In the year with the greatest concentration, supply and, why not say it, saturation in the high-end smartphone market, one of the flagships of the moment, the Samsung Galaxy S4, boasts an enviable track record. The South Korean manufacturer has just announced that this equipment is approaching 25 million units in distribution, which gives an idea of the extent to which the South Korean multinational keeps the pulse at a moment that promises to revolutionize around the summer with the presentation of new equipment that helps raise the bar even higher than what we can now find.
The fact is that while that moment arrives, the Samsung Galaxy S4 continues to enjoy an exceptional position. Millions of users carry one of the models of this equipment; users who, logically, will want to get the most out of their device. And with a view to this, from Samsung Tomorrow they have compiled up to ten functions that could seem hidden from those who are not especially given to fiddling with the options of a smartphone. For them, we are going to review these characteristics.
To begin with, it is possible to have almost immediate access to the configuration panel. The Samsung Galaxy S4, with Android 4.2, has a palette of quick access to the configuration of the device, which can appear before our eyes with a single gesture command: just slide the Android notification bar with two fingers instead of one. The capacitive panel on the phone will interpret the difference and display the full quick setup map. As simple as that.
The Samsung Galaxy S4 has infrared connectivity. It may sound old, old. Old-fashioned, come on. But none of that. The phone can become a remote control, and for this, the Samsung Galaxy S4 uses the WatchON application, which can be configured in the notification panel so that we can control the TV from the mobile in a few steps. To do this, we just have to go to the configuration framework of this application, where we will see an option to anchor it to the notification window.
Those who have used a Samsung Galaxy S3 or any of the equipment that was made with the suite of intelligent functions that was released on that device will know Pop Up Play, the utility that allowed you to send a floating video window running in the foreground along with any other application. The Samsung Galaxy S4 maintains this option, but its essence is transferred to other sections of the functions available on the equipment. For example, picking up the virtual keyboard while keeping several applications open. To be able to do this, we would only have to pay attention to a small key located to the left of the space bar. Once that key is pressed, several options will open, among which we will be interested click on the one in the bottom row and further to the right. Once this is done, the keyboard will float as we please on the screen in order to have the spaces that we prefer to keep in sight.
Another hidden function, apparently minor but very useful in those moments when we do not want to be disturbed, is the lock mode. It doesn't have much mystery. We just have to open the settings window and go to the device's shutdown, where we will find the blocking mode. There we can configure the options to disable, such as incoming calls, messages and emails, notifications, alarms or the LED indicator.
We continue and find an option that we have recommended on previous occasions to achieve greater battery efficiency in our device. We refer to the activation and deactivation of the Wi-Fi sensor depending on the use we are giving it. The Samsung Galaxy S4 allows us to program when the Internet access port must be activated or not, being able to define periods between which the Wi-Fi connection remains operational. To be able to access this function, we must enter the system settings, then connections and from there, in the advanced options of the wireless sensor, where we will find the Wi-Fi Timer.
Other of the two hidden options in the Samsung Galaxy S4 are old acquaintances that we have already talked about on occasion. We refer to the Adapt Sound functions and the audio equalizer on call, a couple of solutions that allow to maintain a sound output as adjusted as possible to the user's needs, either while using the media player listening to music or when making calls from phone, respectively.
And, still in the multimedia section, but now in its video aspect, the Samsung Galaxy S4 has a function that will be very interesting, whether we are enjoying sequences on YouTube or with footage stored on our device. It is an option called pinch-to-zoom, which allows us to enlarge specific areas of the playback frame, as well as configure aspects such as the brightness or contrast of the video, as well as the volume with which it reaches us "" regardless of the controller integrated into the Samsung Galaxy S4 itself””. To do this, we would only have to zoom through the classic pinch gesture or by pressing indistinctly to the left or right of the video so that the configuration controls emerge before us. It has no more mystery.
Finally, from Samsung Tomorrow they give clues to a couple of hidden functions that are linked to the lock screen of the Samsung Galaxy S4. The first allows us to anchor a direct access to the camera. To do this, we just have to enter the settings panel, where, once we have accessed the section dedicated to the device, we will press where indicated for the lock screen. There we can point out that we want to configure the widgets of said screen, at which time we can select the camera, which is at our disposal at the moment despite not having unlocked the Samsung Galaxy S4, with which we will gain agility when we have our reach a great photo to capture with your phone.
The second option that we could customize on the lock screen is simpler, although not less attractive for which users. What we could do is customize the welcome message that would appear as soon as we woke up the Samsung Galaxy S4 by pressing the start key. To do this, we follow the route described in the previous point, but when we have to select widgets , we click on "edit personal information", so that we could write the welcome message that we want from several typographic fonts in different colors.
