From snapping photos in video mode to broadcasting your location in the event of an emergency, there are endless functions your smartphone can perform.
Backup Your Zapper
If you spend as many hours looking down the hack of the sofa as I do, you'll be relieved lo learn that most smart TV systems ran use your phone as a back-up remote control. Download the Android TV Remote Control or Apple TV Remote apps for the devices if you have a streaming stick.
Subtitle Your Life
Live Transcribe is a simple and effective Android app, preinstalled on Google's Pixel 3 phones, which transcribes speech in almost real time. If you're hard of hearing, it can help you follow a conversation without need for a hearing aid, or enjoy unsubtitled live broadcasts, such as radio dramas. Theoretically, it could also produce a reliable written record of a meeting. However, due to privacy concerns, it has not yet been permitted to save or share transcripts.
Singalong Your Contacts
Connectivity is not always convenient. If you frequently find yourself rushing from the garden or bathroom to pick up your mobile, only to discover it's just another cyborg bothering you about selling insurance — may I suggest you set specific rings for your closest contacts. On both iOS and Android, you can add personalized rings to your close friends or most beloved ones, right from the contacts directory on your phone.
Measure Your Shopping
When you're out shopping for furniture, it's a good idea to bring a tape measure with you — but, seriously, whoever remembers to do that?! Apple's Measure app has saved you a lot of times. It's super simple to use — just point the camera at the object you want to measure and it superimposes a yellow dot that you tap at each end of the item concerned, and it provides you with an instant calculation in centimeters.
【小题1】Which one call help people with hearing problems to enjoy radio dramas?| A．Android TV Remote Control. | B．Live Transcribe. |
| C．Personalized rings. | D．Apple's Measure. |
| A．choose to ignore unwanted calls | B．save a written record of a meeting |
| C．locate their remote control easily | D．get the price of an object by taking a photo |
| A．What Apps We Have to Buy! | B．It's Time to Get a New Mobile! |
| C．Don't Overuse Your Mobile Phone! | D．Who Knew My Phone Could Do That! |
