Of course, your Pixel smartphone lets you do everything that any regular smartphone is capable of doing. But, did you know that there are a few things that make your Google Pixel 9 stand out? Here are the tips and tricks that you need to be a power user of your Google Pixel 9.
Best Tips and Tricks For Pixel 9
Getting the best and most out of the Pixel experience of your Google Pixel 9 series smartphone is important. When you buy a smartphone, you don’t buy it to just make phone calls. You buy to enjoy everything that it can offer you. So, knowing everything that your Pixel 9 is capable of doing is significant. Hence, the tips and tricks.
Organize Those Screenshots with Pixel Screenshots
One of the super exclusive Pixel features powered by Google Gemini. If you browse through your gallery, there will have to be around 100 or so screenshots that you might have captured. Now, when this number increases significantly, it can get complicated to search and scroll through all the screenshots. But thanks to the Pixel Screenshots app, you can easily search for the screenshot by just typing in certain words that describe the screenshot. Pixel Screenshots is also able to group similar screenshots and also lets you add a small description of the screenshot innately. Google’s Gemini helps you organize your screenshots so you don’t have to go on an endless doom-scrolling session. If you have text in your screenshots, you can easily view the text displayed right below the screenshot. This helps in searching for screenshots much more quickly.
Generate Images via Pixel Studio
We have heard about a lot of AI image generators that are available to use. Well, if you have the new Pixel 9 series smartphone, you don’t have to look for any other app. Simply launch the Pixel Studio app and simply describe the type of image that you want to generate. Gemini will generate the image right away. If you’re confused about what to generate, the Studio app also has a lot of recommendations that you can take inspiration from and generate your image. And yes, that is a Pixel 9 series exclusive feature that will not be available on any other Android-powered smartphone.
Capture and Stay In Group Photos with Add Me
Have there been times when you take a lot of group photographs, but are never present in any of those photographs? Well, with the Add Me picture, you can now take a group picture and then later add yourself to that same photograph. Here is how you do it.
Make Your Lock Screen Truly Yours
Personalizing your smartphone is a great way to make it look unique. Starting with the Pixel 9 series, customizing the lock screen is simple and easy. You can easily choose the lock style, wallpapers, app shortcuts, and even the color palette for your lock screen. Here are the steps to customize your lock screen on the Pixel 9.
Set Fun Wallpapers
Do you like the wallpaper of your Pixel 9 but feel like it is quite bland and has no life to it? Well, you can now make those bland wallpapers feel like it has some sort of life. Want to know how? Check these steps. Apart from just these wallpapers, you can also make use of AI Genre tad wallpapers for your device. Just follow these steps.
Max That Screen Resolution (Pixel 9 Pro and 9 Pro XL only)
These fancy Pixel 9 Pros come with a high-resolution screen. But, by default, the screen resolution for the 9 Pro series has been set to 1008 by 2244. To change the resolution and get an even sharper display, do the following. This full-resolution option will make the display look better but, do note that you will see the change in the battery backup as compared to when the resolution is set to High.
Assign The Double Tap Action For various Functions
On the new Pixel 9 series, the fastest way to take a screenshot is by double-tapping the back of the device. However, you can assign that same function to a lot of other tasks. If you want to change the task, here is how you do it
Never Miss A Notification Ever
Now, notification badges and alerts are a great way to indicate that you have received a notification from an app. But what if your phone is silent and still wants to be alerted about new notifications? Well, there’s a trick.
Let Chrome Read Your Webpages
Did you find an interesting article online or one of our own YTECHB articles that you want to read, but you are going to cross a busy street or catch some form of public transportation? Well, you can keep your eyes away from the screen and let Chrome read the article for you. Here’s how you can do it.
Copy Text From Phone To Your PC
One of the great features that have been hidden for the Google Pixel 9 series is the ability to copy text and paste it to your PC. This is great if you have a lot of text to share between your phone and PC. Here is how you can do it. Closing Thoughts This concludes the tips and tricks that you need to know if you own or plan to get yourself one of the new Google Pixel 9 smartphones. Armed with these tips and tricks, you will be able to make the most out of your Pixel smartphone. These tips and tricks will help you with your day-to-day use of the smartphone and expect more features to be released to the smartphones when the newer version of Android rolls out. If you would like to add more to this list, drop them in the comment section
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