Top 10 Androidapps tips

One thing Chrome OS still lags behind is the lack of apps. Of course, we have Android apps and Linux apps. But some of them are not well optimized to work on Chromebooks. Thankfully, you can turn most web apps to standalone Chrome apps with a simple trick. Just head over to Aplicationize website and paste the URL you want to convert into an app. And follow the instructions shown on the Aplicationize website. Google Docs, Twitter, Facebook, Wordpress are some of the apps which don’t work great with Android and are in which you can try this method for a better experience.

Our next Android Auto tip relates to saving that data consumption and battery juice while using the app. The point to note is that while using Android Auto in your car, it’s your smartphone that is doing the majority of things. You are using the smartphone for data connection, Bluetooth, apps and more. This could result in your phone getting hot and also drain out the battery. To save battery you can preload maps and other stuff when you are WiFi frequency range and then turn off the WiFi to save battery. Moreover, you could also use the “WiFi Suspend Mode” to stop searching for a WiFi signal. This will save your battery and won’t heat up your device.

On the note of customer service, make sure you separate hot and cold items in the order as best as you can. This is especially important if you’re delivering a combo like ice cream and a hot food item. Cold drinks should also be separated, if possible. If you need a solid delivery bag, you can also checkout this one on Amazon for a cheap starter bag: For short deliveries, this won’t be game changing. However, for 20+ minute trips, this simple trick can help keep food and drinks at more enjoyable temperatures and make the customer happier.

This is something you might know already that you can take a screenshot just by pressing the Control + Overview button which has an icon of a rectangle with 2 lines and in the place of F5. But there is also an option to take a partial screenshot of just a certain portion of the screen. Just press Control + Shift + Overview button, the screen will turn a bit darker, just select the part of the screen you want to take a screenshot and get a screenshot of just the portion you want. A fun tip: Press the Control + Alt + Overview button, and take a screenshot of any window on Chromebook.

By default, all your downloads go to the download folder and there is no other folder on the Chrome OS. Thankfully, you can change that. Open browser settings > downloads and change the location by clicking on the change button. And create a new folder from there if you want. Normally all the files you have downloaded and the files you copied will stay in the same place, with this trick, you can actually make it more organized. Or even directly download to Google Drive, as Chromebooks generally don’t have much memory space, you can save a lot of data on your Chromebook.

Having Offline Google Maps or Navigation Maps can be handy and useful during journey or at places where there are Internet Network Issues. To avoid any unwanted trouble, you can always download your desired Google Map or Maps and use them Offline whenever and wherever required. Here is how to do it:

1. Open Google Maps App
2. Click on your Profile at the Top Right Corner
3. A menu will appear on the Left. Select “Offline Maps”
4. Now click on “Select Your Own Map”
5. Select your Desired Map and click “Download”. In few seconds your map will be downloaded for Offline Use.

If you go to the System settings > Storage and restart you will see that there is an option that allows you to activate the access to the storage of Nvidia Shield TV through a USB A to USB A cable. Ok, the cable may not be the most popular, but you can buy it from Amazon easily. When you connect the Nvidia Shield TV to the computer it will appear as another external disk, so you can copy the files you need. A faster option for large files compared to the option to do it over the local network.