Table of contents:
- Improving the quality of graphics in games
- Viewing the notification log
- Removing unnecessary icons in the status bar
- Activating night mode
2024 Author: Malcolm Clapton | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 03:44
If you think that you have studied the capabilities of the Android operating system inside and out, most likely you are mistaken. The life hacker has found four options for you that you hardly know exist.
Improving the quality of graphics in games
One of the most interesting places in your smartphone settings is the "For Developers" menu. It is hidden by default, but it can be easily fixed. Open Android settings, then go to the about phone section. Seven times tap on the line "Build number", and you will see a notification that you are now a developer.
As a result of these manipulations, a new section "For Developers" will appear in the settings. Go into it and find the "Enable 4x MSAA" option. Activating it will allow you to achieve better rendering and, as a result, better pictures in games. Please note that this only works on powerful modern devices that are able to cope with detailed graphics.
Viewing the notification log
If you inadvertently brushed off an important notification before even having read it, you should know that Android has a special storage for notifications. Getting to it is not at all difficult.
Open the add widgets menu and find the "Settings shortcut" item. Drag it to your desktop and select "Notification log" from the menu that appears. With this widget, you can open the archive of notifications at any time and view the necessary ones.
Removing unnecessary icons in the status bar
In Android Marshmallow, in the settings, you can activate the System UI Tuner section, which contains options for changing the system interface. To do this, open the top curtain and hold the gear icon for a few seconds. After that, a new section with the options we need will appear in the Android settings.
Open the System UI Tuner and navigate to the status bar options. Here you can disable icons, the appearance of which in the status bar is undesirable for you. In the same place there is an option that activates the display of the percentage of charge on the battery icon.
Activating night mode
Google has long promised to implement a special night mode in Android that protects our eyes from the screen glow when reading in the dark. In the new version of Android, it appeared, but, unfortunately, is still disabled. However, this problem can be easily solved with the free utility Night Mode Enabler.
The program has only one function: to activate the night mode hidden in Android 7.0. After its application, a tile for enabling the red filter will appear in the quick settings menu, and in the System UI Tuner described above - detailed settings for the night mode.
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