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A fun little hack on Android phones (or at least Google Pixels -- this may be disabled by some OEMs). Starting last year the Android Recent Apps screen allows
by jm_l 7y ago
A fun little hack on Android phones (or at least Google Pixels -- this may be disabled by some OEMs).
Starting last year the Android Recent Apps screen allows you to select text from the carousel of screenshots of apps. The way they do this is not by actually running the app, but by doing OCR on the screenshots, so you can actually select text that is otherwise not selectable like text in images by opening up recent apps.
- jchw 7y agoI use this a ton. Sometimes it will transcribe incorrectly, but overall it’s extremely useful, and I’ve found myself accidentally attempting to do it on iPhone too.
- kiliancs 7y agoI wish I had known this before! So useful!
- curiousgal 7y ago> little hack It's acually a feature, you can turn it off in the Pixel Launcher settings/Suggestions/Overview selection. On Android Pie, it can also be used to share/grab images that you couldn't normally download.
- marcusjt 7y agoI remember reading about this feature but alas it's disabled / not implemented on Samsung devices (or at least not on my S9)
- JadeNB 7y agoAh, Samsung, forever protecting us from the perils of accidentally being able to do things. (I do appreciate that they left in wi-fi calling, though; my wife's otherwise excellent Moto G4 has it disabled.)