Facebook Messenger Tips and Tricks

Messaging apps are booming right now as users around the world are involved in sharing thoughts all the time.

Facebook Messenger has just reach 800 million active monthly users, so Currently 800 million users chat and share their daily thoughts and preferences with one another on Facebook Messenger.The 900 million people are using WhatsApp (also owned by Facebook).




Messenger has been downloaded more than one billion times on Android and is the second most popular iOS app of all time, behind Facebook.

People send more than 9.5 billion photos to friends through Messenger every month and on average, more than five million GIFs are sent every day.

FEW MESSENGER TIPS:

message has been read?
If someone has received and read any messages you send, the circle icon to the right of your display. A small image of your friend will appear when it's been read.



Hide location data?
Messenger has several location settings so if they are enabled you can see where someone is when they read your message.
To turn this feature off, go to your phone's Settings menu, then Privacy and then Location Services. Tap Messenger to turn it off.



Thumbs up big?
Want to send a big thumbs up to your friends, just press the "Like" Button and when you hold it, this will increase the size of the thumb.



Delete one message?
Go to the single message to delete them one by one. Go to the message and hold it until "Delete" option appears. You won't be able to undo this action.



Messenger from a website?
Facebook Messenger has a web app for the desktop,log in to Messenger.com



Don't belong to Facebook?
Anyone with a phone number can use Messenger. Just download the app and select "Not on Facebook?" You can sign up.

Pin a group conversation?
Pinning a conversation makes it easier for you to chat with your particular group of friends. Simply click on the Groups and look for the Pin knob (left corner).

Silencing notifications?
Just click on a particular conversation and then look for the drop-down panel. Here you should click on Notifications and choose the estimated time frame for muting the conversation.



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Swipe F-Band fitness tracker launched on Snapdeal in india

Pune-based handset and tablet vendor Swipe Technologies enters into the fitness segment.




F-Band fitness tracker in India at Rs. 1499. The tracker will be exclusively available via Snapdeal starting January 7 in blue and red variants.

The first 100 customers can avail this fitness band at a discounted price for Rs 1,299.



According to the company, Swipe F-Band fitness tracker enables users to keep track of various activities. For instance, the band will track the number of steps walked. It will then display the number of calories you burned.

Gadget also monitors sleeping activity with an ability to connect to a smartphone via Bluetooth. However, one needs to install F-band app, which retrieves all the required information. The tracker also includes a display that looks like a smartwatch instead of a simple fitness band.




Swipe F-Band fitness tracker includes a 55mAh battery that according to the company, has the
capability to work up to seven days on a single full charge.



There is a high competition among companies such as Yu, Xiaomi, Fitbit, Samsung, Noise, Motorola, Huawei and Sony in the wearables market.

You can register at http://www.snapdeal.com/offers/swipe-fband/
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Motorola Moto G3 gets Android Marshmallow (6.0)

After the Google Nexus devices, it was Motorola’s turn to provide Android 6.0 Marshmallow OS updates.
The recent rollout of the latest Google operating system on Motorola handsets like the Moto X Style, the Moto X Pure Edition (2015), and the Moto X Pure Edition (2014), the Lenovo-owned American company has also begun pushing the Android 6.0 Marshmallow update on its Moto G3.



Condition on Android 6.0 Marshmallow update on the Moto G (2015) in the US, the smartphone has to be unlocked, which means that it should not be locked to any American telecom carrier.

According to Android Authority, owners of the unlocked Moto G3 in the US should be expecting the Android 6.0 Marshmallow update to have already come to their devices since a few days ago and they can just opt to install it manually, assuming that it did not update automatically.
Motorola has given a New Year’s treat to its Moto G3 users in India also as the phone will now be getting an Android 6.0 Marshmallow update.

“Here is something new and amazing for your Moto G (3rd Gen.), the Android 6.0 Marshmallow!” Motorola India announced on its Twitter account.




