Android has a neat “Focus mode” that can in conjunction with Digital Wellbeing help block out unwanted distractions on your phone.Įffectively, by tweaking the settings, you can enable or disable specific Android apps on a timed or daily basis. The age of social media saturation and being too interconnected can mean that you want to tune out certain bad smartphone habits at certain times of the day. This ensures that your phone will stay at 90/120/144Hz constantly but may affect battery life. Head to Settings > System > Developer options > Force peak refresh rate. On some devices such as the Google Pixel series, you can also force enable the maximum refresh rate setting from within Android’s Developer options menu. From here, you should be able to set the screen refresh rate to the maximum setting.
Head to Settings > Display > Smooth display/Screen refresh rate/Refresh rate or Motion smoothness. This can vary from manufacturer to manufacturer, but it tends to be in the same areas on most phones. You’ll need to manually enable the high refresh rate on your phone by delving into the settings menu. This might be beneficial for long term battery life, but when you’re told your phone has a higher refresh rate, it can be annoying. Many smartphone makers leave screen refresh rate at a default 60Hz. Manually set your display to the maximum refresh rateĮven if your smartphone has a high refresh rate mode at 90/120 or even 144Hz, some people do not even realize that your display might not be tuned to those levels out of the box. From here you can make adjustments to allow OEM unlocking and access more fun tools for device customization and tweaking. If you’re wondering where the wider Developer options or Developer mode is, just head to Settings > System > Developer options. To get access just head to Settings > About phone > Tap “Build number” seven times > Enter PIN or pattern.
Unless you have restored your phone from a backup that previously had Developer options enabled, then you will have to manually do so with each and every Android device you own. It’s a bit unfair to suggest activating Developer options as something to “immediately enable”, but think of this as opening a door to yet more control over your device. Subscribe to 9to5Google on YouTube for more videos Enable Developer options