thought were impossible? Android has appealed the eyes of the users and made itself popular in the present times. Wondered why? There are some hidden truths to Android that pops out as magical, and appeals the eye all the while. This is probably why Android has swept across all phones.
Here are 10 hidden and unknown tricks of Android that most people are unaware about!
Stay Updated Handsfree
Wondering what this means? Well you don’t need to use your hands all the while when you are using your Android based phone. There are ways in which you can interact with your phone and stay updated at the same time.
Use hand gestures to perform tasks and dismiss notifications. You just need to move your hands across the screen. In fact, you can even use voice control to snooze the alarm, read out news and weather reports and for other related actions. Basically Android is your personal assistant that too the handsfree one!
Going Automatic!!!
You want something automatic? Choose an Android phone! How will you find your life getting automated with an Android phone? All you need is the tasker app installed on your phone, and you are set to work out the tasks automatically. Let’s say you want to text someone when you reach a place? All you need to do is install this task onto the app, and it will be done automatically. Interesting right! Set the right tasks, and android will help you save a lot of effort. With this app you can switch off wifi once battery goes low, basically switch on the battery saver mode.
Call your Last Dialed
You don’t need to go to your call list, and then click on the last dialed, and then call that person! Not with an Android phone. Here you just need to keep the call button pressed for a while. Once that is done, the number last dialed appears on the screen, press call, and you are through to make the call. Interestingly, not many are aware of this simple yet interesting feature.
With an Android phone in your hand, you can connect and control your computers with ease. All you need is apps like virtual network computing installed on your computer. This way your smartphone becomes the remote control you desired for your computer. If you want to stream media, you can use the app VLC Direct Pro Free which will help you access music on VLC on your computer. Basically you want to access documents, mails, music or anything on your computer, all you need is this app and your Android phone!
View Maps Offline
Google maps are a favorite with most Android users! You would find Android users viewing directions using Google maps. While it is fine to check the maps online, there are some maps which are pretty heavy! Uploading them every single time you want to view them can eat in a few MBs on your phone. The simplest way to tackle the situation is to download the maps that you frequently view. This way you would have access to offline viewing, which means you don’t need WiFi connection every time you want to know the direction. This also means that you are saving the download MBs that would have hurt you big time.
Night Browsing Made Easy
Aren’t we all night owls! That special time when you get to message the people you wish to talk to. Now, it is a fact that the eye tends to hurt sharp screen colors around darkness. Google has the potential to make your night browsing easy on the eyes with the Android phones. Invert colors have been introduced that you can introduce on your phone by visiting settings>accessibility. This way you don’t need to hurt your eyes when you go about messaging people in the dark. With this setting you will have white text on dark background.
Juned Ahmed is lead strategist and consultant at IndianAppDevelopers leading mobile application development company. Juned and his team make mobile and web development strategy easy and affordable.
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