Number 35 if you're using Google Maps
then instead of just constantly double tapping to zoom in
you can actually double tap once and then slide up accordingly.
Google keyboard or Gboard
allows you to take a photo of yourself
and then turn it into personalized stickers
that you can use on almost every social media.
You might have heard of google lens
it's something not a lot of people talk about but
it's been silently getting smarter over the last year.
You can not just use it to scan everything from famous buildings
to fruits and vegetables but
you can now even translate text in real time
and the app uses augmented reality
to overlay it into the real world.
It's not quite at the bleeding edge of technology
but still pretty cool.
But what I think is even cooler is the fact that
you can take a photo of text
and then this instantly becomes editable.
You can copy it, share it,
or even find out more about specific parts of it.
Now when it comes to Google assistant
you probably fall into one of two categories.
You either never use it at all
or it's a massive part of your life and you're an everyday user.
For those of you falling into that category of people who never touch it at all
you might not know that it can replicate the functionality of a lot of your
possibly existing applications.
For example you don't need to Shazam at all,
all you need to do is to ask your assistant "What song is this?"
and it'll tell you.
Something I've personally started playing around with
is remotely controlling my phone.
You can use the assistant to toggle your Wi-Fi Bluetooth and so on
plus even open a third-party applications.
You probably also hearing a lot about augmented reality recently
and if you anything like me
a lot of it will make your eyes literally roll into the back of your head.
But I was pretty surprised when I found out
but just by searching for certain animals on the internet
Google lets you visualize them to scale in the world around you.
If nothing else it's a cool party trick.
And whilst we're talking about your Android browser,
Chrome lets you switch between tabs really quickly
just by swiping
which considering I currently have about 50 open tabs is pretty handy.
If that appeals to you and you really into your productivity maximization
then you might also know that Google Chrome can be used in split-screen.
But this gets a lot better when you realize that any text
that is selected can then be copied to the other open app just by dragging.
So you could forward a specific part of an article to a friend
or instantly plot the location of somewhere you're trying to get to.
Dark mode has become a bit of a fascination recently
with it being able to save power on some devices and
just being a nice change from all white menus.
Turns out you can get dark mode on almost everything.
With most recent phones you should find the option in display settings but
this only tends to change UI elements
not third-party apps.
We can take this further though on Google Chrome
you just need to head into the chrome flags section
which houses Google's behind-the-scenes experimental options
and enable it there.
Even applications like Facebook Messenger
they have a dark mode too
which I just keep on by default now.
It actually gets a lot better if you head into developer settings
where if you've got a Samsung phone running one UI
you can set the phone's internal dark theme to sync with the time of day
so everything will be light while the sun's out
and dark when you need it to be.
Plus if you're on Android 10
you can actually force dark mode in other apps
even when they're not programmed with it.
This includes even whatsapp
which has been famously slow to adopt the feature.
Also if you are using a Samsung phone with one UI
then Hex installer is an absolutely amazing way
to get a completely new look
all without root.
If by the way you enjoy the kind of straight
to-the-point approach that I'm doing with videos now
a sub would be massively appreciated
because there is a lot more coming.
Wallpaper modder
is an application I think I mentioned once last year
but I'm still using it three times a week.
Essentially you can get any wallpaper you like
and use until you get bored
but then instead of switching
and spending ages searching for the next perfect background
this allows you to really quickly change
the one you've got.
So for example
I really like these stock wallpapers on the Samsung Galaxy S10 5g
but the problem is that there are only three built into the phone
and I want more but in a similar style
this app is a really easy way of achieving that.
If you're the kind of person who takes a lot of screenshots
you've probably at some point experienced a hand juggle like this
it doesn't help that I'm using one of the biggest phones out there
but you see my point.
By using an app called Screenshot Assistant
you can remap the screenshot to just holding down your home button
and when you do that
you get an instant share button pop-up so
you can send that meme as quickly as possible.
Okay back to the assistant
and you probably know Google loves hiding Easter eggs inside their products
and not really telling anyone just letting people find them.
