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Mobile App Tricks: Gestures, Automation, and Widgets Worth Learning

The most useful mobile app tricks are swipe gestures to archive and edit faster, free automations through Shortcuts or Routines that silence your…

Gestures: stop tapping tiny buttons

Swiping is faster than aiming for a small icon, and most modern apps build their best actions into swipes.

Automation: let the phone do routine work itself

This is where phones go from convenient to genuinely smart.

Widgets: information without opening anything

A widget puts live data on your home screen so you don't have to open an app to check it.

App shortcuts: jump straight to the action

Long-press an app icon and you'll usually get a menu of its most common actions — "New Message," "Take Selfie," "Scan Document," "Start Navigation Home." You can drag any of these out as a…

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