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If you are a pro android user and want to use features that 90% of people don’t know then this article will entertain you. You know smartphones have entered our lives and not everyone has time to discover what they are truly capable of. Well, I believe that many everyday tasks can be made much easy and similar if you master a few android hidden features and tricks.
The following android hidden features and tricks are natively in your android phone. You will find them very useful, and unique, and they will save a lot of storage for you. Some features will also make your device look cooler and faster.
Read more about; 10 Must-Have Android Apps Play Store is not Suggesting You.
Hidden android features
How to hide apps on android
If you need to give your phone to someone and still want to keep your data confidential you can hide certain apps on your phone with any app lock. The feature “Guest Mode” in your android is the best app to hide apps.
Just swipe down from the top with your finger to go to your “User” icon on the upper right. The add “guest” icon will appear, choose which action the person handling the phone will be allowed to take. This will allow you to hide apps on your android phone without any “App Lock.”
Android Permission Manager
Since we are talking about privacy, let’s take 15 to 20 minutes of your day and see which unnecessary apps have access to your contact, microphone, storage, location, etc. Whenever you download a new app it always asks you to access your data.
To see this just go to the setting>privacy>permission manager and see which app has access to your data. You can easily turn it off here.
Android hidden settings and features
Smart lock
This feature will help you figure out safe areas where your android phone will always unlock automatically. On an android phone go to setting>security>smart lock, enter your password and follow the on-screen instruction.
The smart lock will keep your phone unlocked while it on you, near your connected device, or in a specific place that you trust.
Magnification Mode
If your parents have poor eyesight, and they have a problem using smartphones because the font size is too small or the app icon is small. In your android device, there are hidden settings that will allow you to increase the screen size by using magnification mode.
Just go to Setting>accessibility>magnification. After turning it on a small “boy icon” on the right down corner of your phone screen will appear. When you click on the “boy icon” your screen will have a colored border and wherever you click it will zoon.
These android hidden settings are always so cool and make your device even cooler.
Cloning Application
If you are lucky to have a fresh version of Android. You will find a menu option called “App Cloner.” Yes, this app does exactly what the name implies. You can change the duplicate app name, flip its icon and change its color. If you access one social network under different accounts, imagine now there is no need to log out and try to remember your other password.
If your version of android doesn’t support this feature. Don’t worry you can download a special program for cloning applications like “APP CLONER” and “PARALLEL SPACE.”
Paying with your phone instead of a credit card
We all have got into this embracing situation when we go to a shop and forget our wallets. You will always remember this only at the paying desk. Nowadays everything has changed. If you have your mobile phone added you need is your phone number and with the help of “NFS” on your phone. You can easily link your credit card to the phone and use “Android Pay” for payment methods.
App to hide Apps
How to hide apps using android hidden setting
Hiding apps is a good way to protect your privacy and if your phone is used by your child It’s a good way to keep the unwanted apps away from them. Your android phone is loaded with many features and one of them is “hide apps.” The “App to hide apps” option is not available on every android device. It is slightly different from device to device.
Still, android’s hidden features settings make it easier for you.
The apps installed on our phones give us the choice to do more than just play games and scroll on social media screens. Some of these apps contain a lot of personal information and you want to keep some of it secret. Still, if you want to hide apps using your android phone’s hidden setting, here are the following methods.
Hide apps using the android hidden features setting
This method works on most android phones, the option to hide the app is available on the android device itself. If you go to setting>home screen, and scroll down you will see a “Hide App” option. Here you can hide your private apps.
How to hide App lock using Android Hidden features Setting
Let’s say you are using some third-party app to lock your apps, some kind of “App Lock” to lock your apps. Using “App Lock” apps is good to lock your apps but you are still worried that someone will delete your app lock and reopen your locked apps.
By using android hidden features and the “App Lock” app you are using. First, you can lock your setting using your “App Lock” app then you can hide your “App Lock” app using the above android hidden feature “Hide App.” This way both your apps and the “App Lock” app will be secured.
