Smartphone Features You Should Know and Actually Use

Most people don’t touch all the functions of their modern smart phones. There are lots of useful tools that are buried in setting menus that people don’t realize they have. Let’s take a look at a few of the features of these smartphones that you should know about, and use.

Battery and Performance Features

Battery Health Monitoring

Most of the smart phones have an integrated battery health monitor. It may provide you with an idea of if you are charging habits or an old battery are impacting efficiency, and if it is time for you to replace it.

Adaptive Battery Settings

This feature automatically identifies the most frequently used apps and restricts background activities for apps that you don’t frequently open, which extends battery life without manual effort.

Productivity Tools

Split-Screen Multitasking

Naturally, many phones give you the ability to run two applications concurrently so you can take notes on your Web browser while you’re surfing the Web, chat while you’re watching a video, or reference one while you’re working on another.

Voice-to-Text and Dictation

Dictation features are getting pretty smart, and have the ability to help you type out messages, notes, and emails without a typewriter, which can come in handy when you’re multitasking or on the move.

Privacy and Security Features

App Permission Controls

Most phones allow the user to choose exactly what information that each application can use, such as the camera, microphone, location and more. It is important to regularly review these settings to reduce unwanted sharing of information.

Find My Device

This lets you remotely find, lock or delete a lost or stolen phone, so it’s worth checking it’s on before you really need it.

Accessibility Features

Screen Reader and Magnification Tools

Screen readers, magnifiers and color adjustment functions are examples of built-in accessibility features that make devices accessible for individuals with visual impairments, and many of these functions are used in everyday tasks beyond their initial purpose.

Live Captions

This will automatically transcribe video or audio on the device; it can be helpful if you cannot hear the recording or play the recording in a noisy area.

Everyday Convenience Features

Focus Modes

Focus modes enable you to choose your notifications based on the context, be it work, sleep or personal time, while still being able to hear your mobile phone.

Widgets

Widgets for the home screen give users instant access to data, such as the weather, the calendar or a to-do list, without having to launch an app, simplifying daily routine check-ins.

Reverse Image Search

Searching the web by pointing a camera at an object, plant or product has now become a capability of many mobile cameras.

Camera Features Worth Exploring

There are portrait and night modes too.Portrait and night modes as well.

The built-in modes automatically adjust focus and lighting to create a photo with a noticeably improved quality in low-light environments or with blurred backgrounds, without the need to know about the camera.

Document Scanning

Many phone cameras can now scan documents straight from the camera, automatically cropping and enhancing the text so that it is clear, without the need for a separate app to scan in most instances.

Final Thoughts

Smartphones can do a lot more than people think, and a lot of its most useful features are right in your face. A few minutes of research may result in a better, smoother, more efficient, more secure experience using a device that you use every day.