Do you own an OPPO móvil? Get more out of your custom layer with these secret tricks.
Whether you bought a mobile phone from OPPO because if you’ve been with the Chinese company for a few years, you might not have noticed it many hidden functions what does that include Coloursyour custom level.
It was raised as a from the start (back in 2013). clean and smooth programa, ColorOS is one of the best series of customizations that we cánido find in Android today and also one of the most habitual. Remember that in 2020 Realme phones have also arrived Factory installed ColorOS.
In any case, today we are going to see some of the secrets that ColorOS hides in your OPPO móvil inteligente. We will talk about both ColorOS 7 (based on Android 10 and therefore also present in some real mobile phones) and its successor ColorOS 11 (based on Android 11). your Oppo (unless it’s a very old model), you’ll definitely find these tricks useful.
Quickly access customization settings
Let’s start with a basic movement to fully master the customization of your móvil inteligente with ColorOS. Just hold your finger anywhere on the home screen until you see that custom options. You will see at least four different shortcuts: Widgets, wallpapers, effects and settings. This last part allows you to “tinker” as much as possible with how your device’s home screen appears.
Swipe down to view ads faster or access the search bar
we all know how quick access to notifications on our mobile phones: swipe your finger down from the top of the screen. However, starting with ColorOS, they make it easier for us to access them without having to stretch your finger to the upper area for our cell phone.
Although this customization only works from the home screen of our OPPO, it is a very practical function: fácil Swipe down from the middle of the screen. From there you cánido choose between viewing a Drawer for browsing applications (which is aparente by default with this gesture) or change it in the customization settings (check the previous trick) by tapping on “Swipe down on the home screen”, a section where you have to do this Change “Search” to “Notification Panel”.
Take screenshots by moving your fingers
At this point in the largometraje, you will already know that Screenshot on OPPO phone All you have to do, as with many other devices, is Volume down and power button at the same time. However yes an even simpler method and all thanks to ColorOS.
That’s enough Swipe up from the bottom with three fingers at the same time to take the screen. As if that wasn’t enough, you cánido access additional screen options that’s on the bottom of the three fingers before swiping, this way you cánido do both partial commitment (smooth gliding after holding) or a Dynamic full page capture (swipe after hold).
It takes a little getting used to at first, but once you get the hang of it, it’s a sign the sea of useful things.
Ask Google plus Assistant using the power button
The Handy Tools menu is one of the most useful in ColorOS
You’re not the first to have trouble activating the Google plus Assistant, and the “Ok Google plus” may not be as convenient as it should be. That is why you want to know that Google plus Assistant cánido be accessed by pressing the power button on the mobile phone.
If you want to enable this option, go to the general settings of the terminal and then to search “hand tools”. The first thing you will see is a setting called “Hold the power button to activate the Google plus Assistant”. If you enable it, you perro Go to Google plus Assistant press for half a second Cell phone power button.
In case you’re curious, this menu allows you to view the device’s navigation gestures and the actions that trigger them physical buttons.
Activate the smart sidebar
Take advantage of the fact that you are in the menu “hand tools”Clic on “Smart Sidebar” to access the settings of this feature, which espectáculos: Sidebar with specific features and utilities which perro be very convenient for some users.
Remember that you perro customize to the maximum what you want to see in this sidebar Just clic “Editar” and drag and drop the aplicaciones you want.
Mute calls by flipping the phone
This is what you see in the ColorOS gestures and motion menu
Although it’s not an adaptation SUI genericIt is true that many people are not aware of this option Has arrivedagain, in the “Useful tools” menu..
Once inside that menu, clic where it says “Gestures and Movements” and go to the bottom of the screen. You will see different options there to enable or disable, it’s one of them “Mute incoming calls”. Of course, we encourage you to try everything that OPPO gestures have to offer. agregado mute calls You cannot answer calls automatically or call a selected contact by holding the phone to your ear.
Launch functions and open aplicaciones by gesturing on the screen
Get quick access to your applications by “swiping” the screen.
In the previous Gestures and Movements section, you will see that there is an option called “Gestures from the screen”. If you access it, you will see that ColorOS offers you a whole range of gestures that you cánido perform on the screen.
For example, drawing a letter “V” activates the flashlight, drawing a circle activates the camera, etcétera. The best part is that You perro fully customize these gestures do tasks yourself, Drag “W” to open WhatsApp on the lock screen. Experiment yourself!
Automatically turn on and off your OPPO
There are not many mobile phones that leave their owners Schedule to turn on and off automatically, a very useful function to disconnect and save the battery without too much difficulty. For this reason, this option is one of the most interesting offered by both ColorOS and OPPO mobile phones.
To activate it, simply:
- Go to the “Settings” of the terminal.
- Entrar “Additional Settings”.
- Tap on “Coche On/Off” and equipo the desired hours.
Record mobile screen along with audio and vídeo
You choose how the screen in ColorOS is to be recorded
We end this compilation of tricks with a very useful functionality for Create vídeos for popular media or for create tutorials with your cell phone. Basically, not only will everything that happens on the screen of your OPPO be recorded, it will also activate the front camera, as well as the sound, creating a clip where you perro hear speaking and where you perro see the mobile screen and your face. How do I enable this option? Well, very simply:
- Under Settings, type or browse the Additional Configuration section.
- Tap on “Screen recording”.
- Enable the “Audio microphone recording” and “Front camera” options.