BGR’s latest Android guide spotlights five lesser-known tools found on many modern phones, from screen casting and app pinning to gesture-based call silencing and dialer short codes.
Android 15’s notification cooldown is the newest feature in the list, lowering alert intensity when many notifications arrive quickly while leaving calls, alarms and other important alerts unaffected.
App pinning is framed as a privacy safeguard: it locks the phone to one app when handing the device to someone else, requiring the owner’s PIN, password or pattern to exit.
The roundup also points to convenience features that vary by brand but are widely available, including casting to smart TVs, Pixel’s Flip to Shhh-style mute gestures and model-specific diagnostic short codes.
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