- LG's just launched their new G6,
and has excellent build quality,
to dual-camera setup that's kinda unique,
and a bunch of other features.
But, if you picked one of these guys up,
there's actually a few features that aren't as well touted
as the rest of them that I think you should check out.
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From customization options to camera tricks,
here's a few of the hidden features on the G6
that you should know about.
So, in an odd move that's sort-of iPhone-esque,
LG, in their stock launcher,
went and did away with the app drawer.
They basically just put all of the apps
and all the app icons on the home screen.
So, if you miss the app drawer, like I do,
you can easily get it back
by going to Settings, tap on the Display tab,
then Home screen, tap on Select Home,
select Home & app drawer.
Then, after that, you'll have your good old app drawer back,
just like you're used to.
Next up, there's a way to scale your apps
to fit better on that 18:9 screen.
So, to do that, you go to Settings,
tap on App scaling in the Display tab,
tap on any apps that you want to adjust.
Unfortunately, you have to do this one at a time,
but, you can do it, and it is helpful.
Then, tap on Full screen (18:9)
to get it to fill up the entire screen,
or you can tap the other options
if that ends up not working well for that app.
In addition to finally removing the physical buttons,
which I hate on Android phones,
I feel like they're old and we don't need them,
LG also added a neat feature that allows you
to add a couple more buttons for functionality.
To get to that, we go to Settings,
Home touch buttons, tap on Button combination,
and then you can drag and drop
whatever buttons you want onto the screen at the top.
In total, we can have five,
and at the moment, there are six options.
And, a quick tip using this,
there is a very large screen,
and so it's kinda hard sometimes
to get to the top to pull down the notification shade.
One of those buttons that you can add
to the soft touch buttons down at the bottom
is a manual pull-down of the notification shade,
so it makes it a little bit easier for you
to get to your notifications with one hand
by just tapping that button.
Next up, we'll turn on night mode.
Now, LG technically calls it Comfort Mode,
and you also can't schedule it, which is kind of annoying,
but you can turn it on manually, and it still is nice.
What it does though, is it essentially reduces
the amount of blue light coming from the screen,
which supposedly helps you sleep and reduces eye strain.
To get to this, go to Settings,
tap Comfort view in the Display tab,
and then turn on Comfort view at the top right,
and set the level of the blue light filter from low to high,
and you can even do black and white,
if you're feeling nutty.
Now, you might have seen double-tapping on your phone screen
in order to wake it up on other phones,
but never is it more handy
than when your phone has no physical buttons on the front
and only has a fingerprint scanner on the back.
So, on the G6, we can enable what's called KnockON.
To enable KnockON, head to Settings,
tap on More, and then turn on KnockON.
As soon as you do that, you can now double-tap on the screen
of the phone when it is sitting on a table,
and it will turn on.
And, lastly, another hidden feature
is the ability to have the phone perform specific actions
based on where it is / what you connect to it.
For example, like plugging in a headphone,
can launch a specific app,
connecting a Bluetooth headset, etc.
So, to set that up, go to Settings,
tap on Smart settings in the General tab,
then tap on one of the options that they have.
We have At home, Away from home,
When earphones are plugged in,
and When Bluetooth devices are connected.
If you select At home, or Away from home,
you can set your current address as your home,
and then choose what Sound Profile, Bluetooth, and Wi-Fi do
on the phone when you get there and when you leave.
So, for example, you can
silence the phone when you get home,
turn on the Bluetooth to connect to your speaker,
and turn on Wi-Fi to connect
to your home network all at once.
In addition to that, you can also select an app to open
when you plug in the headphones by selecting that option.
For example, I have Spotify open,
which is what I use for most of my music
whenever I plug in the headphones.
You can also select an app to open
depending on what Bluetooth device you connect.
So, if you tap that option,
it'll actually let you select which Bluetooth device,
and then whenever that is paired or connected to the phone,
it will automatically open said app.
There you go, a couple of quick hidden features
on the LG G6.
If you want more, you can click the link below
in the description to be taken to the article I did on this,
where I have listed a few more
than what I was able to squeeze into the video.
Now, if you guys enjoyed that,
let me know in the comments below.
If there are any other features, maybe,
that you guys would like to share with other people
that could maybe help them, as well.
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