Are you getting the most out of Android? You may not know it, but some of the Google operating system's most useful features may not be in plain view.

你的安卓(Android)系统物尽其用了吗？你或许还不知道吧，谷歌(Google)的这个操作系统中一些最有用的功能可能并不是让人一目了然。

This week, I gathered 10 tricks that could make using an Android device easier and more enjoyable. Since only a handful of devices currently run the latest Android operating system, known as Jelly Bean, I focused on features that work on the more prevalent version of Android known as Ice Cream Sandwich. Many of these tips work on devices that run Jelly Bean and some work on earlier versions of Android. Since there are so many Android phone models, names and wording may differ in some of these steps.

Google你用手机拍摄的任何照片或视频都可自动保存到Google+中一个名为“即时上传”的私人（默认）文件夹中。前不久，我收集了10个能让安卓设备用起来更加便利、更加愉快的窍门。由于只有少数一些设备运行被称为“Jelly Bean”的最新的安卓操作系统，因此我主要关注的是那些在更加常见的安卓版本──Ice Cream Sandwich──上可用的功能。其中许多技巧都可在运行Jelly Bean系统的设备上运用，有一些也适用于更早版本的安卓。由于搭载安卓系统的手机机型非常之多，其中一些操作步骤涉及的名称与说法可能会各有差异。

1. Easier Keyboarding

1. 更简便的键盘输入

To avoid switching from Android's letter keyboard to its number and symbol keyboard, hold down the period key to see commonly used punctuation¹ marks and symbols. Slide your finger to the menu that appears, lifting it to select the right key.

为了免却从安卓的字母键盘切换到数字与符号键盘的麻烦，按下点号键便可看见常用的标点与其他符号。将手指滑至出现的菜单上，然后抬起手指选择正确的键。

If you can't stand tapping on glass to type on a virtual keyboard, try not lifting your fingers as much. Many Android devices come preloaded with Swype, which lets you type by dragging your finger from one letter to the next; lift your finger up when the word ends. It's remarkably² accurate. To see if Swype is running on your device, spell out a word without lifting your finger. If connecting lines don't appear between each letter, tap and hold the space bar to see the Select Input³ Method screen and choose Swype. You can still type the old way, tapping one key at a time.

如果你不喜欢点击屏幕来在虚拟键盘上打字，那么你可以选择不要抬起手指。许多安卓设备出厂时都预装了滑行输入法Swype，通过它可以将手指在字母和字母之间滑动来打字，写完一个词后再将手指抬起。若要查看你的手机是否安装了Swype，试着不要抬起手指拼写一个词。如果字母之间没有连线，那就点击空格键并将其按住以使“选择输入法”屏幕显示出来，然后再选择“Swype”。此外，你依然可以按老方法每次按一个键来打字。

2. Unlock With Your Face

2. 脸部识别解锁

Instead of tracing a pattern on a screen or typing in a PIN, hold your Android device up and stare into its front-facing camera for a second to unlock it. This isn't as secure as other methods and doesn't always work, but it can be fun to use. To set this up go to Settings, Security, Screen Lock and choose Face Unlock. Set a backup PIN or pattern to trace for those moments when face detection doesn't work.

若要将安卓设备解锁，你不必在屏幕上滑动解锁图标或是输入个人识别码，只需把你的设备举起来，然后盯住它的前置摄像头一秒钟时间。这个方法并不如其他方法那么保险，而且也不是一直都有用，但是用起来倒是很有意思。若要设置这个功能，可选择“设置”->“安全”->“屏幕解锁”，然后选择“脸部识别解锁”。你还可设置一个备用的个人识别码或是解锁图案以备脸部识别不起作用之时使用。

3. Screen Shots Made Simple

3. 轻松截屏

Capture a still image of any screen you're looking at by simultaneously⁴ pressing the power button and the volume down button. Find your screen shot in your Gallery under Screenshots or in the Notifications shade, which pulls down from the top of the screen. This feature only works in Android devices running Ice Cream Sandwich or later.

同时按下电源按钮和音量降低键可截取你正在观看的任何屏幕的静态图片。你可在“截屏”目录下的“图库”或是“通知栏”（可把它从屏幕顶端拉下）中找到你的截屏。该功能只适用于搭载Ice Cream Sandwich或更新版本的安卓设备。

4. Manage Screens

4. 管理屏幕

In Android, app icons⁵ and widgets are organized on several Home screens. There are two ways to rearrange or remove these screens. One way on certain phones is to swipe from right to left to get to the last screen on your phone, tap at the bottom of that last screen (an option may say Manage Pages) and then touch and hold a screen to rearrange its order or remove it. For a shortcut⁶, tap and hold the phone's Home button for a second to jump directly to this.

在安卓系统中，应用程序的图标与小工具都被排列在几个主屏上。重新排列或删除这些屏幕的方法有两种。其中一种可在某些手机上应用的方法是从右向左滑动屏幕以转至手机上的最后一个主屏，在这一屏幕的底端点击（这项操作的另一个说法可能是“管理页面”），然后触摸并按住屏幕来重新安排其出现的顺序或把它删除。若要快捷操作的话，点击并按住手机的Home键一秒钟时间直接跳到这一步。

5. Shortcut to Contacts

5. 快捷联系你的联系人

There's an easier way to get in touch with your favorite people: Pin their faces to a Home screen. Go to All Apps, Widgets, select the Contact widget, which will prompt you to choose a person's name from your contacts list. That person's photo and contact information will be pinned to Home, for faster texting, calling and social networking. A Favorite Contacts widget pins four together on the Home screen.

