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YouTube added a new “take a break” feature to both Android and iPhone devices. This YouTube takes a break reminder feature that is helpful to take a break while watching YouTube videos on your Android or iOS devices. By default set reminder as “Never” to take a break on YouTube. You can set a reminder from every 15/30/60/90/180 minutes in your android devices. Let see how to set time to take a break YouTube in Android phone. With this new YouTube take a break reminder feature, you can take a break at the regular intervals you can set in your android devices. After a set time reminder, your YouTube video will pause and you’ll see this pop-up message in your device: Time to take a break? You can adjust or disable this reminder using settings. Follow the below-given step by step process to set time to take a break YouTube in android phone.

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How to Set Time to Take a break YouTube in Android Phone or Tablet

You can find this YouTube take a break reminder feature under YouTube general section. Check out below settings for a change time to take a break YouTube in android devices. Make sure your YouTube app updated to the latest version (13.17.55).

Step 1: Open the YouTube app on your android phone or tablet.

Step 2: Tap the Profile icon at the upper right corner.

Step 3: Tap Settings.

Step 4: Tap General.

Step 5: Tap Remind me to take a break.

By default take a break reminder set as Never (Show above screenshot).

Step 6: Choose from the above-given options.

Now open YouTube app and watching videos if you want to see how this feature works in your device. After finish your time to take a break reminder, it’ll pause your video until you resume playing video or dismiss it. You can see below the given screenshot in your device.

Step 6: Tap Settings or Dismiss.

In settings, you can change remind me to take a break time, and if stop video then press the Dismiss. And that’s all about this new YouTube feature. Let see other handy YouTube tricks for android devices.

How to Play YouTube Videos in the Background on Google Pixel & Pixel 2 XL

Step 1: Open any web browser on your Pixel and other android devices.

Step 2: Go to YouTube.com

Step 3: Tap YouTube video you want to play in the background in your android phone or tablet.

Step 4: Tap Three vertical dots (Menu) from the top right corner.

Step 5: Check the box Request desktop or Desktop site.

Step 6: Stop the video.

Step 7: Tap the home button to close the browser.

Step 8: Now pull down the notification panel from the home screen.

Step 9: Touch Play button.

Now you can chat with your friends or other works and enjoy your favorite music in your android devices.

What are you thinking about YouTube’s new feature? We hope this makes it clear how to set time to take a break YouTube in Android phone or tablet. If you have any questions, tell us in below comment box.

How to manage Android Pie notifications from the home screen in your Google Pixel, Pixel 2 XL, and other supported devices. You can easily manage notifications from the home screen on your Android 9 Pie. Also, control notification for when you receive it in your devices. When you receive notifications in your Android Pie, you can see a group of bundled notifications from the individual apps.

Android Pie add several new features such as Adaptive Battery, change simulate a display cutout/Notch, Gesture based navigation, apps power management, App actions, DND Shush, Android dashboard, Wind down mode, set app timer and more. Let see how to set or change Android Pie notifications.

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How to Manage Android Pie Notifications From Home Screen

There are two ways to quickly manage notifications in Android Pie 9.0 supported devices such as Google Pixel, Pixel XL, Pixel 2 XL, Pixel 2, OnePlus 6, Nokia 7 plus, Oppo R15 Pro, Sony Xperia XZ2, Vivo X21UD, Xiaomi Mi Mix 2S and more.

1^st Method: Quickly Change Notifications in Android Pie Using a Home Screen

Step 1: Swipe down the notification shade and tap Manage notifications.

You can see the above-given screen in your Android Pie devices. This screen includes the most recent use of app notifications. By default enabled app notifications in Android Pie 9.0. Also, see the most frequent use app per day in your device. You can direct reply from home screen notification without an open app in your device. If you don’t want to show app notifications, disable it in your devices.

2^nd Method: Manage Android Pie Notifications Using Notification Settings

Step 1: Swipe down the notification shade and tap the Settings icon.

Step 2: Tap Apps & notifications.

Step 3: Tap Notifications.

Here you can see app notification settings such as change lock screen notification settings, notification dots, Blink light, notification sound, swipe fingerprint for notification gesture, Do Not Disturb, and recently used apps list.

Step 4: Tap App from recently sent to manage app notification in Android 9.0.

Here you can see enable/disable show notifications, disable Group notifications on WhatsApp, and other app and hide message notifications in your devices.

Step 5: Turn off show notifications to block app notification in the Android Pie device.

Also, disable app interruptions, critical app alerts, background processing, and more Android Pie app notification settings.

And that’s all. I hope this tutorial helpful to manage Android P Notifications. If you have any kind of trouble, tell us in below comment box. Stay and connect with us for the latest Android Pie updates.

