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Android is hands-down the most popular and flexible mobile operating systems around due to its power packed features. And the best thing about it is, it lets you customize the device as per your choice. So a seemingly simple Android phone can become a melting pot of technology and creativity with the addition of the right apps from the Google Play Store.

1. QUICK NOTIFICATION ACCESS

Starting with the most used feature in the new age Android phones — the quick settings menu. What do you do when you need it real quick? Normally, a downward swipe brings down first the notification drawer and then the Quick settings menu.
To access it in a super quickly, use both of your fingers to make a downward swipe on the home screen. The Quick Settings menu and the notification drawer will be available in a jiffy.

2. DISPLAY TOUCH POINTS

In few of the how-to videos in YouTube, it’s difficult to pinpoint the exact place where the demonstrator is touching on his screen.
Solution to the above issue: Enable the display touch points. This will display a white dot on places where you have touched.
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To enable this option, you will have to take a dive into the Developer option. Head over to Input and switch on Show Touches.

3. REDUCE EYE STRAIN

From built-in PDF converter to blue-light filter, Android covers most of the aspects that tempt you to skip third-party app installations. So the next time you are in an experimental mood, give a shot to the built-in grayscale mode. Once enabled, it wipes out the bright colors and replaces it with a monochromatic hue. A scaled down version of iPhone's Night Shift feature, if you ask me.
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And like Touch Points, this one’s too lurking inside the Developer option. We all know that bright screens are the recipe for eye fatigue, so this nifty trick will save your eyes from further damage. What’s more, it also helps in saving the phone's battery life.

4. RESTRICT DATA USAGE

It’s a known fact that almost all the Android apps in our phones perform certain background activities like data-sync, update activities to fix bugs or to roll out new features.
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Fortunately, we have a savior hiding in the app settings menu. Open settings and navigate to data usage where you will see the option to restrict app background data. Or you can long press on the app and select app info from the pop-up menu.
You can long press on the app and select app info from the pop-up menu.
Once this switch is enabled, the background activities will cease to occur over the cellular network and will only occur once you are connected to a Wi-Fi network.

5. SAVE A WEB PAGE AS PDF

Chrome is among the most used web browsers today, but how do we make the most of it? Especially when you are off the grid? This neat little trick for Android devices will require a bit of advance planning to pull it off, but let me assure you, it’s a foolproof idea when it comes to converting a web page to a pdf.
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So before you head off, gather all the articles that you wish to read and open it through Chrome. Now all you need to do is head over to Share > Print and then save the web page as PDF.

6. EASY CROSS-REFERENCING

Browsing through contents in Chrome should be fun and shouldn’t challenge the sanity of anyone. You might be thinking, why am I making this argument?
Well, we are talking Android here and there’s always a workaround. Long-press on the address bar and swipe left and right. You will be able to glide smoothly over the open tabs.

7. SEE ALL THE OPEN TABS

Pressing the home button is what one would normally do to exit Chrome or for that matter, any app. In Chrome, there’s a slight catch — it closes the main app but the tabs still remain open until they are closed manually. Last time I checked, I had over 12 open tabs.
So, how to see all the open tabs easily. Well, Google apps contain a handful of hidden tricks up their sleeves. All you need to do is tap on the address bar and swipe down to see the list.

8. BROWSE THROUGH THE FILE DIRECTORY

Bet there are a lot of third-party apps that let you see the file contents of the phone memory, but what if you are a little low on space and can’t go about installing a new app?
The solution is fairly simple — turn to Chrome.
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Just type file:///sdcard/ and all the phone contents — old & new — will be displayed in an index form.

9. THE DINOSAUR GAME

A smartphone – whether it's an Android device or one from the Apple stable – is almost useless without data connectivity. To spice things up a bit, turn to the Chrome Browser .
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So while you wait for the cellular network to come back, head over to Chrome and play the Dinosaur game. And, trust me it’s not easy as it seems.

10. POWER BUTTON TO END CALL

80% of the time our thumb is near the power button while we take a phone call, so enabling the power button to end calls seem to be the smartest move. Plus, when you’re watching a captivating cricket match and you just can’t take your eyes off the TV, this prove to be the most convenient way of ending a call.
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11. PIN SCREEN

My brother loves spying on me, for reasons best known to him (siblings, I tell you). So, whenever I hand over my phone to him, I have to be utmost careful so that he doesn’t open WhatsApp or for that matter, even my social media apps.
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What I do is, I enable screen pinning, which makes it almost impossible for him to navigate over to the other apps, since this nifty trick renders the buttons inaccessible.

12. BOOT THE DEVICE IN SAFE MODE

More often than not, we come across a variety of apps that behave erratically. And when I say erratic, I mean those situations when the app gets aborted multiple times or when it displays an array of obstructive ads that doesn’t allow you to do anything else.
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In such scenarios, it’s best to boot the Android device in safe mode. Safe Mode disables all the third party apps and that makes it easy to get rid of the offensive ones. 

13. SMART LOCK

One of the most brilliant features that Android has is the smart lock option. It disables the lock screen whenever you are at a particular location — say at home or office or when you connect to some trusted devices.
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So that when the phone is lying next to you in office you needn’t unlock it umpteenth times. The transition is quite seamless and what makes it incredible is one can choose any number of locations. To enable it, head over to Smart Lock under the Security settings.

14. SPACE BAR SCROLLING

Let’s admit it, sometimes it’s difficult to scroll through text on our smartphones, the cursor never seems to land where you want it to. The smaller the screen, the more tedious is the process. In such situations, the space bar of the Google keyboard (Gboard) comes to the rescue.
All you need to do is swipe back and forth over the space bar. For text deletion, hold the backspace button and swipe left and right.
Space bar scrolling is just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to Gboard features. And if you love this one, I bet you’ll love all the 13 superb tips and tricks.

15. OK GOOGLE

Most of us use the mic button on the Google search bar if we want to search for something, add a reminder, set an alarm clock and the list goes on. But did you know that all these could be done hands-free?
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The voice detection feature will let you go hands-free on your device, all you need to do is say ‘Ok Google’. Head over to Voice and tap on the option that suits you best. So the next time you say ‘Ok Google’ it will wake up and take count of your command.

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