Samsung Galaxy S III Features You may Not Know

Samsung Galaxy S III Features You may Not Know

Samsung’s Galaxy S III is probably the most popular smartphone at least this summer season. There is a report that there were more or less ten million units of this Android device sold in just two months and reviews from critics and consumers are mostly positive. It can be said that Galaxy S III deserves all of its success as it does come with impressive features for its multi- media tools and controls for both gestures and voice. What you may not be aware of is that your Galaxy S III has features that can be more useful than those that are usually making the buzz. These useful features are mostly not specific to the Galaxy S III and can be downloaded as applications using other Android phones. Here are some of the features that can help you optimize the use of your smartphone.

Call Contacts Via Voice Control

It does not look like it but if you are constantly tapping on a contact name to place a call or manually dialing the phone numbers, you are doing it the old-fashioned way. With the Galaxy S III, all you have to do is move your phone to your ear as soon as you view a text message or the contact and you phone would automatically dial the phone number for you. This is because your Galaxy S III has this motion control feature that allows you to do that. If you have an Android phone other than this, there is an application that you can download for free. This is the Super Missed Call app that enables you to place or reject calls simply by moving your device.

Take a Picture with Voice Control

Siri could be Apple iPhone 4S’ ace up its sleeve, in terms of voice control features. But what Siri cannot do with the iPhone camera is what the voice control feature of Galaxy S III can do with its own. Once the voice control is enabled for your camera settings, a snapshot can be captured automatically with a simple voice command such as “Shoot”. You can activate this by going to “settings”, then “language and input”. select “voice command for apps” and finally, choose “camera”

If you often capture a shot that has a shaky-blurry quality, the voice control somewhat assists you in making sure that the camera is held steadily. Once you’re sure it’s steady, you may simply say “Shoot”. For non-Galaxy S III users, an application called Voice Remote Control Camera is available in Google Play.

Custom Vibration for Specific Contacts

You can easily set up specific ringtones for specific contacts so you would know who is calling you without glancing at your phone. But there would be a lot of times that you may need to put you phone in silent but not necessarily turn it off. If you have the Galaxy S III, setting up customized vibration patterns for specific contacts is possible. On your phone, go to “sounds”, select “device vibration” and then select “create” From there, you can scroll to the bottom and begin customizing. For other Android phones, this can be done by downloading Vibe or Contact Vibrate in Google Play.

Activating Briefing Feature to Prepare You for the Day

A best practice is to start your day prepared. Most of you have experienced a sudden heavy rainfall while walking your way to work. Worse, you were not bringing at least an umbrella with you. This happened because you don’t have an idea that it was actually forecasted that there is a 100% chance of a rainfall at that time of the day. You can avoid this from happening again with your Galaxy S III. From the settings menu, go to “alarm type” and change it to “briefing”. This setting would still alarm the phone in the time that it was set and this time, a voice will read you the time, give you the weather as well as the weather forecast, what news made it to the headlines so far and your important appointments. If you do not own A Galaxy S III, you can still have this feature by downloading WakeVoice at Google Play for $2.99.

Personalized Sound Equalizer

If you have not tried this Galaxy S III feature yet, this could be the right time for you to do so. On your phone, go to “settings”, select “call sound EQ settings” and select “personalized EQ”. This feature allows you to personalize the sound quality of the calls you are receiving by audio equalization technology. As soon as you are on the “personalized EQ” part, the phone would test each of your ear with different ranges of sound frequencies and tones where you have to determine how clear and well you hear them. Once the test is done, a custom EQ curve is created for each ear. This feature allows you and your phone to adjust to the sound quality of your calls which are oftentimes issues on the network end that you do not have control of.

These are just a few of the many features that your Galaxy S III have. There are surely more of these that you can discover and learn on your own.