Part of the pleasure of owning Samsung’s latest flagship smartphone, the Galaxy S5, is finding out all of the unique things it can do to make life more enjoyable. The wave-making device builds on last year’s Galaxy S4 with improved camera capabilities, a new design, a fingerprint scanner, fitness tracking capabilities, and much more. But spend a little more time with the Galaxy S5 and you will quickly find out that there is a lot more to it than meets the eye.
Use your Galaxy S5 as a TV Remote
Makers of smartphones that can be used as a TV remote control limit their application to television sets of homogenous brands. Some third-party application developers have also built apps that can be used to control various devices like TVs and Blu-Ray players, but over Wi-Fi connections only. With the Galaxy S5, you get a device that has a built-in infra –red (IR) blaster that can control ANY media device on the planet that uses a standard IR remote!
Tilt your Galaxy S5 to create a Playlist
Did you know that the Galaxy S5 automatically provides you with access to a smart playlist based on the song that is being played on your device? Users who do not have the time to manually create playlists inside Samsung’s music application can simply tilt their smartphone to landscape position while using the application and let the system pull their favourite music from the recently played or most played tabs under a single playlist.
Send an SOS to the world on the Galaxy S5
This is one feature that you probably hope never to use but could be life-saving when the need arises. The Galaxy S5 boasts Samsung’s innovative Safety Assistance tool, a tool that lets you contact up to four pre-determined contacts in emergency situations when you press the power button on your device three times in quick succession. This action sends a series of SOS text messages containing your location, a photo from the Galaxy S5’s front and rear-facing cameras and a short video recording to selected contacts.
Kids mode: Control access when sharing the Galaxy S5 with children
Nothing beats a smartphone game in quieting down a whining child, but the last thing you want is for an erroneous tap to lead to an embarrassing exchange where you have to explain those 50 selfies with you in an uncompromising position to your colleagues! With most other smartphones, the choice is to constantly hide your device from children or refrain from taking selfies. With the Galaxy S5, there’s a unique “Kids’ Mode” feature that limits children’s access to just the applications that you label as being child-friendly.
Privacy Mode
Enabling the Galaxy S5’s Privacy Mode option will help keep your sensitive multimedia files, including documents, music and voice recordings away from prying eyes. This feature ensures that all of your private information is visible only after a set unlock pattern has been activated. To access this easy-to-use feature, simply go to Settings, tap Private Mode and select which content you want to hide, click on Menu and then tap ‘move to private.’ A lock key will appear which means that the selected content is secure.
Conclusion
The Galaxy S5 excels at everything that is required of a high-end smartphone – Android 4.4 KitKat operating system; outstanding display; powerful quad-core processor, an excellent camera experience – and much more. The subtly improved and smartly refined device is indeed a superior smartphone that hits every mark.
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