Wonderful features in your phone you probably didn't know

 GOOGLE LENS

This is one of the latest tricks by google developed to satisfy the ever demanding search needs of internet users. with this you can know about anything by just taking it's image either through the phone camera or by browsing through images in your phone. Google pens captures images and suggests  name, product and other images and links to collaborate the original image. Google lend can be found on google app search bar ( camera icon) in front of the phone or within the google search app (camera icon) 

BACK UP PHOTOS TO GOOGLE PHOTOS

Once you have a google account logged in, you can either enable auto back up to always back up all photos or disable it to manually choose the preferred one to back up at any given time. With this  your photos are safe as long as you choose to delete them from google drive and can be accessed from any other device anytime with the google account log in details. Also the issue of worrying about your photos when you acquire a new phone will be solved provided you log in with the same google account.

SCREEN PINNING

With this you can restrict others from accessing your phone applications other than the one you wish them to tamper with. You can pin the application to the screen to run until the lock screen code is enter. It help to protect your privacy when someone maybe wants to use a calculator or calendar in your phone, he will not deviate into accessing other apps unless you unlock the phone. To enable this , goto security in the settings within menu and enable screen pinning. Then go back to home screen and tap the overview recent apps button, you will observe a pin icon ,just select which running application you wish to pin and that's all, the app you pinned will continue to run restrict any access to other applications unless the phone is unlocked.

CAST SCREEN

Android phones can be tethered via WiFi technology to android television. This enables you to connect your phone to a television on the wall which automatically displays your phone screen on the  television making it possible for you to operation your phone while looking at the television or watch pictures and videos in your phone on the television screen wirelessly.  In most phones screen cast can be found can be easily accessed sliding down from the top of your phone screen opening the system ui from the notification pane. But this is reserved for  most higher versions of android phones.

DEVELOPMENT OPTION

Due to the delicate and advanced nature of options within the development option settings, it is hidden to ordinary average users. Within the development settings you can have access to USB debugging, animation settings, apps activity controls and so on. To get this settings, open your phone settings and scroll down to about phone or about device, open it and look for software information when you open this scroll down to item " build number". Tap seven times consecutively ,then development option or settings will be added to your phone settings.

SPLIT SCREEN

This feature enables two applications to run parallel on the same screen at a time. It enables you to visualize and access the contents of two applications at the same time without minimizing or closing another. Example is reading from a browser page while typing in Whatsapp or reading and comparing contents from different applications.

To enable this wonderful function, tap the overview or recent apps button on downside of your phone screen and and list of visited apps will line up,choose the one you wish to add to split screen, depending on the on the phone make either drag it up or left side of the screen or tap and hold it up for a drop menu to pop up for you to choose. With the process that worked add the second application to create a split screen. It helps to multi task and attention to two apps at the same time within one screen without closing the other.

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