So
you’ve just opened the Nexus 6? First, congrats, you managed to get
a Nexus
6!
Do you have friends on the top floors of Mountain View? Well, now
that you have it in your hands, what’s the first thing you notice?
First, it’s huge! One hand operation is going to prove really
difficult when texting, emailing, and writing Facebook statuses. With
today’s Nexus 6 tips and tricks, we are going to try and make your
life easier with Google’s latest flagship in more than one way!
1. Resize the entire user interface
If
you are a 15px-handed person, the first mistake you probably made
was the buy the Nexus 6. When you read about ‘’a 5.96 inch
display’’, did a lightbulb not go off in your head? If you don’t
have basketball player hands, the phone could be very hard to
operate. To resolve your text messaging woes, try installing Swiftkey
which comes with a keyboard that can be comfortably positioned either
on the right or the left of the screen. Once you have installed the
app, follow the instructions to make Swiftkey your default app.
f you are having issues not only with the keyboard but the entire interface, you can get the one operation mode like Samsung introduced on the Galaxy S5 from Xposed Framework as long as you have root permissions. For non-rooted phones, there’s no way of doing this at the moment.
2. Get your priorities straight!
No,
not your life priorities, you can reflect upon those another time.
Right now we're talking about prioritizing your Nexus 6
notifications. Thanks to Android 5.0 Lollipop, you can keep an eye
out for all your notifications, even when the screen is off. However
many of them are unnecessary and get your hopes up for nothing! To be
able to filter out the ones you don’t want, head to the Settings,
then select Sound & Notifications. Next you can choose which apps
should have the notifications blocked or set as a priority.
3. Make it stop vibrating, please!
One
of the biggest sins that Google committed in developing Android5.0 Lollipop was
probably that you can’t easily get silent mode. Usually you would
just need to press volume down until the silent icon appears, but now
this isn’t possible, it will still vibrate when the volume is down.
The simplest option which is offered by the operating system is to
select None for the level of priority for interruptions in your
volume settings. The problem here is that you won’t get any
notifications, which isn’t great either. Fortunately, an Italian
editor from Android came up with a great solution and developed
an app that will solve the problem once and for all! It’s a free
app that will block any sound without interrupting notifications.
4. Switch to Messenger
If
Hangouts isn’t your cup of tea, did you know that Google just
launched a new app called Messenger?
It’s simple and colorful, inline with the new Material Design look
brought by Google, and can be set up as the default SMS/MMS app in
just a few steps. Head into the Settings, select More, and then
Default SMS app. Now tap on it and choose the app you prefer.
5. Restrict access for guests
While
we don’t like everything about Android 5.0 Lollipop, there is one
ingenious feature that Google implemented that we’ve been hoping
and dreaming about for a long time: multiple accounts on one phone.
The cool thing about it is that you can create a guest account with
restricted access to apps and services, perfect for sharing your
phone with family, friends and even children.
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