Android is stacked with such a large apps and utility software’s and design alternatives, we regularly neglect some of its most valuable elements. Some of the time they're stowing away on display. Different times, they're covered so profound, you'd never find them without spelunking profound into submenus, grabbing aimlessly oblivious.
However, don't give that one killer feature a chance to
escape you. Regardless of the possibility that you view yourself as an Android
control client, you'd do well to ensure you're acquainted with each and every
menu, flip and utility on this rundown. We've done our best to recognize the
exact areas of the elements recorded beneath, however you may need to chase
around menus a bit if your gadget producer has extreme interface
customizations.
Now, here are some killer features you’ve not been using or
you haven’t been using to their maximum output.
1
1 ANDROID
DEVICE MANGER
The Google Play Services system is utilized to deal with a
wide range of back-end administrations, and Google redesigns it as often as
possible out of sight. These andriod killer feautureis a great deal, the
Android Device Manager. This component permits you track, ring, bolt, and wipe
your gadget in the event that you forget or lose it.
By default, you can only ring and locate a device with
Android Device Manager, so if you want the full features, go into your main
system settings and scroll down to Security. Find the Device Administrators
option, and open it to see what apps have been granted admin privileges on your
phone or tablet. Checking the box next to Android Device Manager allows you to
wipe and lock the device in addition to the ring and locate features.
You can remotely get to Android Device Manager in various
valuable ways. In the event that you just have one Android gadget, you can
utilize any web program to go to the Android Device Manager page and sign into
your record. From that point, you can see a guide of where your telephone is
found, and issue orders to lock, ring or wipe device data.
2 SCREEN
RECORDING FEATURE
Yes, most of us are familiar with this
killer feature. You can record actions been processed on your android device.
Most people have resorted to rooting their gadgets to enjoy this feature. A screen recording is simply an MP4 video file of what’s happening on
your screen for the duration of the capture. There is no native tool to do this
on most Android devices for some reason, but there are a ton of them in the
Play Store. My personal favorite is the aptly named Rec.
3 3 NFC
(Near Field Communication)
Before the invent of
Wifi on mobile devices, almost everyone then shared files through Bluetooth and
infared. With the invent of wifi on popular hand-held gadgets today, we can
transfer large amount of data in seconds. An example of an app that does this
is XENDER. But with apps lke Superbeam, do you know yiu can
quadruple that speed?
Just hold together two NFC-enabled devices (Android 4.1 or later), and
you can transfer files across a Bluetooth link. It’s a neat trick, but transfer
speeds are capped by Bluetooth bandwidth, and file type support is limited.
Luckily, however, most Android devices also support Wi-Fi Direct, even though
Google’s stock apps don’t make use of it.
Wi-Fi Direct is exactly what it sounds like: a protocol that
can create a direct connection between two devices via Wi-Fi. You just need an
app to make use of it, and there are several in Google Play. SuperBeam is
probably the most powerful, and it has a free version. To get a transfer going,
you just share files to Super Beam (or whatever app you’ve chosen to use) and
tap phones. Wi-Fi Direct allows you to queue up multiple files in a single
operation and the transfer rate can easily exceed 30 Mbps. It’s fabulous for
sharing large videos or images.
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4 RECOGNIZING
MOBILE HOTSPOTS AS METERED CONNECTIONS
Android devices have long included native tethering support,
and most carriers have finally gotten comfortable enough with tethering to
allow users on capped data plans to use the feature without paying extra. That
said, an Android device connected to a tethered hotspot doesn’t know it’s using
mobile data. All it sees is a Wi-Fi access point, and that can pose problems.
If you’ve set your apps to auto-update or have files
automatically backed up over Wi-Fi, you could accidentally blow through most of
the hotspot’s data plan in a few minutes. To avoid this, you should be teaching
your devices which Wi-Fi networks are actually mobile hotspots. This will apply
system-wide settings for mobile data even though, for all intents and purposes,
your phone thinks it’s connected to Wi-Fi.
In the Data Usage menu, use the overflow menu button to
select Network restrictions. The screen that comes up will list all the Wi-Fi
networks synced with your account data. Simply flip the toggle next to the ones
that are hotspots, and your device won’t abuse the data. This feature dovetails
nicely with the background data restriction mentioned above.
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5 SMART
LOCK
Keeping your phone secure is important, but if you’re the
one holding it, there’s no reason you have to deal with a strong lock screen
every single time you drag it from your pocket. Luckily, Android 5.0 devices
now have support for Smart Lock. This feature can display the easy swipe lock
screen when it’s safe to do so. How does it know? Well, there are a variety of
options, some more secure than others.
Smart Lock is delivered to devices via Play Services, just
like Android Device Manager. The locking options will vary by device, but Nexus
phones and tablets have the most. There’s Trusted Face, Trusted Location,
Trusted Devices, and on-body detection. At the bare minimum, all devices should
have Trusted Devices and Trusted Location.
So for example, you can have your phone set to swipe unlock
at home, but take a stroll down the block or hop in the car and it will start
asking for the pattern, PIN, or password lock again. The same goes for Trusted
Devices—if you’re connected to a Bluetooth or NFC device you have previously
marked as “trusted,” (like your car or Android Wear watch) you’ll see no secure
lock screen. With Trusted Face, the device will switch seamlessly transition to
swipe unlock mode if it spots you with the front camera. On-body detection is a
little weird—this option keeps your phone set to swipe unlock as long as it
detects it is still in your hand or pocket. Set it down, and it locks again.
Keep in mind, some OEMs really bury the Smart Lock menu a
few levels deep in advanced security or privacy settings. You may also need to
enable Google Play Services as a “trust agent” in the settings of some device
to access Smart Lock.
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