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Android is one of the leading mobile phone operating systems and is therefore used by a large percentage of people across the world. However, many of us use our handsets without discovering the little tricks to make things easier. Whether you mainly use your phone for calls and texts or enjoy online mobile casino games, search the web, or even work, here are five things you didn’t know your android phone could do.
1. Data Saver
Going over your data limit is frustrating as it adds to your bill. Data Saver is a clever little feature that helps reduce background apps and the data they are using. If you switch on Data Saver, you won’t be alerted by apps that use push notifications while you’re out, so this means things like Gmail and Twitter, but you can quickly check these manually by refreshing the app. To switch on Data Saver, go to your settings menu and find the data usage option from here. You should be able to see a data saver with a toggle switch; move this to the on position.
2. Skip the Queue
Well, okay, you can’t technically skip a queue. However, getting put on hold can be extremely frustrating, and the old music can drive you mad. Google Assistant has a feature called hold for me. Once placed on hold, activating this feature means you can simply put the phone down and get on with what you want to do. When a real person answers the phone, your Google assistant will notify you, and it’s straightforward to set up. In your phone app for Google Assistant, click the more menu, open settings, and tap ‘hold for me’ to activate. It also enables you to share a transcript and audio of the call to help improve how the feature works.
3. Organise Your Notifications
Notifications are something of a double-edged sword. While it’s great that you can keep up to date with what’s happening in the virtual world, it can also get very frustrating when you’re trying to work, and notifications are swamping your phone. Of course, you can turn off notifications in certain apps, but if you want to see what is causing the most chaos, you can turn on notification history.
This clever feature is in your settings menu under apps and notifications. Click notifications, then notification history, and toggle the ‘use notification history’ feature. When you first switch this on, there will be no information there. Still, over time as it logs all your notifications, you will be able to see what is happening. If you miss something or dismiss the notification, you can review the history and find it again.
4. Use Smart Lock
Protecting your phone is vital; Smart Lock can be found in your settings menu. You can set up trusted places which means when you’re at home, your phone is automatically unlocked, or trusted devices, meaning when it’s connected, it stays unlocked. You can also set on body detection, meaning your handset will remain unlocked while you move. When you put it down, it locks.
5. Custom Notifications
If the noise of constant notifications doesn’t bother you, but you want to know when a particular person is trying to get hold of you, you can turn on your custom notifications.
Head to your messages app and find the person you want to set up a personal notification for. In the top right of the screen are the three dots; tap on them to get to details > notifications, and then advanced. You can pick the sound you want to associate with this person and tap okay. Now you will immediately know when they are trying to contact you as their specific sound will play.