**Five Favorite New Features on Android Nougat**

In this article, we'll explore five cool features that make using Android Nougat even more enjoyable and convenient.

**Tip 1: Converting Pictures to Text Messages**

One of the lesser-known features of Android Nougat is the ability to convert pictures into text messages. To do this, simply go into your messaging app, select the picture you want to send as a text message, and hold down on it until a menu appears. From there, drag the picture over to the other screen where you'd like to type out a message. The picture will then be converted into a typed-out message that you can easily edit or delete.

This feature is especially useful when you're traveling abroad and need to send important documents, such as hotel reservations or flight information, via text message. It's also great for sending receipts or other documents from your phone to someone else, without having to worry about taking a photo of it first.

**Tip 2: Closing Multi-Window**

Another feature that's been added in Android Nougat is the ability to close multi-window mode more easily. When you're using multiple apps at once, you can access them by holding down on the home button and selecting the app switcher. However, closing all of those windows can be a hassle.

To close multi-window, simply click on the middle icon (usually a "Close" or "X" symbol) to bring up the menu. From there, select "Close All" to get rid of all your open apps at once. This feature saves you time and effort when you need to switch between multiple tasks quickly.

**Tip 3: Adjusting Screen Resolution**

In Android Nougat, you can adjust the screen resolution on your device to save battery life or improve performance. To do this, go into your Settings app (usually located in the notification shade) and select "Display". From there, choose between three different resolutions:

* Full HD (1080p): This is the default resolution on most Android Nougat devices.

* Normal HD (720p): If you want to save battery life, this is a good option. However, keep in mind that it may affect the overall quality of your screen experience.

* QHD (Quad HD, 1440p): This is the highest-resolution option available on most Android Nougat devices. It's perfect for gaming or watching high-definition video.

When you select the resolution, the changes will take effect immediately.

**Tip 4: Secret Feature: Cat Mode**

One of the coolest features in Android Nougat is the ability to enable a secret mode called "Cat Mode". This feature was originally introduced by Samsung, but has since been added to other Android devices as well.

To access Cat Mode, follow these steps:

* Go into your Settings app and select "Device" or "About phone".

* Scroll down until you see "Software information", then select it.

* Tap on the version number (usually an N icon) multiple times until a cat appears.

* Once the cat is visible, tap on it to enable Cat Mode.

Once enabled, a new icon will appear in your notification shade. This icon can be used to feed and interact with your virtual kitty. You can even give your virtual kitty a name!

**Tip 5: Using Virtual Kitty**

Now that we've enabled Cat Mode, let's talk about how to use our virtual kitty. When you first enable the feature, you'll see an empty dish in the notification shade. To feed your kitty, simply tap on the dish and select what you want to give it - fish, chicken, or treats.

As your kitty eats, you'll receive notifications indicating that your cat is happy and healthy. You can also name your virtual kitty by tapping on its icon in the notification shade. It's a fun way to personalize your Android experience!

"WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: enwelcome to Tech with Brett where I help Tech work for you and in this video I'm going to show you five new features that you have on the nougat update for your Samsung Galaxy Device this will work with your Galaxy S8 your s7s and other devices that are being updated to Nate let's get started the first tip is in the brightness settings on the notification panel you may have noticed that when you pull down you no longer see a brightness control right here at the top you have to pull it down a second time to see the brightness if you click the drop- down arrow right next to the brightness setting you'll see these other features here you have the brightness level you have an auto brightness setting as well as a show control on top when you select this it's going to show that brightness control right at the very top of the notification bar so now when I pull down you can see that I have the brightness settings right there and I can adjust it really easily my second tip is in the recent apps button so typically when you push the recent apps button it's going to show you these recent apps that you've been to so say I'm in the gallery and then I want to go to a different app let's say I want to go into my Google home or whatever application I want so before you would have to click the button and then choose the the other application well now with Android nougat all you have to do is tap the button down here twice and it will instantly jump back to the recent app so here tap tap and it is all the way back to the other app again tap tap it jumps back to my gallery so let's say I'm in the gallery and now I want to choose a different app like the phone app all I need to do tap tap and it jumps right back to the recent app that I was in the third feature I want to show you is multi- window to get to multi- window you first need to have recently open an application so here I'm going to go into my gallery and let's say I just open up a picture or a video to start multi- window you just need to select the recent apps icon down here at the bottom if you only have one app that's open that's okay all you need to do is select the multi- window icon up here at the top it's two rectangle boxes I select that down here will show any other recent applications I've used but I don't have any of those so all I need to do is Select more apps if you ever used multi- window on other Samsung devices you know that the application choices were very limited well now with Android nougat it is baked in essentially to the software so you have many more options that you can use so all I need to do is select any of these applications and then it will go into multi- window so let's say I want to use Chrome down here and I want to um you know I can go into a different window there and then here at the top I have my gallery so if I want to so these will run independently of each other so they're their own application still if I click the middle icon right here I can change a few settings this one allows me to pin this window to the top so it will always stay up there the second one allows me to swap the places of the app so now my Galler is on the bottom if I want to pop an application out to be on its own I just need to select that icon and here I can close my multi window so also if I go back into multi- window again so here I would just select whichever application I want to be on the top and then down here I select the bottom app and I can adjust this so this can be taller let's say I want to have YouTube up here or something I can then have a totally different applic down here on the bottom if I want to change the app on the bottom at any time all I need to do is Click home and then I can select the other application I want to use say I want to pull open my camera there we can see that my video is still on the top of the screen if you do go into landscape mode sometimes it will not let you adjust the size of the screen but it will make them stay uh side by side in equal links also if you're navigating and doing something else at the same time you do need to click on the navigation window because the one window will stay frozen if it's not active another really cool trick with multi- window is if I have something that I want to share to somebody like a screenshot or anything on the screen to a message all I have to do is go home go into my messages and and then let's say I want to text this picture right here all I have to do is hold down drag that to the other screen it is now converting that to send as a text message you can do that with pictures as well as videos here in the stock messaging app sometimes the apps are not supported so it is a little limited on which applications you can do there but that's a really cool trick now that video is attached and I can just click Send to close the multi- window all you need to do is click the middle icon and click the close button and that will close multi- window my fourth tip is in the display settings so all you need to do is pull down the notification bar and go into the settings gear at the top then you need to go down here into display so when you have a Samsung nougat device your screen resolution will default to full HD so is what that means is the screen has a Quad HD display so it's a very high resolution it will automatically choose full HD so that it can save on battery life and then you have normal HD so let me show you the difference between all of these so is what I would recommend is if you want to save battery life you can go down this way down to just regular HD but if you want the best quality make sure you select the wqhd up here that's going to give your screen the best look that it can get so here I'm going to just show you what uh the QHD looks like you can just look at the text right here and then if I go and change it to standard definition at 720p and click apply and then here I'm going to change it to full resolution and you may not be able to tell much on the video but there is a big difference on what that actually does and my fifth tip this is really a secret on Android is to get your own little cat that you can feed on your Android device so all you need to do is pull down the notification bar go into your settings and then we're going to go all the way down to about device once we are here we're going to select software information and then if we go up here to Android version we just need to select Android version keep tapping it until you see this N icon so that's the N for Nate and then if you keep tapping as well as hold down you'll see that down here a cat icon appeared so what that means is you now have cat mode enabled on your nougat device so on the Samsung phone here the Galaxy S8 we need to go into the notification so I'm going to pull this down and scroll over and you will see a new icon but here we need to adjust something first I need to click settings and then I need to click reorder buttons now you see a new icon down here that is a cat and I just need to drag that up to whatever position I want the cat to be at and then I click done so now you have a cat that you can feed and it's going to show up right here this is the way that you feed the cat it's going to show empty dish to feed the cat you select the empty dish and choose what you want to feed the cat here you have bits fish chicken and treat I hear chicken's the best thing to do to feed the cat so now you've put the chicken there if we we go back we'll see that it has added a chicken and then you'll just have to wait until the cat eats the chicken once your cat has arrived you will receive a notification here it says a cat is here and it gives it a number you just select the notification and there you have your cat you can hold down and delete the cat or share the cat or if you tap you then can name the cat so here where's she going name ours Felix okay so there we have our little cat and you can then go and feed your cat again right here in the dish there is the chicken ready for the kitty cat to get back to your kitty collector you just need to pull down the notifications go back over to the dish hold down and that will jump into your kitties I hope you enjoyed my five favorite new features on Android nougat if you know anyone that just got a nougat device please click the share button either above or below and share these cool tricks with them if you're completely new to Android I'd love for you to check out the Android 101 playlist to the side that's going to teach you all the basics of using an Android phone and if this is your very first time here click the Subscribe button below so that you can be notified of my new uploads to gain more knowledge about how to use the confusing Tech that's out there thanks so much for watching