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Android: 5 things you can do to optimize your time on your cell phone

Shortcuts are mechanisms that save you steps to execute an action.

Devices with Android operating systems are characterized by occupying the largest share of the smartphone market worldwide, thanks to the variety of models of different ranges that they offer to users.

Regardless of the model type of these devices, people’s needs are always the same; they need speed, they want more memory storage and a larger battery in their mobile devices.

In this opportunity, you will learn tricks to save time through the shortcuts that each cell phone has.

5 Android shortcuts you may not have known

Activate slide on the keyboard

You’ll be surprised when you notice how much time you can lose playing letter by letter to form a word, so activating the option to slide your finger across the keyboard to form sentences will help you optimize your time.

The step by step is:

  1. On your Android device, open the Settings app.
  2. Tap System and then or Languages ​​& input.
  3. Tap Virtual Keyboard and then Gboard.
  4. Choose an option, like Gesture typing, and you’re done.

Long press a notification to access settings

Sometimes we don’t exactly want to read the notification, but on the contrary, we want it to stop appearing.

You must leave your finger pressed on the notification and you will automatically access the settings of that app to deactivate the notification or make any other adjustment.

Automate Wi-Fi

This option has its impact on the battery, but if you are aware of them, then you will have a function that allows you to constantly search for WiFi network i, saving you time and data.

To activate WiFi automation you just have to lower the notification bar, find the WiFi icon and leave it activated.

Translate text without leaving the browser

Many users are unaware that they can translate all the web pages they browse. They just have to click on the options and look for the Translate function, and in a matter of seconds, the text that is in another language will change to Spanish.

This way you avoid the long process of copying the text, looking for the translator and pasting it.

Widgets as Android Shortcut

Some Widgets can be very useful on the home screen of your smartphone.

In the case of WhatsApp, you can have the direct shortcut of reading the messages without entering the platform, and there are many more examples.

To install a Widgets you must:

  1. On the home screen, long press on an empty space.
  2. Tap Widgets.
  3. Long press on a widget. You will see the images on your main screens.
  4. Slide the widget to the place you want. Put your finger up.

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