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- What is going on everyone? Techmeout here.
And in today's video,
we're going to be keeping it simple by talking
about the top five things to do with your Android device.
Because Android has like a wider selection of phones,
this action that I'm about to show you
on my Samsung Galaxy S21 might be a little bit different
per Android device.
But if you happen to have a phone from the galaxy lineup
this is what you got to do.
So by default, the power button actually controls Bixby
which is the smart assistant built into the phone.
So by default, the way that you power the phone off
is to pull down the notification shade
and then tap on the power button.
And that's when the power menu will come up
and you can just tap power off.
But if you want to be able to turn your phone off
using the little power button, or AKA side key
then the way you can do that is to then
within the same menu, tap side key settings at the bottom
and it's going to launch you into your settings.
And within here, you're going to focus
on the section that says press and hold.
And you're going to change it
from Wake Bixby to Power Off Menu.
So then now when you press and hold that button,
it'll actually give you the power off menu.
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- Now, the next key thing to know is how to put your phone
in low power mode.
So low power mode is super clutch
because it helps preserve the battery of your phone
especially when your battery is low.
And it does this by re-temporarily reducing
background activity like downloads
and fetching your emails until you get
to a point that you can fully charge your phone.
The way that you perform this action is to pull down
your notification shade.
And there's a quick toggle in there
that says power saving mode.
All you have to do is tap that and it puts your phone
into low power mode or power saving mode.
Now in Android, power saving mode is going to
reduce network usage, sinking location check-in
and it's also going to limit the motion smoothness
on your display.
But the nice thing though about doing this action
on an Android is that you get a few more options
in terms of how power saving mode works
and the way that you can access that
is to go into your settings.
And we're going to search at the top for power saving mode
and you're going to tap on it and the results.
And then within this section towards the bottom,
you have a few options that you can actually control
and reference to how low power mode works.
It even gives you an estimate up here
of your power saving battery life
so you get kind of have an idea of how much time
you have using your phone in this state.
Now, the third thing you might want to do
is know how to monitor your screen time.
Especially with it being a new phone, yeah.
You might find yourself
having to limit app usage by setting timers for them.
So that basically the app locks you out of it
once you reach that time or limit.
In my case, it's Instagram.
I had to get my life together because yeah.
And you can access focus mode by heading into your settings
going down to digital wellbeing and parental controls.
And then within here, you're going to choose app timers
find the app that you want to control
and then select the timer icon next to it.
Now the cool thing, I like in here
is that you can actually see the little progress bar.
So, you know, without even getting that notification
how close you are to reaching your limit.
- Taking a break from your phone is a smart move
to relieve stress.
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and nationwide 5G, that's a smart move too.
- Now, this next one here
is one thing that I personally have to ensure
that I set on my phone.
And that is a scheduled do not disturb.
Now to get this going on Android,
you're going to go into your settings
and you're going to search for do not disturb.
And then you're going to tap on it in the menu.
And you're going to go down to the section
that says scheduled
and we're going to hit add schedule.
So you can come in here and you can name it what you want.
You can choose the days in which you want it to apply.
And then you can choose your start time
and end time and then hit save.
Now, I really like how it works on Android
because you can set different do not disturb schedules
because you can have one in here for work
and another one in here for when you go to sleep.
And then at the bottom,
you can also designate the exceptions that you want to make.
Now for this next one, we're going to talk
about your privacy settings for something specific
like your location.
The way that you can control that on your phone
is to head into settings and you're going to
search for privacy.
And once you're in there at the very top
you'll see permission manager.
You're going to tap on that.
And this is going to break it down by category
so that you can see the different things in which apps
are using from your phone, like the camera
your calendar, or your location.
So when you tap on something like location, it shows you
by category which apps are using your location
all the time, and which apps are using your location when
you're using the app.
And also which apps don't have access to your location
at all.
But if you want to go in here and control one
you're going to tap on that app and then choose
your preference of what type of access you want granted.
But I do hope you enjoy this with y'all,
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I do hope that I get to see you on my channel as well
but that is going to do it for this one.
As always, thanks for taking the time out
to let me tech you out.
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I'm Jamila Mustafa and that's how you keep it simple.