Last Updated on April 12, 2016 by Larious

Android Marshmallow is spreading to extra units by the week. As a few of its enhancements could go unnoticed, we have put collectively a number of Android Marshmallow tips and methods that can assist you get probably the most from the brand new software program.

Uninstall apps from your own home display or app drawer

In Android Marshmallow now you can uninstall an app on your home display screen or in your app drawer just by long-pressing it. On the top of the display screen you may now see choices for Remove or Uninstall on the home display screen, or App Data and Uninstall within the app drawer. Simply drag the app icon to the one you need.

It is a neat solution to save a number of seconds over uninstalling apps in older variations of Android.

Activate Developer options

Developer options are nothing new, however there are just a few new ones in Android Marshmallow. To access Developer options, go to Settings > About Phone and tap Build Number seven times till a toast pop-up notifies you that you’re now a developer.

Again up a step and you will see Developer options listed proper above About Phone. That is the place you may allow USB Debugging, OEM unlocking or Show touches, tweak animations or entry a few of the other ideas beneath.

Grant app permissions individually

Granular app permissions was the holy grail of the Android Marshmallow launch. All of us hoped it will pan out however nobody actually believed it could. We had at all times been advised that denying particular app permissions inside a 3rd-party app might break it.

Now, nonetheless, Android permits you to handle app permissions individually, with out builders having needed to do something, and every little thing appears to work swimmingly.

To access app permissions, go to Settings > Apps and tap an individual app to see its permissions. Then simply flip the change for the permissions you do or do not need to grant it.

It’s also possible to view an inventory of permissions to see which have been granted to which apps. Simply go to Settings > Apps, then tap the overflow menu within the top proper corner and go to Advanced > App Permissions.

Customise Quick Settings

To allow the System UI Tuner, convey down your Quick Settings menu (swipe down from the top of your phone with two fingers) and tap and maintain the settings button (cog wheel) for 5 seconds. If you let go you may be requested if you want to allow System UI Tuner. Choose sure and you will see System UI Tuner on the bottom of your Settings listing.

In System UI Tuner, tap Quick Settings and you may see a mockup of your Quick Settings shade. You’ll be able to add tiles (press the + on the bottom), transfer the toggles round (tap and drag) or delete toggles (tap and drag to the bottom). Your modifications will likely be mirrored within the Quick Settings menu.

New Improved RAM Manager

Android Marshmallow is all about giving us much more power over our beloved Androids, and RAM is a large a part of that. Go to Settings > Memory > Memory used by apps, to see a listing of all of your memory-hogging apps.

Tapping an entry will present you detailed data and provide the choice to force cease the app if needed. Take a while to familiarize your self with this part of your Android – it is an excellent tool that can assist you understand what RAM utilization is normal and what’s out of the extraordinary.

Find your Downloaded, Running, All and Disabled app tabs

The RAM Manager can also be effectively the new home for the ‘Running’ tab that was in earlier versions of the Settings > Apps section. In contrast to earlier Android variations, Android Marshmallow would not break your apps record down into tabs for ‘Downloaded’, ‘Running’, ‘All’ and ‘Disabled’.

The ‘Running’ tab now seems as RAM Manager; ‘All’ and ‘Disabled’ are actually options in a drop-down menu, accessible as soon as you’ve got disabled at the least one app. The default view in Settings > Apps is the ‘All’ apps tab. We’ll have to wait and see how devices with SD cards show the information that was beforehand discovered within the ‘SD Card’ tab.

Automatically associate hyperlinks

Android Marshmallow lets you routinely associate particular apps with particular kinds of hyperlinks. So if somebody emails you a Twitter hyperlink, for instance, you’ll be able to set Twitter because the default app for opening such hyperlinks, slightly than choosing from an inventory each time.

Though you possibly can set sure apps as default apps earlier than, the system did not work all that nicely. Now you possibly can associate particular area URLs with an app of your alternative. For instance, all fb.com hyperlinks may be set to open both in Fb, Tinfoil or one other third-social gathering Fb app automatically.

To do that, go to Settings > Apps, then tap the overflow menu at the top right and go to Advanced > App Links, then flip the switch for the apps that you simply wish to set to automatically intercept hyperlinks from particular domains.

Ignore battery optimizations

Android Marshmallow delivers a terrific new function known as Doze. When your phone or tablet has been inactive for some time, Android Marshmallow will automatically hibernate it (though alarms and priority notifications can nonetheless come through).

You may also nonetheless use the battery saving mode, identical to in Lollipop. Now, nonetheless, you possibly can exclude as much as three apps from the battery optimizations imposed by Battery Saver or Doze, to allow them to run at full power whereas the whole lot else takes a rest.

Go to Settings > Battery and tap the overflow menu within the top right, select Ignore optimizations and choose the apps you need this to apply to. You may entry the same menu from Settings > Apps > overflow menu > Advanced > Ignore optimizations.

Activate Google Now from the lock display screen

You might have missed this one, however the lock display screen shortcut to the dialer has been changed by Google Now. This can be a welcome change; you need to use Google Now to call somebody simply by talking (together with loads of different issues), so you have not lost out on functionality by losing the dialer shortcut.

Simply swipe from the bottom left-hand corner of the lock display screen to get Google Now ready to receive your voice command.

Take pleasure in Google Now on Tap

Google Now on Tap is definitely my favourite feature in Android Marshmallow. It brings Google Now functionality to each a part of your phone or tablet.

There isn’t any need to change apps or copy and paste phrases anymore – as soon as it is enabled, you’ll be able to convey up Google Now on Tap from any app, just by choosing textual content and long-pressing the Home button.

Disable notification peeking 

Heads-up notifications, or ‘peeking’ as it’s now referred to, is the function that enables notifications to pop up over the top of your display. It was launched in Android Lollipop, however since app builders now have a tendency to allow peeking by default, Android Marshmallow provides you the ability to resolve if you wish to enable it or not.

If these kind of notifications hassle you, you possibly can go into Settings > Sound & Notifications > App Notifications, then choose the app they’re coming from, and switch off Allow peeking.

Access Marshmallow file manager

Do you know Android Marshmallow comes with its personal built-in file explorer? Well it does. Go to Settings > Storage & USB > Explore to… er, discover it.

Marshmallow’s resolution won’t be as in-depth and feature packed as one thing like ES File Explorer, however it’s additionally much less intrusive. Test it out for a clear, minimal interface for browsing files.

Navigate better with Bluetooth

GPS is not a perfect system and it can’t all the time pinpoint your location. On Android Marshmallow, nevertheless, you may give your GPS a hand through the use of Bluetooth.

Go to Settings > Location and tap the hamburger (three dots) icon. Subsequent tap Scanning  and on the next web page enable Bluetooth scanning (and Wi-Fi scanning for even better accuracy).

As soon as you’ve got finished that, tap the return or back button and tap Mode, then choose either High-accuracy or Battery saving mode to utilize the brand new setting.