Android operating system offers a much higher level of customization than its rivals iOS and Windows. Your smartphone has countless pre-installed features, and there’s no dearth of apps for even more.
Here’s a list of android apps that’ll make you regret you didn’t know about them before.
Discreet Notifications:
The AcDisplay app emulates the feature available for phones with AMOLED screens, which lights discreetly when there is a new notification when the screen is locked. With AcDisplay, see your notifications pop up on a minimal beautiful screen, remain for a while and then disappear.
You can instantly access them, or swipe to remove them.
The app also makes use of available sensors (Proximity, accelerometer) to turn on the screen when you take it out of your pocket, or when you pick up from a table.
It consumes surprisingly less of the battery and you’ll be hooked onto it from the start. Install the AcDisplay app from here.
Custom ROM features on your stock ROM
While custom ROMs are always useful, they take are tedious to try and install and to set up.
Gravity Box is a tweak box which brings all those features available in custom ROMs, ready to be implemented as and when you wish. You can tweak almost every aspect of your phone, right from the lock screen to the status bar to the app drawer style. You could spend an hour or so inside the app setting up your phone just the way you want.
You need to root your phone and download the Xposed Framework, through which, you can download Gravity Box. But it’s totally worth it. Download the Xposed Framework first from here and then install Gravity Box from the list of modules.
Bluelight Filter for your nerves:
The exposure of blue light from our smartphone has always been a source of debate about its effects on our circadian cycle and our quality of sleep.
The Twilight app makes your screen adapt to the time of the day. It will filter the blue light emitted by your device after sunset to protect your eyes, with a soft red filter. The filter intensity is adjusted to the sun cycle based on your local sunrise and sunset times. Use Twilight to protect your eyes, when reading in your bed before sleep and get a good night’s sleep. Download the app from here.
Essential information without having to unlock your screen:
The Dashclock widget appears to be a simple clock widget which sits discreetly on your home and lock screen. But, in reality, it could allow you take a peek into the most important notifications with a single glance.
With the Dashclock widgets and the myriad of extensions available in the Play Store, you can get all the information from missed calls to unread emails to cricket scores, right on your lock screen, in a beautiful minimalist way.
It is an extremely lightweight app and consumes minimal battery. Download the widget from here.
