The reason for improved speed is because it has double the boot speed when powering up your Android. This boot speed can vary, though, because the boot speed was measured on the Google Pixel, but it’s very likely that every Android will benefit from a faster boot speed.

Improved Battery Life
Another benefit of Android Oreo is that it can improve your battery life. It saves battery by minimizing the background activity in the apps that you rarely use. A major battery drainer is when apps run in the background of your phone because they use up your battery even when you’re not actually using the app. The new Android update will go through your app activity to see which ones you use the least, and prevent them from running too much background activity that would waste your battery life.

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Picture-in-Picture Capability
With this new picture-in-picture function, you can have two apps open at once, allowing you to better multitask. Have you ever been video chatting with a friend but wanted to google something? Now you don’t have to choose between the two apps. You can have your video chat window open while you google and be able to see both apps at once on your Android. This new feature will make you much more productive because you can do two things at once.

Makes App Use Easier
One new feature of Android Oreo is notification dots. These dots make it much easier to see what your notifications are because they pop up on screen instead of on the top toolbar. Another great part of these notification dots is that once you’ve read what they have to say, you can easily clear them by swiping away. In addition to the notification dots, Android 8.0 will also include Android Instant Apps. These apps let you to run your apps instantly, without having to wait for installation. These instant apps are fast with beautiful user interfaces, high performance, and great capabilities; you can open them just by tapping. No more waiting around for installation!

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Updates

With new device models come room for more streamlined features, and sometimes current Android models cannot handle that initial, internal upgrade. Running a new Android update might actually be detrimental to Internet use, because the capabilities might exceed what the phone was built to do. Make sure that your current model is up to the task by clearing space to the best of your ability before running anything new in Settings.

App History

Even if apps have been deleted from a device, their presence is still felt through other modes. An Internet browser will let users check social media, news sites, and other data-eating services in a similar fashion to how separate apps do. That amount of information will slow down phone usage, because oftentimes accounts and history will have years of accumulation that are applied in instantaneous moments.

Too Much Data Use

Looking through your phone, how many apps and photos did you find that you forgot were there? Are there songs or videos that eat up time and memory that haven’t been touched in months? Pay attention to how you use your mobile device, and which applications are utilized the most. Delete things that are taking up space, or transfer them to a larger device like a laptop or tablet. Deleting apps and re-downloading them is another option, but if they will be used at the same frequency as before, the effort might be pointless.

Buying the newest smartphone might not be necessary just yet; these actions only take a few minutes to execute, but it will prove to be beneficial in the long run. Good luck!

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Set Up a Passcode

Once your phone goes to sleep, you want to make sure that no one can unlock it without a passcode. To set up a passcode, navigate to “Settings,” then “Security,” and “Automatically lock.” There, you can decide how quickly you want your phone to lock and set up your passcode. Set up a tough-to-crack passcode. Your passcode should be as long as possible — up to 16 characters — and contain a mixture of letters, numbers, and symbols. To set up a passcode, navigate to “Settings,” “Security,” and “Screen lock.” There, you’ll be prompted to create a passcode.

Lock Your Apps with a Password

Take securing your device a step further: lock your apps with a password. This is a necessary move to take to improve the security of your Android and your personal information. You can secure any apps with a second layer of protection, such as your social networking apps, messaging apps, contacts, and email. That way, if a hacker is able to gain access to your device, your most sensitive apps — and your private information — will still be protected. Click here to secure your apps with a password:

You should be prepared in the event that your phone becomes lost or stolen. If you activate Anti-Theft in advance, you’ll be able to control and protect your device remotely. You can lock your device to prevent thieves from accessing your phone, track your phone’s location, activate an alarm to find your phone if you lost it nearby, and delete all of your data. It’s a very useful tool that will ensure your Android and personal information are always secure. Click here to activate Anti-Theft:

If you lose your phone, many people will likely try to help find the phone’s owner. Help these good samaritans out by updating your contact information. Navigate to “Settings,” then “Security,” and “Owner info.” There, you can enter your new contact information.

While losing your phone or having it stolen is a worst-case scenario, it isn’t all that uncommon. It makes sense to have a contingency plan that combines these lock-down methods with DFNDR’s many features if you do misplace your phone. You can breathe easier and go about your life with some assurance that you’re protected.

Use Total Charge to Improve Battery Life

The best way to preserve your phone’s battery life is to use Total Charge. Take advantage of this feature so that you don’t have to keep constant tabs on your phone, guessing when it’s fully charged. Total Charge will monitor your battery’s charging process for you so that you can prevent your phone from overcharging. Overcharging can lead to your device overheating, which will damage your phone’s battery and shorten its lifespan. Click here to protect your phone’s battery:

Get this: you can even view the different stages that your battery is in while charging so that you can learn more about your phone’s charging process. You can view how long it will take until your phone reaches a full charge so you can plan ahead. To enable this battery-saving function, simply click the button above, or else head to the DFNDR menu. From there, look for the “settings” tab. Then, click on “Total Charge.” Tap “Activate Total Charge.” That’s it. Nothing more to it. Now you can easily see, at a glance, how your battery is performing. This is a true lifesaver when it comes to extending the life of your Android phone’s battery.

