Top Redmi A1 tips, tricks, quick shortcuts and features
Redmi's latest entry-level smartphone is Redmi A1 priced at ₹6 and features a 499-inch screen, 6,5mAh battery, leather texture and offers an experience Clean Android (Android 5 Go Edition). With stock Android out of the box, there are a bunch of features, quick shortcuts, trips, and tricks that will come in handy. Here they are.
1) Quickly open the camera
The Redmi A1 allows you to quickly open the camera, you just need to press the power button twice to launch the camera. If the camera does not open with this shortcut, you will need to enable quick launch camera settings by going to Settings -> System -> Gestures -> Quickly Open Camera, and from there, enable the slider.
2) Additional brightness
Your Redmi A1 may go beyond the minimum brightness. If you want the lowest brightness on the phone, you can use the Extra Dim Brightness feature which will allow you to go below the minimum brightness.
To do this, go to Settings -> Accessibility -> Extra Dim and activate the slider. This will instantly reduce the brightness even if you have it set to minimum levels.
3) Show battery percentage
The Redmi A1 has an animated battery icon in the status bar with no percentage on the side to show, it doesn't give you an idea of how much battery is left. You can customize the battery icon to show the actual battery percentage in the status bar.
This quick setting will allow you to put a percentage right next to the battery icon so you can easily check the remaining battery on your phone. To show the battery percentage in the status bar, just go to Settings -> Battery -> Battery Percentage and activate the slider. Now you can see the percentage next to the battery icon.
4) Lift to wake up
You can wake up the Redmi A1 by simply lifting it up, there is a wake-up function that allows you to wake up the Redmi A1 without pressing the power button. Simply enable this quick setting by heading to Settings -> Display and swipe down and activate the slider that says Lift to wake up. Now lift the phone when and see the phone wakes up without pressing the power button.
5) Use one-handed mode
One-handed mode can be convenient if you use the phone with one hand. It can be difficult to type or use the phone with one hand because the fingers cannot reach the other side of the screen or the corners of the screen to interact, but with one-handed mode, you can easily reach the top corners of the screen. screen and use the phone with one hand.
Head toward Settings -> Accessibility -> System Controls -> One Hand Mode and activate the slider. You must use gesture navigation to use this feature, to use gesture navigation system we have shown below in the list. Swipe from the bottom edge where you see the bar and the screen will become small. This way you can interact with the screen with one hand.
6) Power button ends call
When you want to end the call, you don't need to touch the big red button to hang up, you can also do it with the power button. It's easy and convenient when you disconnect calls just with the button, this shortcut is under system commands, go to Settings -> Accessibility -> System Controls and activate the slider that says Power button ends call.
7) Activate dark mode
Dark mode is one of the most useful features of smartphones, dark mode allows you to view screen content in dark colors to ease your eyes, and it helps when you use the phone in more environments. dark. The dark theme relieves your eyes at night and prevents eye strain. Enable dark mode on the Redmi A1 by following these simple steps.
Head toward Settings -> Display -> Dark Theme and activate the slider. You can use the program to automatically set dark mode based on your time or use the sunset to sunrise option.
8) Use night mode (eye protection)
Blue light emitting smartphone screens can lead to eye strain, especially in darker environments, night light or eye protection mode allows you to eliminate blue light for eye relief and relieves your eyes at night while preventing eyestrain.
Activate Night mode on the Redmi A1, go to Settings -> Display -> Nightlight, and activate the slider.
9) Enable Gesture Navigation
System navigation gestures are useful because you don't need to press any buttons, traditional navigation has three buttons, back, home and recent, while gesture navigation has no buttons. You swipe to interact, swipe from the bottom to access the home screen, swipe from the edges to go back, and swipe from the bottom and hold to access the recent menu. There's also a quick switch that switches to recent apps, just swipe on the bar at the bottom, right or left.
Enable gesture navigation on the Redmi A1 by heading to Settings -> System -> Gestures -> System Navigation. Choose the Gesture navigation and turn it on.
10) Share files using Nearby Share
Nearby Sharing is extremely useful if you want to transfer files wirelessly. Nearby Sharing is a native Android feature and uses Wi-Fi or Bluetooth to share files between two nearby devices. The Redmi A1 has this feature which you can use to quickly transfer files to other devices as well as receive files when both devices are nearby.
To use this feature, first enable it in Settings. Go to Settings -> Connected Devices -> Connection Preferences -> Nearby Sharing and activate the slider. Now just use the share button on any file (image, video, document, etc.) and choose the Share Nearby option. Choose the devices from the range and tap on it, your files will be transferred in no time.
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