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How To Use YouTube’s Voice Search Feature While Casting To Smart TV

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You might be having a smart home or a Wi-Fi enabled device at your home. But the one thing that irritates everyone with a smart TV is definitely the onscreen keyboard which requires you to scroll and type using the remote control of your TV. Unless you have a voice, control enabled remote control, you won’t be able to do the voice search till a few weeks back. But now you can now search for videos with your voice on YouTube mobile even while you’re casting to a bigger screen. The Google-owned platform has announced the feature, which works on both iOS and Android devices. Here we present you the process of doing a voice search feature on your smart TV.

Steps For Controlling Your Smart TV Using Your Android’s Voice Search

  • As a first step, you need to open the YouTube app on your android device. Both your TV and Android device must be connected to the same Wi-Fi.
  • Now, tap on the Cast button at the top right corner of the android screen.
  • Now the YouTube app will be launched in your connected smart TV.
  • Then, you can just click on the microphone icon present at the bottom of the screen in the YouTube application in your android device. The red color microphone icon is the one you need to click on for voice searching YouTube Videos on your smart TV.
  • You can use the android device as a smart control device for your television. You can search using voice and the results will appear on your television screen. Navigate buttons will also appear on the device which you can use to navigate among the results and play them on the television.

So, that’s how you can get the most out of YouTube’s voice search feature to enhance your movie-watching experience.

Fast And Efficient Video Downloader For Your Android Device

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Everyone has access to data these days and everyone is watching tonnes of videos. Sometime or the other there may be a need to download the videos. For downloading videos on an Android device there are a lot of applications available and today I am introducing you to one of the best and fast video downloader tools.

KeepVid Video Downloader For Downloading Easily

KeepVid is such an android application that lets you download videos from tens of thousands of websites and other applications. You can download videos from various websites like Facebook, Vimeo, Instagram, Vine, Hotstar, Linda, Dailymotion, and many others.

This video downloader comes with a very simple and easy to use interface. Its features include

  • It downloads the videos on super fast speed.
  • You can download music as well
  • It allows you to download multiple videos at the same time.
  • Download high-quality videos.

 The Process of downloading:

Generally, this is a pretty simple process and you don’t have worry much as it includes a few simple steps as below

  • Open the application that you wish to download the application form or you can just open the KeepVid app and then select that particular website that you want
  • Now select the video that you would like to download and then you can see the download icon of this application in blue colour, tap on it.
  • Select the video quality as it will show you the various qualities available to download, you can find the size on the right side.
  • If you wish to download the audio file from that video, then just select the audio format that you wish to have whether MP3 or M4A.

Make use of this wonderful video downloader and get your things done easily without any kind of hassles. Just make sure you try this application and everything seems very simple.

You Should Know These Features Of Google Drive For Android

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Google Drive which every Android phone user gets by default and we neglect that app and go in search of various other alternatives as we generally have a tendency to neglect the ones that are availed so easily.

But there are tons of amazing and useful features that it has in store for the users and here we present you some of the very useful features of the application that we think everyone must know

Backup:

Android devices still lack a complete backup system and Google drive has the ability to backup system and application settings and various other data of yours which you can restore it when you reset your current device or upgrade to a new device.

You can set this up by simply opening the drive settings and then select back up my data and set it on. You can also check what has been backed up by clicking on the Backup option in the app’s sidebar.

Scan:

Very few people know that the app actually features a document scanner that is pretty much useful to go paperless. By clicking the plus icon in the bottom right corner of the app screen and then selecting the scan option will allow you to scan your photographs and documents.  It will make the image square by cropping the unwanted space.

Make Files Public:

Google Drive is not a file sharing service but it allows users to share their files in public. You can do this by long pressing your file and then copying its link and sharing it with someone you want through various means. Or else you can also invite people to access that file by simply long pressing that particular file and then you will see an add people icon in which you can add the email addresses of people. Or else you can also go to the advanced settings and change the view option to the public and share the link anywhere you want.

Home screen shortcuts:

If you use Drive regularly, then you can actually add some of your important files to the home screen which make them easily accessible and you can do this simply opening the Drive and long pressing the file and then tap on the add to home screen option.

So, we think these simple hacks may be useful to you and make your life a bit simple.

Google Photos Is Coming Up With A Zoom In Feature For Videos Soon

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Google Photos is probably the best way to store photos up in the cloud. However, it never lets users zoom in on videos while they’re playing. In the latest Google Photos update on Android, it seems that the ability to zoom on videos is finally in the works.

Obviously, one could only watch videos without the ability to pinch to zoom before now, but that, of course, would soon change. After it is being launched, the users will be able to zoom in on a particular section of a video and get a clearer view.

The roll-out date of this new feature is not clear at the moment but it gladdens the heart to know that Google Photos is adding another useful feature to an already impressive list.

A couple of weeks ago, Google Photos welcomed a lot of good features since it was launched, which ranks it among the very best in the category. Google is testing image markup that will enable you to draw on your pictures.

The image markup feature will allow you to draw and doodle over your pictures the same way it is being done on Snapchat. From the first look at the feature, it seems you will be able to draw with a marker or brushes.

In its current state, Google Photos won’t respond to pinch-to-zoom gestures while playing a video in either portrait or landscape orientation. As seen in the GIF below, that will soon change when the app is updated to support zooming in on a video to close in on a specific area of the shot.  While this probably won’t be useful in all cases, we can see it being handy for videos of a concert or similar situations.

Learn How To Turn Your Notch Into A Battery Indicator

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Many of the new midrange and flagship mobile devices are arriving with display notches these days. The display notch is nothing but a cut-out at the top of the screen of the device. This display notch is indeed a great thing as it not only improves the looks but also helps the smartphone manufacturers to fit more screen while leaving room for the camera and sensors. Now in this article, we are sharing the best Android customization trick to turn Notch into a battery indicator. The best thing is that the app works on both rooted and non-rooted Android smartphone. So, let’s check out how to turn Notch Into a Battery Indicator.

How To Turn Notch Into a Battery Indicator

  • First of all, download & install the Notch & S10 Battery Bar trial app.
  • Once downloaded, open the app and grant the permissions.
  • Now you will see a screen like below. The app provides users two options to add the battery indicator – Overlay & Wallpaper.
  • There you need to tap on the ‘Overlay’ option and then enable the ‘Overlay (Beta)’. You can adjust the Width, Height from the same panel.
  • Now tap on the Notch shape, and select the Notch shape that matches your phone’s display.
  • You can do the same thing on custom Wallpapers by selecting the ‘Wallpaper’ option from Step 3.

That’s it; you are done! This is how you can turn Notch into a battery indicator.