Android: look at these secret functions of your smartphone



equipment with system Android you hide several functions, many of which are not yet discovered. With each new version of the operating system, new features are included that escape the view of all users.

Thanks to the portal we can now access the Settings of our equipment and enjoy the little-known features of the system developed by Google.

View closed notifications

It doesn’t matter if you have removed any notice coming from an app installed on your device. In order to see the content of the notifications, we must go to the corresponding history.

These are the steps to follow:

  • Go to Phone Settings
  • Go to Notifications
  • Go to Advanced Settings
  • Select Notification history
  • Swipe on the corresponding bar to activate this function

Use two apps in split screen

It is very useful, especially when we are reading something and do not waste time waiting for the notes app to open. Multitaskers, and those who take full advantage of their team’s features, will appreciate this feature. You just have to activate it like this:



  • Press the button located at the bottom left, to see all open applications
  • Click on the icon of one of the apps, at the top
  • Choose the Open Split Screen option
  • The first app you pointed to will be at the top, you must choose another for the other half

Access to Digital Wellbeing

You can control the time of use of your device and activate modes that allow you to concentrate on your work without having to worry about notifications or use of apps on your smartphone.

Just go to your phone’s Settings and type in the search bar Digital Wellbeing, this way you don’t have to scroll or enter different submenus.

Remember that in this section you can also activate Parental Control.

Digital Wellbeing features help you have better control over device usage. Photo: Pexels

How to activate the hidden flash of the front camera of your Android cell phone

  • The first thing will be to enter the camera of your cell phone.
  • Then activate the front camera.
  • At that moment you will see the completely crossed out flash symbol in the upper area.
  • This means it is disabled.
  • In order to activate the flash of the front camera of your cell phone, you must press the flash symbol.
  • Two options will now be enabled: one to enable flash automatically and one to enable flash always.
  • Choose the second one and now take a selfie.
  • At that moment you will see that the screen of your cell phone will turn white.
  • That is the flash of the front camera and that will help to obtain more illumination in your selfies, especially at night.
  • Remember that it can harm your cell phone’s battery a little due to the resources it uses for lighting.


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