The third-generation phone of the Moto G series will now be upgraded from Android 5.1.1 (Lollipop) to Android 6.0
The update is of 2GB and will remove apps like “Migrate” and “Assist”.
New features with update will be:

• The version 6.0 comes with a new Doze mode that is intended to save the battery life, and has improved Google Now and volume control functions among others.
• the more granular app permission controls, Google Now on Tap, Android Pay, and much simpler volume controls.
• a new app menu drawer
• new app search bar and favorites section that will help you navigate your device much faster
• the clock on Marshmallow has been improved, Google has written the date text in all-caps, making it a lot easier to read. In addition to this, the font of the time characters have been thickened. 
• a new memory manager, which you can use to check the memory usage of your installed apps. 

The phone would notify you about the update. If, however, one does not receive the notification, one can manually check for the update by going to Settings > About Phone > System Update.
Moto G(3rd Gen):

• 5-inch HD display (Corning Gorilla Glass 3).
• Android 5.1.1 OS along with proprietary Motorola features such as Moto Display, Quick Capture.
• Qualcomm Snapdragon 410 SoC with a 1.4GHz quad-core processor.
• 1GB of RAM for the 8GB storage variant and 2GB RAM for the 16GB.
• 13MP rear snapper along with a 5MP front-facing camera.
• Dual SIM configuration and will support 4G SIM cards as well. 
• 2,470mAh capacity battery.

Inputs : masterherald, thetechportal, androidheadlines

Android Tips and Tricks for New Users

When you are new user to android and eager to try out various available features of your phone, option you see on the screen, getting yourself familiar with the system settings. These include daily annoyances while trying different features.

A set of tips and tricks to get around a system is always helpful. We are here to help you with that.
In this post, we are providing 10 useful Android tips and tricks that may improve your experience while using your Android device.

NOTE: The steps may differ a little from one Android phone to another due to the differences in the build and the OS version, but if you play around with it, the next step isn’t too far off.

Pic: AndroidCustomization

 

Disable App Notifications

Troubled with annoying app notifications that just keep coming, if you don’t know already, these app notifications also drain your phone’s battery as well as mobile data. If you want to turn them off, and you are on Jelly Bean 4.1 and above, below are the steps:

• On any of your unwanted notifications in your notification bar,long press on the notification for a message box to appear.
• Tap on App Info > Uncheck Show Notifications > OK.

 

Disable Mobile Data

If you don’t need to use mobile data all the time, disabling the Mobile Data can help keep your smartphone battery from draining too quickly. Turning off mobile data:

• Going to Settings > Data Usage.
• Disable Mobile data by toggling the setting from ON to OFF.

 

Set Mobile Data Limit

If you don’t want to pay extra money for data apart from what you have opted for and if you have Ice Cream Sandwich and above, there is a feature which lets you keep track of how much of the quota you have left.

• Head over to Settings > Data Usage.
• Set your data limit by dragging the orange line to reflect your monthly quota.
• Set your data usage cycle based on when your "month" starts and ends, and you’re done.

You will be alerted once you hit the limit you have set and there is feature to disable mobile data too.

 

Add Multiple Google Accounts

You need a Google account to use an Android phone but did you know you can choose to run more than one Google account on your Android device. This is convenient if you use more than one account for several of your Google services. To add multiple Google accounts:

1. Go to Settings > Add account.
2. Select Google and setup your New or Existing Google account.
3. Once added, choose what you want to sync with the account.

 

Disable automatic App Updates

If you are running low on mobile data and don’t want apps to keep on updating automatically and you want to stop auto update on apps, you can. Here are the steps:

• Open Play Store and head over to Settings.
• Tap on Auto-update apps.
• Choose Do not auto-update apps.

If you want to enable the auto updates, follow the same path and choose Auto-update apps at any time or via Wi-Fi only.

To update your apps manually, just open Play Store, and on the main page swipe in from the left and tap on My apps. You can tap on apps with pending updates and update them manually, or if you like to update them all at once, just tap on Update All.

 

How to Check For android System update

You may want to look for new updates to your system. To check for updates:

• Go to Settings > About phone/tablet.
• Tap on System updates.
• Tap Check now to look for system updates.

 

Changing Default Apps

If you have already set some default apps for particular tasks (e.g. using Chrome for opening web links) but wish to change this:

• Go to Settings > Apps.
• Swipe right and look for the All 
• Select the app you want to remove as default.
• Tap on Clear defaults.

