It’s a fun way to see memories. It’s nice to do on your phone when bored instead of yet again glancing at Twitter.
Get Smart About Storage
There’s no SD card option with the Pixel, so you’re stuck with the storage included in the model you buy. Whether you get the 32GB or 128GB version. You’ll want to keep an eye on the space as it fills up.
See Who’s Calling and Avoid Spam Calls
Block Visual Disturbances, like Notification Pop-Ups
Mobile Friendly Reading in Chrome
One of the first links I opened in Chrome on the day I got my Pixel included a surprise. Some articles offer a make page mobile-friendly button at the bottom. Touching it would then reformat the page. Yes, this is like years behind Safari’s capability on iOS. Frankly, I never thought I would do it, given the company’s reliance on web ad revenue. But it’s here and works great. To make this pop up on other Android devices, you must set a chrome flag to make it more aggressive. It has this flag on the Pixel, so you see it often. Pixel’s software has a one-stop shop for managing storage. Head to Settings > Storage, then select Free up space from the overflow menu at the top. This takes you to a place to remove content from three key categories: photos/videos, downloads, and apps. Photos can especially suck up space, but since you’re getting free full-resolution backup to photos. You shouldn’t hesitate to delete them from your phone.
Connect Securely to Open Wi-Fi Hotspots
Android’s Wi-Fi assistant will connect you automatically to high-quality open-fi networks to keep your connection more secure. This power first appeared for project Wi-Fi customers. Who have learned quite a bit about automatically connecting to various networks and checking out their security. It’s not enabled by default, so you have to turn it on in the settings under > Networking > Wi-Fi assistant. It Will automatically route your data through a VPN to help keep it secure. You’ll know you’re on it when you see the little key icon in the status bar.
