Tips And Tricks for Android 4.4 kitkat

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Take photos while recording video

With the recent versions of Android you can now take photos while recording video by simply pressing the screen. This will save that particular frame to the gallery while continuing to record video.



Zoom when using the camera

While in the Camera App, there are two ways to zoom in or out. First, you can use Volume Up and Down keys. Secondly, you can pinch your fingers on the screen to zoom in and out.

Setup a new email account

If you want to setup new email accounts, like Yahoo or Hotmail, go to your list of Apps. Find the Email icon and press on it. A setup wizard will then be launched. Enter you email address and password into the fields. You can also change the settings after this step. Once you're happy with the settings, give your account a Name and you're done.

Allow swear words in your voice recognition

By default, your phone will recognise swear words, but insert x's instead of the word. To change this, go to Settings - My Device - Language and input - Voice Search - Then untick Block offensive words.

Remove large apps

If you are running low on phone memory, you can look for your largest applications to uninstall. Go to Settings - More - Application manager. Then swipe from right to left and select Running. From here you can see which applications are taking up the most memory and close them.

Double tap to highlight a word

When entering text into Apps such as your Messaging App, Facebook App and so on, you can tap on the words to start selecting text. Normally, you would then drag the left and right sliders to select the word, or words you want to highlight. If you double tap on a word however, it will quickly select that word. Very handy for quickly copying and one words, name or place.