 

Organize Homescreen Shortcuts With Folders

Once you have a lot of apps installed, your homescreen might be filled with app shortcuts. Unlike the app drawer, the apps on your home screen are not arranged alphabetically. So, you might want to create some folders for your homescreen shortcuts.

• Assuming you have more than a handful of shortcuts already on your homescreen,long press on any of the shortcuts and drag it onto another shortcut.
• A circle should now appear around the apps, indicating that a folder has been created.
• By tapping on the newly created folder, a mini window will pop up with your apps in it.
• You can drag and drop additional apps into the folder if you like. You can also rename the folder by tapping on the text area at the bottom of the mini window.

 

Developer Options

Here’s a tip on how to make your Android device run a bit smoother: disable its animations or any system feature that you want to play with(At your own risk). You will need to have access to Developer Options which can be found under Settings or About device.
Note: For some phones, you may need to go to Build number and tap on it repeatedly until you see "You are now a developer!". Developer options are now enabled.

 

How to Turn Off Auto-Correction

Hate the fact that your phone is going English teacher mode on you? Turn off auto-correction for peace of mind when texting.

1. Go to Settings > Language & input.
2. Tap on the settings icon next to the keyboard that you are using, e.g. Google Keyboard.
3. Look for Auto-correction and tap on it.
4. Select Off to turn auto-correction off.

WhatsApp useful tips

WhatsApp has been releasing important features with different updates from read receipts, some local language supports to bookmarking (starred) important messages.

We have gone through different features of app and would try to gather up its most useful features and turn this app a messaging pro for you.

• Read time: Go to any of your WhatsApp single/group chats, tap and hold on any of the messages you’ve sent in the chat, followed by the Info option. For iOS users, you can drag towards the left to reveal a window which will show the time your message was delivered and read.

• Privacy: If you’re always getting added to new group chats filled with strangers, you might want to keep certain details private until those strangers become friends.

  

Go to Settings -> Privacy -> and then modify your Last Seen, Profile Photo and Status to maintain bit of mystery. Choose to share them with everyone, or only your Contacts, or Nobody at all. Nothing can be done about hiding your phone number.

• Mute Chat: Since WhatsApp allows group conversations of up to 50 participants, sometimes you get up and see 100+ unread messages that too with continuous annoying notifications:

Tap on the group chat of your choice, then the name to bring up Group Info where you will find the option to Mute the chat for eight hours to one week or a year.

• Conversation Shortcut on Home: There are people in your life with whom you chat to more often, it might be a good idea to create a shortcut for them directly on your home screen, so you don’t have to keep opening and closing WhatsApp.
  Tap and hold on the chat (group or individual) of your choice and a tab will pop up. Select the Add Conversation Shortcut option and the chat in question will appear as the person's profile photo on your mobile desktop. Unfortunately this only applies for Android users and not iPhone ones.
• Broadcasting message to everyone: In case you have an announcement to make, instead of posting it to facebook its better to Broadcast using Whatsapp, Your recipients will get the message as if it was a privately composed one, oblivious to the fact that you’ve sent the exact same invite to many people. On the top-left-hand corner of your WhatsApp Chats window, just below the search bar, you’ll notice a Broadcast Lists. Tap on it for the option to create a new list of contacts you want your message to go out to, and message away like you would normally.

• Customize Group Chat Tones: Group chats are created equal but their priorities differ in terms of interactions.

Go to the significant group chats, tap on the name to bring up Group Info and then Custom Notifications. There, you can select a custom message alert for the group chats of your choice. All you have to do now is remember which alert tone you assigned to which group chat. This customization is only applicable for group chats though.

• Whatsapp messages backup: iPhone users get the option of backing their chat history to iCloud automatically on a daily/weekly/monthly schedule. If it’s only selected chat histories you desire, click on the chat you want, then the user’s name and finally email conversation to yourself.Android users can go to 'Settings', 'Chats and calls', and select the 'Chat backup' option, which will let you setup an automatic Google Drive backup. The next time you install WhatsApp from fresh on any device, you can simply select the Google Drive backup option at the setup screen, to have all your up-to-date messages injected into your device, straight from the cloud.