Increase The Productivity On Your Smartphone

Organised folders

To be really productive, you will likely be using many apps and services on your Android device every day. If you drag one on top of another you can create a bespoke folder, but the real trick is to keep your most-used apps in a couple of folders on your opening home screen for quick and immediate access.

Stick with what works

If you fi nd a solution that works for you and your device, try to avoid spending lots of time searching for better apps that do the same job. If it isn’t broken, why fi x it?

Use Google Drive

Google Drive lets you share fi les with anyone you wish while retaining all of the security you

need. It is simple to use, free and very easy to set up. Head on over to the brilliant Google Play store

to pick it up.

Files are important

As you become more productive, fi les and documents will play an important part in your mobile life. File Manager, from Google Play, lets you explore every part of your device and enables you to move fi les or to share specific entries with anyone. It really does let you under the hood of your Android device.

Know what’s local to you

Whether you need to quickly find a venue for a meeting or a coffee shop to entertain clients, using the included Google Local app will ensure that you can find everything you need in seconds. A few taps and you will have directions and full contact details for each establishment.

Super-quick contacts

In the Contacts app, you can hit the menu icon when you have a contact selected and then choose ‘Place on Home screen’ to have shortcuts available for quick calls. This is a particularly useful function for important business contacts and close family members.

Quick settings

In Android 4.2 (Jelly Bean), you can pull down the notification bar and tap the top-right hand icon to bring up a series of quick settings. These let you adjust brightness, Bluetooth and Wi-Fi with single taps. It sounds simple, but is without doubt a productive time-saver.

Unique notifications

You can easily set unique ringtones for different contacts on your device. Simply upload some new sounds to your device or SD card and place them in the Ringtones folder. In the Contacts app you can now assign different tones to different people which lets you quickly decide who to take calls from