10 Missing Android Features You Can Get Right Now

2024 Author: Malcolm Clapton | [email protected]. Last modified: 2024-01-13 00:26

Group notifications in the curtain, pump up the clipboard and automate the launch of some applications.

New features appear in Android with every major update, but many useful tools are still missing. Fortunately, these shortcomings are more than compensated for by third-party apps.

1. Temporary permits

Selective permission settings, introduced in Android Marshmallow, allowed for better control over the activity of installed applications. However, to this day, such permissions are issued only once and for the entire time of using the program. This, of course, is convenient, but not entirely secure, because some applications can use their rights without your knowledge. It is problematic to constantly cancel them manually, wading through the jungle of system settings - it is better to use a special application.

With Bouncer, you can grant permissions that can be automatically revoked after exiting the app or after a certain amount of time. For example, you can allow Uber to track your location only for an hour, that is, for the period you use the service.

2. Complete notification log

Pure Android has a hidden log of all notifications. It allows you to go back to some important alerts that you missed or just accidentally brushed off. The trouble is that the set of functions of such a magazine is limited, and in some shells it was completely removed.

You can replace it with the Notification History Log application, which stores all notifications in one place. It provides a convenient filtering search and even export.

3. Grouping notifications in the curtain

Another problem with notifications in Android is the lack of any grouping that allows you to distinguish important events from others. This is especially true when dozens of different notifications arrive every hour.

In order not to constantly look through the entire list, you can use the Notifix application. It groups all messages in the curtain based on the source or context. So, in one package, notifications from instant messengers will be collected, in another - from social networks, in the third - news, and so on.

4. Separate tabs for links from applications

The Chrome browser for Android has been offering the Custom Tab feature for a long time. With its help, you can open a web page without leaving the application where the link to it was indicated. It is convenient, fast, but not practical at all. After all, in this way you can open only one tab, and you can return to the original application only after closing it.

To solve these problems, you can use the Lynket Browser, which installs on top of your main browser. It allows you to open as many links as you like from one application, highlighting a separate tab for each of them. You can return to them at any time.

5. Universal search

Android does not have universal search by system, applications, contacts and files. Such a tool is available only in some shells or through third-party applications. One of them is Sesame. The program works quickly and has a user-friendly interface that allows you to easily launch the functions of various applications directly through the search.

6. Clipboard manager

As it stands, the Android clipboard only has one memory location, which is overwritten every time you select and copy something. But often it becomes necessary to keep in mind several pieces of text from different places at once. This can be done using an application such as Clipper.

It is a multifunctional clipboard manager that automatically saves whatever you copy. Each copy is available at any time. Entries can be grouped, edited, deleted and sent to friends. The paid version of Clipper also offers online sync, search and insert dynamic values.

7. Simultaneous uninstallation of multiple applications

The clean version of Android is sorely lacking in the bulk app uninstall feature. It would allow you to simply highlight the programs you want and get rid of them with one click. UnApp will help fix this. With it, you can uninstall at least 10 applications at a time without hitting the system tools.

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8. Full control of network activity

Android has features to control traffic consumption, but they are not comparable to those tools that Datally has. This application monitors the traffic of each session, provides much more detailed statistics, and also allows you to set bans on access to the Network for individual applications.

With a recent update, Datally has a guest mode with traffic limiting, a daily limit, and the ability to track data transfers by unused applications. All of this would be worth adding to the Android operating system, especially considering the fact that Datally is developed by Google itself.

9. Expanding the list of quick settings

Android users have long been able to change the list of quick settings in the curtain, but there are very few items to add. Many useful adjustments are missing, which can only be obtained with the help of third-party applications.

You can pump the curtain in various ways, but the easiest way is to use the Quick Settings utility. It will allow you to select the icons that will become available for adding in the quick settings panel. Everything you need is there, from simple system options to application launcher icons.

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10. Application Launch Automation

Despite Google's widespread adoption of AI, Android often lacks basic automation. For example, there is no way to bind the launch of a music service to a headphone connection.

This is exactly what the Conscient app offers. In it, you need to set a condition and select an application that will be turned on automatically when it is executed. Scripts are few, but better than nothing.

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