we'll see you on the next onewelcome to Tech with Brett where I help Tech work for you and in this video I'm going to show you five new features that you have on the nougat update for your Samsung Galaxy Device this will work with your Galaxy S8 your s7s and other devices that are being updated to Nate let's get started the first tip is in the brightness settings on the notification panel you may have noticed that when you pull down you no longer see a brightness control right here at the top you have to pull it down a second time to see the brightness if you click the drop- down arrow right next to the brightness setting you'll see these other features here you have the brightness level you have an auto brightness setting as well as a show control on top when you select this it's going to show that brightness control right at the very top of the notification bar so now when I pull down you can see that I have the brightness settings right there and I can adjust it really easily my second tip is in the recent apps button so typically when you push the recent apps button it's going to show you these recent apps that you've been to so say I'm in the gallery and then I want to go to a different app let's say I want to go into my Google home or whatever application I want so before you would have to click the button and then choose the the other application well now with Android nougat all you have to do is tap the button down here twice and it will instantly jump back to the recent app so here tap tap and it is all the way back to the other app again tap tap it jumps back to my gallery so let's say I'm in the gallery and now I want to choose a different app like the phone app all I need to do tap tap and it jumps right back to the recent app that I was in the third feature I want to show you is multi- window to get to multi- window you first need to have recently open an application so here I'm going to go into my gallery and let's say I just open up a picture or a video to start multi- window you just need to select the recent apps icon down here at the bottom if you only have one app that's open that's okay all you need to do is select the multi- window icon up here at the top it's two rectangle boxes I select that down here will show any other recent applications I've used but I don't have any of those so all I need to do is Select more apps if you ever used multi- window on other Samsung devices you know that the application choices were very limited well now with Android nougat it is baked in essentially to the software so you have many more options that you can use so all I need to do is select any of these applications and then it will go into multi- window so let's say I want to use Chrome down here and I want to um you know I can go into a different window there and then here at the top I have my gallery so if I want to so these will run independently of each other so they're their own application still if I click the middle icon right here I can change a few settings this one allows me to pin this window to the top so it will always stay up there the second one allows me to swap the places of the app so now my Galler is on the bottom if I want to pop an application out to be on its own I just need to select that icon and here I can close my multi window so also if I go back into multi- window again so here I would just select whichever application I want to be on the top and then down here I select the bottom app and I can adjust this so this can be taller let's say I want to have YouTube up here or something I can then have a totally different applic down here on the bottom if I want to change the app on the bottom at any time all I need to do is Click home and then I can select the other application I want to use say I want to pull open my camera there we can see that my video is still on the top of the screen if you do go into landscape mode sometimes it will not let you adjust the size of the screen but it will make them stay uh side by side in equal links also if you're navigating and doing something else at the same time you do need to click on the navigation window because the one window will stay frozen if it's not active another really cool trick with multi- window is if I have something that I want to share to somebody like a screenshot or anything on the screen to a message all I have to do is go home go into my messages and and then let's say I want to text this picture right here all I have to do is hold down drag that to the other screen it is now converting that to send as a text message you can do that with pictures as well as videos here in the stock messaging app sometimes the apps are not supported so it is a little limited on which applications you can do there but that's a really cool trick now that video is attached and I can just click Send to close the multi- window all you need to do is click the middle icon and click the close button and that will close multi- window my fourth tip is in the display settings so all you need to do is pull down the notification bar and go into the settings gear at the top then you need to go down here into display so when you have a Samsung nougat device your screen resolution will default to full HD so is what that means is the screen has a Quad HD display so it's a very high resolution it will automatically choose full HD so that it can save on battery life and then you have normal HD so let me show you the difference between all of these so is what I would recommend is if you want to save battery life you can go down this way down to just regular HD but if you want the best quality make sure you select the wqhd up here that's going to give your screen the best look that it can get so here I'm going to just show you what uh the QHD looks like you can just look at the text right here and then if I go and change it to standard definition at 720p and click apply and then here I'm going to change it to full resolution and you may not be able to tell much on the video but there is a big difference on what that actually does and my fifth tip this is really a secret on Android is to get your own little cat that you can feed on your Android device so all you need to do is pull down the notification bar go into your settings and then we're going to go all the way down to about device once we are here we're going to select software information and then if we go up here to Android version we just need to select Android version keep tapping it until you see this N icon so that's the N for Nate and then if you keep tapping as well as hold down you'll see that down here a cat icon appeared so what that means is you now have cat mode enabled on your nougat device so on the Samsung phone here the Galaxy S8 we need to go into the notification so I'm going to pull this down and scroll over and you will see a new icon but here we need to adjust something first I need to click settings and then I need to click reorder buttons now you see a new icon down here that is a cat and I just need to drag that up to whatever position I want the cat to be at and then I click done so now you have a cat that you can feed and it's going to show up right here this is the way that you feed the cat it's going to show empty dish to feed the cat you select the empty dish and choose what you want to feed the cat here you have bits fish chicken and treat I hear chicken's the best thing to do to feed the cat so now you've put the chicken there if we we go back we'll see that it has added a chicken and then you'll just have to wait until the cat eats the chicken once your cat has arrived you will receive a notification here it says a cat is here and it gives it a number you just select the notification and there you have your cat you can hold down and delete the cat or share the cat or if you tap you then can name the cat so here where's she going name ours Felix okay so there we have our little cat and you can then go and feed your cat again right here in the dish there is the chicken ready for the kitty cat to get back to your kitty collector you just need to pull down the notifications go back over to the dish hold down and that will jump into your kitties I hope you enjoyed my five favorite new features on Android nougat if you know anyone that just got a nougat device please click the share button either above or below and share these cool tricks with them if you're completely new to Android I'd love for you to check out the Android 101 playlist to the side that's going to teach you all the basics of using an Android phone and if this is your very first time here click the Subscribe button below so that you can be notified of my new uploads to gain more knowledge about how to use the confusing Tech that's out there thanks so much for watching we'll see you on the next one\n"