In the past I've showed you that telling it I'm feeling lucky
will bring up a full multiplayer quiz
but there's a lot more.
You can actually ask for specific quizzes based on things you`re interested in
for example video games or songs
and you can play quite a few multiplayer games
including one called Brainstormer
and one called Ding Dong Coconut
which is such a Google thing to do.
There is even an RPG called Game of Castle
which is a fully narrated adventure
where you listen to the host talking about the scene
and you respond with how you want to proceed.
I also just really liked the option to ask assistant
to tell me something funny.
It'll bring out one of those kind of cringy but also kind of endearing jokes
and the cool pit is you can actually schedule it to send one every day of the week.
Oh yeah, one last assistant trick
you can tell it to remember stuff.
So for example, remember I've left my wallet in my jacket pocket
or remembered that I have indeed locked the front door on my way out
and at some point in the future you can tell it to remind you.
Notify buddy
is an application that gives you your notification LED back.
This is a feature that a lot of phones are losing now
with the move to borderless displays but
this app uses the pixels inside your screen
to recreate that functionality.
I would say it still feels a bit beta
and that it's lacking some important features
but it does give you fine control over color
and which applications to apply to.
Accurate heart rate monitor
doesn't need a massive amount of explanation
but it's convenient and that you just place your
finger over the phone's camera for a few seconds and bam
you've got a reading.
It's probably not the one if you need professional medical help
but at the same time if you just try keep track of your fitness levels over time,
it'll do the job.
Falling very much into that cool party trick category
is Faced Pause.
Installing this application allows you to pause games and videos,
just by looking away.
It's not something I'm personally going to use but I could see the appeal.
Moving on,
I've already shown you some of the cool stuff that Gboard can do
but there's also a lot of useful stuff
the kind of stuff that actually made me switch to using it as my primary keyboard.
If you hold the enter key,
it becomes a mini keyboard for one-handed use.
If you then press this icon here,
you can freely move the keyboard around
within the entire bottom half of your phone.
And if you want full control,
you tap these three dots and select floating,
it can then be any size and any where.
There are quite a few situations I've been in
where I just wish I had a dice to roll or a coin to flip
to settle some sort of score.
Randomizer Plus lets you do exactly that
and quite a bit more.
Basically anything you'd want to pick randomly from
like any letter of the alphabet or any card from a full deck,
it can do.
It can even play rock-paper-scissors for you.
It's really well done, I just wish there were fewer ads.
Now one of my favorite Android tips
is one of the simplest
if you're getting a call and you want to silence it,
just turn the phone over.
You can also double tap your multitasking key to quickly get to the last used app.
Okay now for a couple of things to do with theming.
By default most phone setups don't have much uniformity when it comes to color.
And in my opinion,
your homescreen will often look a lot better with two to three colors maximum.
So start by finding an icon pack you like
as this is normally the harder bit
and then find a wallpaper to go with it.
For example, the skyline icons have a really
eye grabbing blue and white neon aesthetic,
so I found a background with a complementary theme and colors
and it just looks like they were made together.
Also for an absolutely killer live wallpaper,
take a look at the Better Fish by Maxlice.
It is super well animated
and also primarily black to save some of that battery
you'll lose by having a moving background.
Okay number one is Vemos
a fascinating tool.
It allows you to run Android within Android.
It gives you the equivalent of two separate devices
to which you might well be thinking,
"One device is already enough, why on earth would I need two?"
It comes with some surprising benefits.
It allows you to completely separate social life and work life
with your personal set of accounts logged in on one Android,
any the work one's in another.
This virtual system can also be really easily routed,
let you play a full-screen game whilst also doing something else.
And potentially use apps that were previously incompatible with your phone.
It it is a little bit prone to crashing on my Samsung
but some of the reviews on PlayStore are glowing
so it might work better on yours.
If you enjoy this video I've got a ton of Android customization like this,
so I'll leave some of that linked as a card above as well as they pinned comment below.
Thanks for watching, my name is Arun,
and this is Mrwhosetheboss
and I'll catch you in the next one.
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