Google just likes to hide his features and his Easter eggs in his creations. Whether it's the Chrome browser or the search feature, you can find a host of hidden features and tips. But they are not the only ones. Unknown to many, there are hidden feature flags in Android 9.0 Pie as well as. These flags are not going to cause radical change in your devices, but some UI adjustments and changes here and there are always welcome. Some of the flags even bring back the Oreo Android style features. Now let's see how to enable these indicators on your device.
Enable Feature Flags in Android Pie
If you use Chromium For a long time and are a hard reader here at DroidViews, you probably know Flags. You can call indicators as hidden experimental features to normal users. The same is true here too. These indicators are deeply buried in the Development Options, which are in fact hidden. Follow the steps below to enable developer options and, therefore, feature indicators on your Android 9.0 Pie devices:
- On your device, go to Settings > System > About the phone.
- Scroll down and press Construction number 7 times (in some devices 5 times).
- You will now receive a message that the developer options have been enabled successfully.
- Go to System > Advanced and you could find the Developer options The.
- Scroll to the debug section and find the Function flags option.
That's it. You have now enabled feature flags on your Android 9.0 Pie devices. Let's look at each of the features of these flags.
Functions of various flags in Android Pie
Before deepening their functionality, note that the number of indicators may vary from device to device. Indeed, all these feature indicators were introduced during the beta test phase of Android 9.0 Pie. And different OEMs have incorporated a varied number of flags on their devices. That said, it may be that one or two indicators are not present in all Android devices, such as bluetooth_ Hearing, Settings_battery_v2, and so on. False for the disabled.
feature indicator settings_about_phone_v2
Set this option in Android Pie to true and the About the phone The option moves to the top of the System menu. In addition, you will now have your name at the top of the screen followed by all other related information. If you keep it wrong, the option goes to the bottom of the window. System menu. In addition, your avatar will not be there either. Apart from this, only basic information such as phone number, IMEI, etc. will be displayed first. All other information will be moved to the new Advanced section.
settings_bluetooth_while_driving
If you set it to true, that is, it's turned on, you'll get a Use Bluetooth feature while driving under Settings > Connected devices > Connection preferences. If this option is disabled in Android Pie, this feature will be removed from the login preferences menu.
settings_connected_device-v2
When you enable this indicator, connected devices use a simple user interface. That's what you currently get by default in Android 9.0 Pie. If this option is disabled, the connected devices adopt a user interface similar to Android Oreo, that is, there is no connection preference option. All its features will be directly available under Connected devices himself. This feature indicator is not present on all Android 9.0 Pie devices.
indicators_data_usage_v2 feature indicator
I have tried to enable / disable the indicator, but there does not seem to be any change to the option of using the data.
function indicator settings_audio_switcher
Similar to the above, it also does not seem to perform any activity, whether it is enabled or disabled.
Parameters of the settings_systemui_theme feature
This feature indicator does not seem to have a visible change in Android Pie settings, whether true or false. This does not affect the System UI demonstration mode either.
settings_zone_picker_v2
If you set it to true and go to Settings > System > Date and hour and turn off Automatic time zonethen press Select time zone and you will be presented with a much more detailed view. Disabling this feature in Android Pie allows you to return to the user interface that was present in Android Oreo, that is, simple and less detailed information.
settings_battery_v2 feature flag
This feature indicator was available in beta versions of Android Pie and has since been missing at most devices running the stable version of Pie. However, if you have any, try turning it off and you will get very detailed statistics and battery usage, similar to those provided in Android Oreo. However, if you set it to true, less information on the battery settings page will be provided.
settings_bluetooth_hearing_aid
Once activated, you can connect a hearing aid with Bluetooth functionality to your Android device. If this setting is set to false, the device stops Bluetooth hearing aid support. As mentioned earlier, this option is not available on most Android 9.0 Pie devices.
settings_battery_display_app_list
If this flag is set to false, you will get the battery settings page as it is by default. When you enable this feature on Android Pie devices, you get a list of different system applications and its battery usage since the last full charge. This flag only works in combination with the parameters_battery_v2 flag. But the absence of this latest feature of most Pie Android devices has made the first unusable.
So these were various hidden feature indicators in Android 9.0 Pie devices. Let us know in the comments which was your first choice.
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