Technology is aimed at saving time, at least that’s a major goal of it. If you haven’t yet noticed, in modern society, every second counts.
That’s why we have pre-cooked dishes, fast food, one minute recipes, toll roads, and countless other creations. Since we have come to rely on our phones, half a second’s delay can mess up a perfect photo of your child’s first steps, leaving you with a blurry mess. Or mess up a first date with your soulmate, leaving your eyes a blurry mess.
By now you know that there are certain tasks we repeat consistently on our phones – snapping pics, opening menus, and invoking the app switcher. Since every second counts, is there a way to save time and perform some of these tasks faster?
We are all trying to save time and energy in our daily lives. Like many good things, a huge time saver for android devices is hiding in plain sight.
The Apps Shortcuts system has been around since 2016, when Android 7.1 Nougat was released.
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Since it was released in response to Apple’s 3D Touch on iPhone, the App Shortcuts is admittedly derivative of Apple’s design, and many users lamented that it should focus on what works for Android.
Thought it’s a potentially great feature, the system has no visual clues, doesn’t support all applications, and the only way you can access it is by long-pressing an icon. Even then, most average users do not know what they just did or why certain items appeared.
Worse still, even the savviest of tech-heads know that these shortcuts exist, but can’t tell which apps have support for them, or when apps are update to enhance their shortcut options, unless you press icons at random to see what happens.
So, what exactly are Android App Shortcuts? These are direct links to functions within the apps on your phone. In simple terms, you can get the app to perform specific actions without the hassle of going through the process of opening it up.
Once you long-press on an app’s icon in the app drawer on home screen, you get to see the App Shortcuts. From there, you should be able to get a feel of what it can do for you by yourself – the possibilities are not quite endless, but they are certainly abundant.
Android App shortcut makes it easy to navigate menus, open apps, move the app to a specific area or run individual functions without the need to waste time with multiple taps. What are your thoughts?
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