与你的常用联系人联系有一种更简便的方法：把他们的脸部照片“钉”在主屏上。选择“所有程序”->“工具”，然后选择“联系人”这一工具，它会让你从联系人列表中选择某个人的姓名。然后，这个被选中的联系人的照片与联系方式会被“钉”在主屏上以便你更快地向其发送短信、打电话或是通过社交媒体联系。“常用联系人”工具可将四名联系人一同“钉”在主屏上。

6. Save the Battery With a Widget

6. 借助小工具节电

Stop digging through menus to quickly turn off features that suck up your battery. One tool will do the trick: the Power Control widget. Find this by opening the All Apps page and tapping Widgets at the top. You may have to flip⁷ through a few screens to find the Power Control widget, but when you do, tap and hold it to anchor it on any of your pages. Once this bar is on a page, it will let you tap once to turn five features on or off: Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, GPS, automatic account syncing (for Google, Facebook, LinkedIn and others) and screen brightness (low, medium, high or auto).

不用细究菜单便可迅速关闭那些耗费电量的功能，有一个工具能够帮到你──“电量控制”工具。要想找到这个工具，打开“所有程序”页面，然后点击顶端的“工具”。你或许还得翻过几个屏幕才能找到“电量控制”工具，当你找到它时，点击并按住以把它固定在随便哪一个页面上。一旦把这个工具栏放到了页面，点击一次便可启动或关闭五个功能──无线网络、蓝牙、GPS、账户自动同步（针对谷歌、Facebook、LinkedIn及其他账户）以及屏幕亮度调节（低亮、中亮、高亮或自动调节）。

7. Auto-Update Apps

7. 自动升级软件

Avoid the nagging⁸ update notices that appear in your drop-down Notifications shade and set your apps to automatically update as updates become available. If you're worried about conserving⁹ data, set this to update only over Wi-Fi. Open the Google Play store, Settings, Auto-Update Apps by Default and check the Wi-Fi option.

这一设置可帮助你消除在手机的下拉式通知栏中出现的恼人的更新通知，在有软件可更新时自动更新它们。如果你担心保存数据的问题，可把它设置为只通过无线网络更新。打开“Google Play store”->“设置”->“默认自动更新软件”，然后勾选“无线网络”选项。

8. Sync Photos and Videos on the Go

8. 即时同步照片和视频

If you've signed up for Google's social network, Google+, you can automatically save any photos or videos you capture on your device to a private (by default) folder¹⁰ in Google+ called Instant Upload. See these back at your desktop¹¹ by accessing Google+ and looking at Photos, Instant Upload. (Videos are there, too.) Conserve¹² data usage by adjusting when these photos and videos get uploaded, like only in Wi-Fi or only when the device is plugged in and charging. Adjust these settings from your mobile device in Google+, Settings, Instant Upload.

如果你注册了谷歌的社交网络Google+，你用手机拍摄的任何照片或视频都可自动保存到Google+中一个名为“即时上传”的私人（默认）文件夹中。若要在桌面浏览这些内容，可访问Google+，查看“照片”->“即时上传”（视频也保存在此处）。将这些照片和视频上传之后，可通过调整设置来保存数据流量，比如只通过无线网络或是当手机接通电源充电时启用。你可在手机上访问Google+ ->“设置”->“即时上传”来调整这些设置。

9. Smarter Web Browsing¹³

9. 更智能的网页浏览功能

Google's Chrome browser¹⁵ comes preloaded on Android devices and works on PC or Mac computers, iPads, iPhones and other devices. If you own a few devices and use Chrome on each, instantly access the tabs you left open on one from another device by tapping Menu, Other Devices and tapping on an opened website in another device's list of opened tabs. Browse¹⁴ in Chrome without leaving any history by using Incognito¹⁶ Mode on your Android mobile device. Turn this on in Menu, New Incognito Tab.

安卓设备预装了谷歌的Chrome浏览器，它还可在PC电脑或Mac电脑、iPad、iPhone和其他设备上运行。如果你拥有好几部安卓设备，而且在每部设备上都使用Chrome浏览器，若要从另一部设备迅速访问你在某部设备上打开着的标签页，可点击“菜单”->“其他设备”，然后在这部设备打开的标签页列表中点击一个打开的网站。你可在安卓移动设备上启用“无痕浏览模式”，如此在Chrome浏览器上浏览网页时便不会留下任何浏览记录。选择“菜单”->“新建无痕浏览标签”即可启用这个功能。

10. Back Up and Restore Settings, Apps

10. 备份与恢复设置和应用程序

If you're upgrading from one Android device to another, you can start using your new device with your old settings and apps if you follow these steps.

如果你新换了一部安卓设备，按照以下这些步骤进行设置，即可在新设备上使用以往的旧设置和应用程序。

First, on the old device, go to Settings, Privacy Settings (for devices running Android version 2) or Settings, Backup and Reset¹⁷ (for devices running Android version 4 or 5). Place a check mark beside the Back Up My Data option. Give it a few minutes to back up and then when you start the new Android device, a setup option will let you restore settings and apps from backup.

首先，在旧设备上选择“设备”->“隐私设置”（适用于搭载安卓2.0版本的设备），你也可以进入“设置”->“备份与重置”（适用于搭载安卓4.0或5.0版本的设备）。勾选“备份我的数据”选项，然后等待几分钟以让设备备份数据。当你启动新安卓设备时，便可通过一个设置选项恢复备份中的设置与应用程序。