Android: the Best Secret, Unknown and Very Useful Tricks

It is often said that we only use a small part of our brain capacity … because with Android the same thing happens. Google’s operating system has hundreds of functions and the vast majority go unnoticed by users. We are going to list a few tricks that are not very well known but, at the same time, are tremendously useful.

And it is that the operating system of the Mountain View is much more than it seems. Normally we play two or three functions on a regular basis, or we do things in a way without knowing that there is another way or trick that would be much more useful. Let’s see a few that are common to all mobiles with this software, whatever the brand.

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Activate the camera without having to unlock the mobile

It is likely that on more than one occasion you have not captured that moment because you have taken a long time to take out your mobile, unlock it, search for the camera app, etc. There is a much easier shortcut that will allow you to take that photo almost instantly. If you press the mobile home button twice in succession, the photographic application automatically opens.

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The “secret” search engine for apps

It is another simple function but one that goes unnoticed. It has been discovered by the friends of The Power of the Green Android and it will save a lot of time for those who spend time looking and searching in their application folders. The reality is that if you slide your finger down when you’re on the desktop or in the app drawer, a search bar appears. You put the name of the app and it will filter it for you.

Toggle between the last two open windows

This is valid if you use an interface in which the typical icons of the circle, triangle and square are and not a gesture control. Actually, the “square” button is the Recent button, and if we leave it pressed the multitasking appears. Now, if we double-tap on it, it will automatically switch between the last two open applications , something very useful when we want, for example, to put a discount code that we have in one application and that does not let us copy it in another.

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See the notifications you have deleted

Surely more than once you have deleted an important notification that you would like to recover. Well you can do it. You just have to hold your finger on the screen to open the widgets option. In these you are looking for the Settings. You pass it to the screen and now you make a long press on it to display the options of the icon and choose ” Notification log “. Done, you can now access the list of all deleted notifications.

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Automate Do Not Disturb mode timing

Don’t want to be bothered with messages at certain times of the day? Well, you can do it without having to activate and deactivate the Do Not Disturb mode. If you go to Settings> Sound, you will find the option ” Do not disturb mode preferences “. There you can set an activation time and an end time, which may be different depending on the day of the week.

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Use Gboard’s one-handed mode

The vast majority of users have the default Google keyboard, the Gboard, installed. It also hides many tricks and one of the most useful is knowing how to activate the mode with one hand. Leaving the comma key pressed , right next to the space, the icon that allows us to put the keyboard in a format with which we can use it with one hand will appear.

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The volume button not only turns up the music

This is a trick that is present from the first versions of Android and that not many people know about. When putting the camera, we do not have to give the shutter icon, holding the mobile firmly, we just have to give the volume up button to shoot a photo.

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