What are some cool but underrated Android Features on Android that most people don’t know about? those little things that make life easier but don’t get talked about much. I feel like there’s so much hidden stuff in Android that we miss out on.

    • polle@feddit.org
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      1 month ago

      Thanks for reminding, i remember that one if the older android days. Just adjusted it again, its still a really nice mod and speedbump!

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      1 month ago

      I was just about to say this, it’s a game changer. Some OEMs (Android variants) even have options in the settings to set animation speed or disable them.

      Speaking of, if your older phone is ever laggy or feels unresponsive, disable animations entirely. It made my phone feel brand new with how quickly it goes in and out of apps.

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      1 month ago

      I appreciate this setting still existing, especially because some custom skins/UI can be too slow, but IMHO I prefer a balanced/stock value as the animations nowadays are so polished and smooth that I’d rather use it that way than butchering them with faster speeds…

      I am using MIUI right now and it has its own version of this, so I just use “balanced mode”.

      When I use AOSP I always use stock because even my SD 865 feels weird when the animation is too fast but the app is still loading, I think it kills the momentum lol.

      • Appoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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        1 month ago

        Isnt iOS pretty sluggish with the animations? I heard it was on the slower side (as if to show of the animation)

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          Yeah the reason Androids feel ‘choppy’ compared to iOS is that android lets you take action without finishing the animation, whereas iOS forces you to watch every animation until you can touch the phone again. This is a general trend with iOS, you do as the OS tells you to.

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      1 month ago

      Oddly, I set mine to 2x because I like the animation being more… Animated. If I wanted speed I would just turn animation off.