12 Hidden Android Settings, You Should Change [2023] Updated

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Hey, Guys Today I am sharing with you “Hidden Android Settings” you should Probably Change Right Now.

This Hidden Settings are very Useful in our Day to Day Life.

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Hidden Android Settings You Should Change

Here is the list of 10 Android Hidden Settings you should change right now: –

1- Wake your phone with your voice

You don’t have to touch your phone to gain access to Google Assistant. You just need to adjust your settings below. Then the phrase “OK Google” will work at any time, even when your device is locked. Also, you can use voice recognition to unlock your phone this way.

Step to Enable: –

Step 1- Open the Google App

Step 2- Tap on the Menu button/More Button (3 horizontal lines on the bottom right)

Step 3- Tap on Settings > Voice

Step 4- Choose Voice Match, & Enable Hey Google.

Step 5- Enable Lock Screen Personal Results Option

Step 6- Then the phrase ”OK Google” or “Hey Google” will work at any time, even when your phone is locked.

2- Customize Ringtones for specific contacts

To help you instantly identify who’s calling & to decide whether or not to pick up – you can set specific contacts different ringtones.

Your default ringtone will remain the same – change it in Settings > Sound > Phone ringtone.

Step to Change: –

1- Open the Contacts app

2- Tap the Contacts tab & then a contact name.

3- Open the menu (3 dots on the top right), & Select Set ringtone.

Then you can choose a specific sound from a list.

3- Google Chrome – Bottom Address Bar, Dark Mode, Grid Mode (Tweak)

Google Chrome has an Experimental Features Menu (Flags – chrome://flags) in which you can get All Beta Features which never rolled to the End Application.

And From Here, You can Activate Tweak Features Like Google Home Bottom Bar, Dark Mode Theme, Horizontal/Grid Page Switch & Much More. 

Steps to Enable Address Bar to Bottom: –

Bottom Bar is Very Useful & Handy Feature if you have a Big Display Phone.

Step 1- Open Google Chrome App.

Step 2- Hit the URL Tab & Type chrome://flags

chrome flags

Step 3- Search for “home”.

Step 4- Now Enabled Both Force Enable Home Page Button” and “Chrome Duet”

chrome experimental features

Step 5- Relaunch Chrome

Step 6- Done! You will see Bottom Bar. 🙂

chrome home bottom url bar

Steps to Enable Dark Mode : –

Step 1- Search Flag for “Dark” & Enable Android Chrome UI Dark Mode

Step 2- Close Chrome & Open it Again

Step 3- Go to Settings > You will Find New Option of Dark Mode or Themes

how to dark mode chrome android

Step 4- Enable Dark Mode or Dark Theme.

google chrome dark mode android

Steps to Enable Horizontal or Grid Switcher Mode: –

Step 1- Search Flag as “layout” & Enable Enable horizontal tab switcher or Tab grid layout

Step 2- Enjoy!

chrome horizontal switcher tab

chrome grid vertical swticher tab android

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4- Background Process Limit (Saves Battery)

Background Process Limit can help you to Limit Number of Applications you want to Keep Open in the Background.

So If you are finding your Device is getting too Slow or Your Battery’s running out too fast, Give this a Go. 🙂

Step to Enable: –

Step 1- Go to Settings > About Phone

Step 2- Tap on Build Number 7-8 Times.

Once activated, you will see a message that shows, “You are now a developer!”

Step 3- Go back to Settings, & Search for Developer options

Step 4- In Developer options, Click on Background process limit

Step 5- Change it to At most, 4 processes

android background limit process

5- Hide Content From Lock Screen (For Privacy)

People can see Easily See Your Personal and Sensitive Info from the Notifications on the Lock Screen.

So If you want to Hide Sensitive Content from the Lock Screen. Change a Simple Setting Now.

Steps to Hide Content: –

Step 1- Go to your phone Settings > Apps & Notifications > Notifications

Step 2- Tap on On lock screen option.

hide sensitive content android

Step 3- Change it to Hide sensitive content

6- Immediate Lock

We are taking a Security Angle Because what happens a lot of the time When Your Android Device Screen Turn Offs, It doesn’t Lock Instantaneously.

There’s normally 5 to 10 Second Delay in which anyone who Pinches the Phone out of your Hand could actually still use it fully.

But there is a Setting which allows you to Lock the Phone Instantly the Second you Hit the Power Button.