Here’s how to use standby apps in Android 9.0 Pie devices. You can find standby apps in developer options on your phone. The main purpose of Android Pie stand by apps bucket is to improve power management and extend the battery life of your devices. It will use to save battery to manage the apps thay depends on how you use the particular app. You can see four categories including Active, Working Set, Frequent and Rare options. By default set each apps standby bucket in Android Pie 9.0 devices. Also, manually set up standby apps in Android Pie 9.0 devices. You can control unnecessary running apps in the background in Android Pie 9.0 using App standby buckets.

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How to Use Standby Apps in Android Pie 9.0

To change the standby apps category in Android 9.0 Pie devices, first of all enable developer options in your android P devices.

Step 1: Swipe down the notification shade and tap Settings in your android Pie.

Step 2: Scroll down and tap the System.

Step 3: Tap About phone.

Step 4: Tap Advanced at the end of the screen.

Step 5: Scroll down until the end of the page and tap on Build number 7 times or Tap Build number until seeing the below the message.

Now you can view this message: You are now a developer!

Let see steps to use standby buckets in Android 9.0 Pie devices.

Step 1: Go to Settings > System > Advanced > Developer options.

Step 2: Scroll down up to the Apps section at the end of the page in developer options.

Step 3: Tap Standby apps.

You can see a list of apps (Show below screenshot) and it’s by default set App Standby status.

Step 4: Tap any app you want to change the Standby bucket in Android Pie 9.0.

Now you can see below given four options with all apps standby status in your devices.

Active

Already using this app in your android devices set this Active bucket.

Working Set

You can use app for your work only that including in this android P Standby bucket such as camera, clock, Google chrome and more.

Frequent

This android P frequent bucket added apps that you working on regular intervals but not a daily basis.

Rare

Set apps that you can’t use often in your device. You can use this bucket type of apps after a long time in your devices.

Step 5: Choose options from above given four categories you want to set.

Now manually change standby bucket apps in Android Pie 9.0 devices.

And that’s it. I hope you will enjoy viewing the use of standby apps in Android Pie 9.0. If you are facing any kind of trouble then just comment it below section. Feel free to share this android Pie trick with your friends.

Do you want to change the assistant voice on your Android or Samsung Galaxy devices? Here’s how to change Google Assistant voice on Android phones (Android 12/Android 11/Android 10) and tablets. You can find Google assistant voice settings in the Google app or Google Home app on your Android and Samsung Galaxy One UI devices. Choose an Assistant voice and speech output from the male (Orange) or female (Red) to respond to you. This setting is available for Android devices, Google Home, tablets, and smart displays. This change in the voice settings will apply to all assistant devices. Also, retain the assistant voice model to recognize your voice using Google Assistant voice recognization settings. Do you know how to set celebrity voices for Google Assistant? If you have used Alexa as a voice assistant on your Android or Samsung, you can set a celebrity voice as an assistant voice.

How to Change Google Assistant Settings for Voice on Android Phone

First of all, make sure to turn on Google Assistant on your Android phone or tablet for easily Google Assistant to recognize your voice.

How to Change Google Assistant Voice Settings on Android 12/Android 11 Stock OS Using Google App

Step 1: Open the App drawer in your stock Android or Pixels and tap on the Google app.

Step 2: Tap on the Profile icon at the top right corner.

Step 3: Tap on Settings.

Step 4: Tap on Google Assistant.

Step 5: Scroll down and tap on Assistant voice & sounds or Assistant voice in all settings sections.

Step 6: Choose the Assistant voice from Female (Red) or Male (Orange).

How to Change Assistant Voice on Android 12/Android 11 Using Google Home App – Speaker or Smart Display

Step 1: Open the app drawer and tap on the Google Home app.

Step 2: Tap on the Profile icon in the upper right corner.

Step 3: Tap on Assistant settings.

Step 4: Scroll down and tap on Assistant voice & sounds or Assistant voice in all settings sections.

Step 5: Choose the Assistant voice from Female (Red) or Male (Orange).

Now, check your Google assistant works or not.

Quickly Change Assistant Voice using Hey Google Voice Match Feature

Make sure to set up or turn on Google Assistant on your Android device. You can launch Google Assistant by long-pressing the power button if using full-screen gestures or pressing the home button if using 3-button navigation.

Step 1: Unlock your phone and say hey Google open Assistant settings.

You can see directly open Google Assistant settings on your Android or Samsung devices.

Step 2: Scroll down and tap on Assistant voice.

Step 3: Choose the Assistant voice Female (Red) or Male (Orange).

How to Change Google Assistant Voice on Samsung Galaxy (One UI 4.1)

Step 1: Open the Google app on your Samsung Galaxy devices.

Step 2: Tap on the Profile icon in the upper right corner.

Step 3: Select Settings.

Step 4: Tap Google Assistant.

Step 5: Scroll and tap on the Assistant voice.

Step 6: Choose the Voice for your Assistant.

How to Turn Off Google Assistant Speech Output on Android 

Step 1: Unlock your phone and say hey Google open assistant settings.

Step 2: Scroll down and tap the Assistant voice.

Step 3: Tap on the Phone at the end in the speech output section.

Step 4: Choose Hands-free only.

