The top 11 tips for Android 4.1 & 4.2 Jelly Bean

You Google Nexus 7, Nexus 10 and Nexus 4 owners think you’re all so clever with Android 4.2 Jelly Bean running away on your swish devices. To help keep you clever EAT has compiled a list of our favourite Android 4.1 and Android 4.2 Jelly Bean tips and tricks.

1. Jelly Bean Safe Mode explained
Did you know Android Jelly Bean comes packing a Safe Mode? It’s similar to the one every long-term Windows user will have fallen back on to try and recover a broken system, in that it’ll restart Android but with all third-party apps and services disabled.

2. Using Android 4.2 Daydream mode
Google introduced Daydream in Android 4.2 but what is it and how do you turn it on? Interestingly Android 4.2 drops a number of hints about docks and docking modes.

3. Set up multiple users in Android 4.2
An addition to Android 4.2 Jelly Bean was the ability to add multiple user accounts to an Android device.

4. Add Android 4.2 Jelly Bean Lockscreen widgets
Lockscreen widgets that were introduced with Android 4.2 Jelly Bean are one of the lesser known features.

5. The new Android 4.2 Settings Shade
Did Google just change the Notification system three times in as many point revisions? We think it did.

6. Offline voice recognition speech-to-text
Android has offered speech-to-text or voice recognition for quite the while, but until Android 4.0 it required online access to help with the translation, with the donkey work of recognition being offloaded to the Google computer in the sky.

7. Jelly Bean Easter Eggs
As they say this one is just for fun!

8. Notification Shade tweaks
While Android 4.0 introduced a pop-up notification slider, for Jelly Bean this was totally overhauled and called the Notification Shade.

9. Get all the Google Play Nexus 7 widgets
Google has introduced Google Play Books and Google Play Moves, in fact Nexus 7 owners get Transformers the Movie for free and a couple of books once they register their device.

10. Create Android 4.0+ dock app folders
App overload is something every Android tablet and phone owner has to deal with. How do you pack more apps into less space?

11. Google Play Security scanner explained
Those updating to Android 4.2 will hopefully spot the request to turn on the new Google Play Security system. But what is it, where can you control it and what does it do?