Summary of priceless shortcuts on Android

Just like computers, on Android devices also have shortcuts to support users to perform quick and simple operations. In the article below, Network Administrator will introduce you to the list of the most commonly used shortcuts on your Android device, making it easy to master your Android device.

Part 1: Common Android shortcut keys

1. Check the notification history

If you accidentally miss out on some important notifications, don't worry because you can still check your notifications with just a few taps. To do this, click and hold on Homescreen and then select Widgets , then scroll down to the "Settings" section and select the "Settings shortcut" shortcut .

Next, find and click Notification log on the list of available installation shortcuts and then the Not Not Log shortcut will be created on the main screen (Homescreen).

From now on simply click the shortcut icon to see all your notifications.

2. Open the camera with the Power button (Power button)

On Android 6.0 Marshmallow and later versions, users can easily open the Camera app even when the device is locked by double-clicking the Power button (Power button).

To open the Camera with the Power button, simply activate the 'Press power button twice for camera' option located in Settings => Display .

3. Create call log messages, messages, .

Would you like to make a call or message a user quickly or navigate to the home screen with just a click? On Android devices, users can create shortcuts via widgets to perform actions such as messaging, calling, .

In addition, users can set a shortcut to navigate to a location on the map.

In addition, if you install messaging apps like WhatsApp, you can also create shortcuts for contacts or a conversation to access and use it faster.

4. Create shortcuts for other operations

Most Android users do not know that they can create shortcuts for most operations on their Android device, and even shortcuts for the third party application.

You can do this by using the help of the Activity Launcher application. The application will list all the activities available on your Android device. Just press and hold an activity to create a shortcut on the main screen.

5. Google Now

Google's voice assistant was developed to help users easily manipulate the device, but this feature is very little known.

You can use voice to request application queries, send messages, make calls, play music . or control activities on Android.

Access Settings (settings) => Voice activation (voice).

Alternatively, you can use Google Now on Tap to set an alarm clock, stopwatch, .

6. Search for applications quickly

If you have the application "heap" installed on your Android device, you can still find your location and open applications quickly. With Google Now you can also open applications quickly, but in some cases the voice command (voice command) cannot be used.

In this case, Google Search will be the first choice to help you quickly find applications installed on your Android device.

In addition, you can search applications on the Search App Drawer framework on Google Now Launcher.

7. Switch between applications quickly

On Android Nougat, you can switch between apps by pressing twice on the Recents button (Multilingual Application) / Multitasking (multitasking screen).

8. Reply to the message from the notification center

On Android Nougat version, users can reply to SMS messages, or messages from other applications and email right on the notification center. If you are using a lower version of Android will not support this feature. Instead you will have to rely on the support of a quickReply 3rd application.

Download quickReply to your device and install it here.

9. Using Gesture (gestures)

Instead of using the select operation to open a specific application, you can use different gestures to open the application. Applications like Nova Launcher and Apex Launcher provide gesture options and you can enable these options to perform various operations.

If you do not want to open the launcher application, you can still install gestures available in the system to activate the application and manipulate. However, not all Android devices provide this functionality for users.

10. Take quick screen shots

Usually for taking Android device screen shots, we often press and hold the Power button + volume down button simultaneously . But another faster way we don't know is to use Google Now on Tap. To take a screenshot, activate Now on Tap by pressing and holding the Home button , then clicking the Share button icon in the bottom left corner to download a screenshot into Photos.

11. Unlock Android device quickly

Unlocking Android devices sometimes in some cases will take a long time. However, if your Android device has a fingerprint unlock feature, you can enable this feature to unlock the device quickly.

And if your Android device doesn't support fingerprint unlocking, you can still unlock your device quickly with Smart Lock. To enable this feature, go to Settings = > Security and set the available device lock options (PIN, password or pattern).

12. Use Assistive Touch

Users of iOS devices should not be familiar with Assistive Touch, this virtual Home button supports users to perform some operations on the screen instead of using traditional hard keys. However, this tool is not integrated on Android operating system.

Although the Android device has been equipped with navigation keys such as Back button, Home button, recent application . but sometimes during use we may have a bit of inconvenience with the device big screen.

To overcome this problem, Android users can rely on the support of the 3rd application "Button Savior". Although it does not work as well as on iOS devices, but this application also brings some attractive features, giving you the most new experience.