Are you tired of using both hands to perform actions on the big screen of your smartphone? However, just activate one option to make your life easier and do everything comfortably with just one hand!
The size of the screens of our smartphones has continued to increase since their democratization. If this additional surface area is a good thing for our reading and viewing comfort, it does however pose a more down-to-earth problem: our hands have not grown in the same proportions in recent years. As a result, it is not always easy to reach all parts of the screen with your thumb and it is often necessary to use your second hand to comfortably handle your phone. And if, like many people, you like to use your device with one hand, you are then forced to perform a little wrist gymnastics to reach the upper part of your screen, at the risk of your precious smartphone slipping away from you and making an accident. unfortunate fall.
Faced with this problem, you could choose to buy a phone with more reasonable dimensions, but these models are becoming increasingly rare on the market and a large screen also offers real advantages for reading, playing or watching movies. videos. Fortunately, there is a very practical function to combine a large display area with easy one-handed use, available on almost all Android phones, the aptly named… One Hand mode! First introduced by certain manufacturers such as Xiaomi, One Hand mode was then integrated directly by Google into Android since version 12. Concretely, it is an option to activate in the phone’s settings, which allows you to reduce Temporarily resize the display via a simple thumb manipulation, so you can easily reach any element on the screen.
The location of the option to activate One Hand mode may vary depending on the brand of the phone and the Android overlay applied by the manufacturer, but it is generally found in Settings Then advanced settings Or Advanced functions. To find it for sure, the easiest way is to open the settings of your smartphone, then type “one hand” in the search bar. Once in the right menu, simply press the button opposite the option One-handed mode to activate it.
Some phones will allow you to choose the size of the display when reduced, and others to select how you trigger One Handed mode. The handling may vary slightly depending on your phone but the method remains generally similar: sometimes you have to press the button Welcome then slide your finger to the right or left, slightly diagonally downward; other times you have to press the button twice quickly Welcomebut in all cases it is a quick action that can be easily performed with the thumb or any other finger.
And to return to normal size, simply touch one of the black areas around the reduced display. Note also that there is a similar function on Google’s touch keyboard, Gboard, which is located in the suggestions bar and which this time only reduces the size of the keyboard to allow you to write easily with one hand. Two quick and practical functions, which make using a smartphone with a large screen much easier and more comfortable!