Phone Batteries Don’t Last Forever

The sad truth is this: your cell phone battery will begin to degrade over time. It’s all due to the materials that compose cell phone batteries, namely lithium-ion and lithium-polymer. As these devices age, the batteries begin to lose their capacity for holding a charge. They’ll hold a charge for less time, and heat will make the problem even worse.

Sometimes, the batteries will die altogether. Some studies have shown that even pricier lithium-polymer batteries can actually lose roughly 20% of their capacity after only 1000 charging cycles. When you think of how frequently you use and charge your phone, it begins to add up fast. But there are some different things that you can do to improve your phone’s battery life so that your device lasts longer. In addition to using Total Charge, one way is to let your phone lose roughly 75% of its power and then charge it up to 100%. This method will help keep it running longer.

How to remove unwanted apps

One way that you can easily remove default apps from your device is to use the App Manager feature of the DFNDR app. The App Manager allows you to quickly identify unwanted apps and uninstall them. That way, you don’t have to spend a lot of time searching through your phone’s app settings, and can instead view a comprehensive list and remove apps with a single click. You’ll then be able to free up space on your phone for new apps, photos, videos, and more. Click here to manage your apps and remove unwanted apps now:

Getting started: how to change your default apps

If you’ve just gotten a new device, then you may have noticed that a pop-up window appears when you want to perform certain functions. This simply means that your device is trying to determine which application you would prefer to launch in order to perform the function, such as browse the Web or save a photo. Whenever prompted, you can select which app you want to use and click “Always” — that’s all there is to it.

You can also change your default apps by going to your device’s app settings. Find the app that you want to change from the list of apps, and then clear the app’s default settings. You’ll then see a pop-up window, and you can choose how you want the app to behave. You can also reset all of your app’s settings if you’re not sure which app is giving you trouble.

This issue of overheating doesn’t solely plague the Google Pixel — it is an issue that affects most smartphones. Whenever your device is overheating, use DFNDR’s CPU Cooler to cool your device down to an optimal temperature. This will help to speed up your device overall, and help prevent crashing, lagging, and freezing. For Google Pixel users, this feature will help to eliminate unwanted background tasks so that your phone can focus on extending and improving your VR experience. Click here to cool your device and improve your phone’s performance:

Why has the Google Pixel been overheating?

Many Google Pixel users have reported that their phone begins to overheat whenever they open a VR app on their device. Even though Google Pixel is an impressive phone, it’s still not able to handle the demands of the VR world. It is still a smartphone, after all, and it is trying to perform an incredibly complex task. Google is looking into this issue, however.

Other users have reported that the Google Pixel overheats after a few hours of use, even without using VR technology. In this case, it would be best to use the CPU Cooler in addition to restarting your device. You should also determine which apps are causing your device to overheat. The easiest way to do this is to consult the list of apps that the CPU Cooler gathers. It will also disable those apps, so that you have a better experience with your phone. However, if you continue to have the same issues with the same apps, you may want to consider whether or not you can do without those apps.

While it is fairly likely that you will eventually see an Android OS smartphone touting this kind of technology in the near future, it is currently unknown how much more work Samsung’s designers must put into the project until it is ready to hit the commercial market. For one, the display shown at that San Francisco convention was just that — a display, one which was already 0.3mm thick. Were designers to add the touch layer beneath that, it could affect the flexibility and thickness of the screen.

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An additional design problem? The lack of a place to fit the battery. In conventional smartphones that are used today, such as the one you might be using to read this very article, rechargeable batteries are utilized that require protection from the elements — hence the hardened screen. Additionally, that battery takes up considerable space, and the materials that comprise its design are not nearly as flexible as those used to create the SID Display Week demo screen. All of this is a long-winded way of saying, in all likelihood, you won’t be unrolling a smartphone like you would a paper towel or a newspaper for the foreseeable future.

Of course, this doesn’t mean that advances and improvements to the rollable screen design can’t be made to make that future arrive sooner than anticipated. Samsung has also tested the rollable screen out for a prototype television display earlier in 2016, so it isn’t as though the technology is not of serious interest to the company. The more research and development that goes into making displays like that a reality, the more likely solutions will be discovered that can incorporate a practical, cost-effective battery and touch sensor layer into a flexible, rollable smartphone interface. Until then, however, you’ll have to make due using a smartphone that is merely ultra-thin.