10 AMAZING Apps you NEED to try!
TLDRThis video showcases 10 innovative Android apps that enhance user experience. 'Side Squeeze' reintroduces the squeeze feature for Google Assistant on various devices. 'Liquid Tear Down' offers custom charging animations and phone internals visualization. 'Clipdrop' uses augmented reality to cut out objects from photos and transfer them to a computer desktop. 'Shortcut Maker' allows for personalized shortcut widgets on the home screen with various customization options. 'Qradar' employs AI to organize and tag photos in your gallery. Skillshare, an online learning platform, is highlighted for its wide range of classes and affordable subscription model. 'Direct Chat' brings Android 11's chat bubbles feature to older Android versions. 'Join' facilitates seamless interaction between different devices. 'Filmic Remote' provides wireless control over the Filmic Pro app for video recording. 'Elegance' reads imported documents aloud, making it useful for catching up on work while driving. Lastly, 'Flow' encourages mindful phone usage by prompting users to justify each unlock.
Takeaways
- 📱 Side Squeeze app brings back the squeeze feature for any device, similar to Google Assistant but with some limitations.
- 🔋 Liquid Teardown offers custom charging animations and displays a sketchup of your phone's internals when plugged in.
- 📷 Clipdrop uses augmented reality to cut out objects from photos and place them onto your computer's desktop.
- 🛠️ Shortcut Maker allows for the creation of customized shortcut widgets on your home screen with high levels of personalization.
- 🤖 QRadar uses AI to organize your photo gallery with intelligent search and tagging features, even offline.
- 🎥 Skillshare is an online learning platform with a wide range of classes, similar to a subscription service like Netflix.
- 💬 Direct Chat brings Android 11's chat bubbles feature to older Android versions, offering quick messaging replies and customization.
- 🔗 Join app facilitates seamless interaction between different devices, allowing for copying, pasting, and transferring files across them.
- 📹 Filmic Remote app lets you wirelessly control Filmic Pro on another device, offering professional video controls at a fraction of the cost.
- 📚 Stillness app reads documents aloud, providing a natural sounding voice and useful for catching up on reading while on the go.
- 📱 Flow app encourages intentional phone use by asking users why they are unlocking their phone, aiming to reduce unnecessary phone usage.
Q & A
What functionality does the 'Side Squeeze' app bring back to Android devices?
-The 'Side Squeeze' app brings back the squeeze for Google Assistant functionality to any Android device, similar to what was available on previous Google Pixel devices.
How does the 'Liquid Teardown' app enhance the charging experience on a phone?
-The 'Liquid Teardown' app enhances the charging experience by playing a cool charging animation and displaying a neat sketchup of the phone's internals whenever the phone is plugged in.
What is unique about the 'Clipdrop' app in terms of augmented reality utilization?
-The 'Clipdrop' app uses augmented reality in a practical way by allowing users to take a photo of any object, cut it out, and then drop the cutout onto their computer's desktop by simply hovering their phone in front of the display.
What customization options does the 'Shortcut Maker' app offer for shortcut widgets on the home screen?
-The 'Shortcut Maker' app offers a wide range of customization options for shortcut widgets, including the ability to change the icon pack, icon size, hide the label, and even set up fingerprint authentication upon opening.
How does the 'Qradar' app use artificial intelligence to organize a photo gallery?
-The 'Qradar' app uses artificial intelligence to intelligently suggest photos that match keywords searched by the user and categorizes photos using tags, which function similarly to albums.
What is the benefit of the 'Direct Chat' app for users who are not on Android 11?
-The 'Direct Chat' app brings the chat bubbles feature from Android 11 to older versions of Android, allowing users to have a similar floating bubble icon for quick messaging and interaction.
What does the 'Join' app allow users to do between different devices?
-The 'Join' app allows users to seamlessly interact between different devices, enabling actions such as copying and pasting between devices, remotely opening applications, transferring files, and sending messages across devices.
How does the 'Filmic Remote' app enhance the functionality of the 'Filmic Pro' app?
-The 'Filmic Remote' app allows users to wirelessly control the 'Filmic Pro' app features such as recording, focus, exposure control, and loading presets by syncing an additional Android device to the one running 'Filmic Pro'.
What is the purpose of the 'Elegance' app and how does it assist users with documents?
-The 'Elegance' app reads back any imported document, such as work documents, newsletters, or ebooks, audibly to assist users, especially when they are in situations like driving where reading is not possible.
How does the 'Flow' app aim to reduce phone usage?
-The 'Flow' app helps reduce phone usage by prompting users to type in why they are unlocking their phone each time, encouraging intentional use of the device, and offering options to disable the dismiss button and enable reminders of intended phone use.
