9 handy hidden features for Google Maps on Android

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as declared in Who doesn't love Google Maps? But there's much more to Google Maps than meets the eye — and odds are, you aren't taking advantage of at least a few handy hidden features lurking in the Android app. Driving modeEven if you know where you're going, Google Maps can help you along the way. To get started, open up the app's settings, choose "Navigation settings," then activate the toggle next to "Show media playback controls." Permanent dark modeIn that same "Navigation settings" department of Maps' settings lies a freshly added option anyone by sensitive peepers going to be pleased to see: the ability to determine Maps' color scheme into a permanent dark mode whenever navigation is active.

Google confirms dark mode is a huge help for battery life on Android

We've known for a long time that dark mode / night mode apps can prolong battery life on smartphones by OLED screens. It's true on Android, and it's true by the iPhone. Fortunately, the company seems to recognize the price of dark mode. As an example of dark mode coming to your battery's rescue, just look at the huge difference below, where the Pixel is determine to 100 percent brightness. The power savings of dark mode are evident.

Google finally confirms something people have long suspected — dark mode on Android phones saves battery life

as mentioned in Google showcased how the "dark mode" option on mobile operating systems and apps uses less power and drains battery less quickly. The dark mode option changes the primary colour theme of an app to the colour black. Dark mode keeps lives. Nevertheless, the benefits of dark mode are now officially endorsed by Google, one of the most influential tech companies in the world. You can turn on dark mode for the Android operating system and several apps that offer dark mode, but other apps that don't offer dark mode going to use colour white as the main colour theme.

Google finally has an official Files app for Android (sort of)

Apple only launched an official Files app for iOS last year. Since then, Google has noticed that plenty of people have installed that app even on mid-range and high-end phones. The new Files by Google app is available as a free download from the Play Store. In a nutshell, the Files app does 3 things:Helps you free up storage space on your phone or tablet. The Share tab lets you send files to nearby users by setting up a "fast hotspot" for point-to-point WiFi transfers.

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