Go to Settings > Security > Screen Lock > Tap on Power button instantly locks.

7- 3X Magnification

Magnification Gestures will allow you to Zoom into your Phone Screen 3 Times, no matter what Application you’re in.

You Simply Triple Tap the Screen & it will be Right in there.

It has some Interesting Benefits, it Allows you with Applications that Don’t let you Manually Zoom on Photos to Zoom In.

  • To Check Things Out in More Detail.
  • Even in the Camera App, If you want to see what Exactly you are Capturing & a little bit of More Detail, Just Triple Tap the Screen.

Go to Settings > Accessibility > Magnification > Enable Magnify with triple-tap

android magnify triple tap

8- Power Button to Launch Camera

One Setting which you absolutely have to Turn on is a Double Tap the Power Button to Open the Camera.

This is most beneficial for People for whom it would take 5 to 10 Seconds to Find the Camera App Manually or Just People who have Big Phones.

Go to Settings & Search for “Power Button Twice”

& Tap on Quickly turn on camera Option.

9- Text To Speech (Listen to Web Pages, PDF, Books)

It will also Be Hidden Away in Accessibility Settings Section.

Text to Speech Output is essentially your Smart Phone Way of Converting Written Text into Spoken Word.

By Enabling this Setting Alone, Unfortunately, that doesn’t really allow you to do anything.

What You Need is a Third-party App like the Voice Aloud Reader to Really Use it. 🙂

It could Read Any Document (PDF, Word, & Many Different File Formats).

It can Even Read Web Pages if you are simply browsing the Internet & You Share a Web Page to the App. (It will start Reading the Whole Thing)

Steps to Follow: –

Step 1- Install Voice Aloud Reader App to Use Text To Speech.

Step 2- Open the App & Click on Open File Button.

tex to speech android

Step 3- That’s It! It will Read Your PDF, Book, Web Page or Anything.

voice aloud app android text to speech

Step 4- You can Even Lock your phone while Listening Document.

10- Force 4x MSAA (For Gaming)

Force 4x MSAA is a Setting which is Hidden in the Developer Options that can help improve your Gaming Experience.

In other words, it will improve Image Quality in your games.

NOTE- This requires more graphics power & will drain your battery a bit faster.

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Step to Enable Force 4x MSAA: –

Step 1- Go to Settings > About Phone

Step 2- Tap on Build Number 7-8 Times.

Once activated, you will see a message that shows, “You are now a developer!”

Step 3- Go back to Settings, & Search for Developer options

Step 4- In Developer options, Enable Force 4x MSSA

force 4x msaa android q

11- Disable or Speed Up Animations (Improve Performance)

When you move between apps & screens on your phone, you are spending some of that time looking at Animations & waiting for them to go away.

You can Disable or Speed Up this animation entirely by changing the Window animation scale, Animator duration scale, and Transition animation scale in Developer Options.

Step 1- Go to Settings > System > Developer Options.

Step 2- Scroll down & You will Find

  • Windows Animation Scale
  • Transition Animation Scale
  • Animator Duration Scale

Step 3- Click on Each One & Tap on Animation off

12- Google Play Protect (For Security)

Google Play Protect Scans the Device for Regular Security Threats.

Well I know it’s enabled by default.

But there is one option You Should Enable Right now for Better Security.

To Enable This Option: –

Step 1- Open Playstore App

Step 2- Open the Menu & Tap on Play Protect

Step 3- Tap on Right Top Settings.

Step 4- Enable Improve harmful app detection

google play protect android settings

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Final Words

I hope you liked these Hidden Android Settings. Also, Check Out 15 Tricks you didn’t know your Phone Could Do.

Comment below if you have any Problem or Query! 


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  • Maartand singh

    I m enable everything but my Google assistance not working, when my phone was locked phone

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  • Anonymous

    Thank you bro for sharing your knowledge with us. I’ve learn a lot.

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    • Admin

      your welcome

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    • Anonymous

      Go ahead bro thanks for info

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      thanks?

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  • puja deb

    Dear admin I have a question do you know how to block ads on chrome android. Because I am done with this browser I like chrome a lot but I hate ads.

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    • Admin

      open chrome > go to Settings > Site Settings > Ads > Enable Block Ads Option

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      • Ajeet Kumar

        Not working

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    very nice thx

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    • Admin

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    want more tricks please

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    • Admin

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  • Aakash

    really useful

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    • Admin

      thanks

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