Outlines
📱 Side Squeeze App Brings Back Pixel Feature
The video introduces Side Squeeze, an app that restores the squeeze feature for Google Assistant on any device, similar to the one removed from the Pixel 5. Although not as smooth as the original, it offers a close experience. The episode also covers other top Android apps, including Liquid Teardown, which provides custom charging animations and a visual representation of a phone's internals. The app supports multiple devices, with a trial period before needing to upgrade. The presenter also mentions giving away 20 promo codes for the app on their Instagram stories.
📸 ClipDrop App for Augmented Reality
ClipDrop is highlighted as a practical use of augmented reality. After installing the app on both a phone and computer, users can photograph objects, have the app cut them out, and then 'drop' them onto the computer's desktop by simply hovering the phone over the display. The video also discusses Shortcut Maker, an app for creating custom shortcut widgets on the home screen with extensive customization options, including icon packs, sizes, labels, and even fingerprint authentication. The presenter shares their customized home screen setup using Google's Pixel launcher.
🤖 Qradar App for AI-Powered Photo Organization
Qradar is an early access app that uses offline artificial intelligence to organize photo galleries. It impresses with its search and tagging features, intelligently suggesting photos based on keywords and categorizing them into tags, similar to albums. The app's potential for improvement is noted as it is still in the early stages of development.
📚 Skillshare Sponsorship and Learning Opportunities
The video features a sponsorship from Skillshare, an online community with thousands of classes in various categories such as graphic design and video editing. The presenter mentions their own use of the platform to learn about creating an authentic YouTube channel and community through a class by Sorella Moore. Skillshare offers a free trial to the first 1000 people using the link provided in the video description.
💬 Direct Chat App for Older Android Versions
For those not updated to Android 11, Direct Chat is an app that brings the chat bubbles feature to older Android versions. It functions similarly to the official version, allowing quick replies to messages from a floating icon. The app offers customization for chat bubble appearance and the ability to add unsupported apps for chat messaging. A premium version is available, and the presenter will be giving away 50 promo codes for lifetime access on their Instagram stories.
🔄 Join App for Seamless Device Interaction
Join is an app that facilitates seamless interaction between different devices, requiring some ADB permissions for setup. Once configured, users can copy and paste between devices, remotely open apps, transfer files, and send messages. The app is particularly useful for those using Filmic Pro for video capture on their smartphones, as Filmic Remote allows wireless control over recording, focus, exposure, and other features using a spare Android device.
📚 Elegance App for Document Reading
Elegance is an app that reads documents aloud after they are imported, suitable for work documents, newsletters, or e-books. It offers a natural-sounding voice and is particularly useful for times when hands-free reading is needed, such as while driving.
📱 Flow App for Mindful Phone Usage
Flow is an app designed to reduce phone usage. Upon unlocking the phone, it prompts users to specify why they are unlocking it, encouraging intentional use. Users can also disable the dismiss button and set a reminder for their intended phone use after unlocking, promoting mindfulness and reducing unnecessary phone interactions.
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Keywords
💡Side Squeeze
💡Liquid Teardown
💡Clipdrop
💡Shortcut Maker
💡Qradar
💡Direct Chat
💡Join
💡Filmic Remote
💡Stillness
💡Flow
💡Skillshare
Highlights
Side Squeeze app brings back the squeeze for Google Assistant feature on any device.
Liquid Teardown app offers a custom charging animation and displays a sketch of phone internals.
Clipdrop app uses augmented reality to cut out objects from photos and drop them onto your computer desktop.
Shortcut Maker app allows creation of custom shortcut widgets with high customization for home screen.
Qradar app uses offline AI to organize and search your photo gallery intelligently.
Direct Chat app brings Android 11's chat bubble feature to older versions of Android.
Join app enables seamless interaction between different devices for copying, pasting, and more.
Filmic Remote app allows wireless control of the Filmic Pro app on another device.
Elegance app audibly reads back documents, newsletters, or ebooks imported into the app.
Flow app helps reduce phone usage by asking for a reason each time you unlock your phone.
Skillshare offers an extensive range of online classes with a free trial for new users.
Side Squeeze app isn't as smooth as the original feature but gets close.
Liquid Teardown app supports many devices, and even unsupported devices can still use it.
Clipdrop app accurately cuts out objects and drops them onto a computer desktop.
Shortcut Maker app supports fingerprint authentication for opening shortcuts.
Qradar app intelligently suggests photos based on a plethora of keywords.
Direct Chat app works almost exactly like the official Android 11 chat bubbles.
Join app requires enabling some permissions via ADB to work as expected.
Filmic Remote app offers features like recording, focus control, and exposure control wirelessly.
Elegance app provides a natural-sounding voice for reading documents.
Flow app can disable the dismiss button to enforce intentional phone use.