How to Change Google Assistant Settings using Voice in Android 8.1 (Oreo), 7.1.2 (Nougat)

Step 1: Unlock your Android phone or tablet.

Step 2: Tap & hold the home button or Say OK Google to open the Google Assistant app.

Step 3: Touch the Blue button in your Assistant screen’s upper right-side corner.

Step 4: Tap Three vertical dots (Menu).

Step 5: Select Settings.

Step 6: Tap Preference under the Account section.

Here you can see Weather, Assistant voice, and Get around settings.

Step 7: Tap the Assistant voice.

List of 8 voices available for your Google Assistant to respond to you.

Step 8: Choose the Voice for Google Assistant will use to respond to you.

Now enjoy this newly added voice with Google Assistant on your android phone or tablet device.

How to Change Google Assistant Accent on Android 7.1.2 (Nougat), 8.1 (Oreo)

Step 1: Long-pressing the home button or say OK Google to launch Google Assistant on your Android.

Step 2: Tap on Three vertical dots.

Step 3: Click on Settings.

Step 4: Tap on Assistant language.

Step 5: Tap on Go to Language preferences.

Step 6: Tap + Add a language.

Step 7: Choose an Assistant language from the Suggested language or All language list

We hope this little tip is helpful to change Google Assistant voice on Android phones or tablets. Do you know how to Google Assistant voices download? If yes, please share it with us in below comment box. Stay and connect with us for the latest Android tips and tricks.

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By default turned on adaptive battery in Android Pie 9.0 devices. This Android Pie adaptive battery feature is useful for limiting battery usage by app’s background activity. It’ll automatically restrict apps that have been using the battery in the background. When you restrict the app, the app may not work properly and notifications may be delayed. You can use adaptive brightness, Adaptive battery, Dark theme, battery saver, and other features to extend battery life in your Android 9 Pie devices.

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How to Enable and Use Adaptive Battery in Android Pie 9.0

You can enable/disable adaptive battery in Android 9.0 Pie devices using battery settings.

Step 1: Swipe down the notification shade from any screen and tap the Settings icon.

Step 2: Tap Battery.

Step 3: Tap Adaptive Battery.

By default activate adaptive battery in your Android Pie 9.0 devices.

Step 4: Toggle off “Use adaptive battery” if you don’t want to use it.

Step 5: Tap Restricted apps

Here you can see a list of apps that consuming more battery in the background. Also, turn on battery saver in Android Pie 9.0 to improve battery life. This Android Pie battery saver feature will disable some of the features and restricted apps. Let see other useful Android Pie battery settings.

How to Turn On Battery Saver on Android 9.0 Pie

Step 1: Go to Settings in your device.

Step 2: Tap Battery.

Step 3: Tap Battery saver.

Step 4: Tap Turn on now.

By default turn on automatically battery saver while you’re Android Pie device battery is 15% or lower. You can individually set the battery percentage for automatically enable batter saver in Android 9.0 Pie.

How to Show/Hide Battery Percentage in Android Pie 9.0

Step 1: Go to Settings in your device.

Step 2: Tap Battery.

By default show battery percentage in status bar in the Android Pie 9.0 device.

Step 3: Toggle off “Battery percentage” if you don’t want to show the battery percentage in the Android Pie status bar.

And that’s all. We hope this makes it clear how to enable and use adaptive battery in Android Pie 9.0. If you have any trouble, tell us in below comment box. Stay and connect with us for the latest Android Pie 9.0 tips and tricks.

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Here’s how to take screenshots in Android Pie 9.0. 3 different ways to capture screenshots including hardware key (Power & Volume down), Power menu, and Google Assistant in your Android Pie devices. You can also use other tricks to easily take a screenshot of the page you want without using the power & volume down button. You can directly share a screenshot with your friends without opening the taken screenshot in Android 9.0 Pie devices. Also, edit or drawing on the screenshot in Android Pie.

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How to Take Screenshots in Android Pie 9.0

Different android device has slightly different settings to capture screenshot of any web page or other activity.

Using Hardware key

Press and hold the power button and volume down button at the same time to take a screenshot in Android Pie 9.0.

Using Power Menu

Step 1: Open the screen in your device you want to capture screenshots.

Step 2: Long press power button in your Android Pie 9.0.

Here you can see Power off, Restart, Screenshot, and Emergency options.

Step 3: Tap Screenshot.

Step 4: Now automatically capture screenshot of the page opened in your device.

Step 5: You can see screenshot saved pop-up on your device upper left side.

Step 6: Tap on the screenshot to view it.

You can also share, edit and delete screenshot directly without open in your Android 9.0 Pie devices.

Using Google Assistant

Launch the Google Assistant to long-press the home button or if already set up then say Ok Google and say “Take a screenshot“.

Now, capture the screenshot automatically you open the page on your phone.

And that’s all. I hope this little tip helpful to take screenshots in Android Pie 9.0. Do you know any alternative methods? Share it with us in below comment box.