A smartphone is an essential factor of our daily life, as it helps us to get connected with our family and friends as well as business clients. The usage of smartphone is completely changed and now we not only use the gadget to make calls or send messages but it is also a medium of entertainment and it is also a gate to catch up with the latest trend on the Internet and more. This might affect productivity as well because you may spend lots of time on your smartphone by accessing different entertainment applications. But it is a super cool tool that will enhance your productivity.
Yes, your smartphone is a productivity tool and today I will guide you a way that will enable you to use your smartphone as a productivity tool that will enhance even efficiency and boost Your productivity. So without making any further delay let’s get into the article to check out a few steps which you need to use to make your smartphone as a productivity tool.
How to use your smartphone as a productivity tool
Enhance your home screen
The home screen of your smartphone must be filled with your favourite applications and the list will definitely include some social media applications along with entertaining applications like online streaming platforms such as Netflix or Amazon Prime among others. Well, clean the entire home screen right now to make your smartphone as a productivity tool.
Bring applications like to do list or Wellness related application on the home screen. You can also place applications that can improve your language skills like Duolingo on your home screen and this will encourage you to use them more frequently and keep them at the top of your mind.
Control notifications
The notifications from your applications are the number one enemy of your productivity and you need to learn to control the notification excitement to make your smartphone as a productivity tool. Whenever you hear the sound of a new notification, you will get the phone out from your pocket and check the same and this will affect your working flow and the same will kill your productivity.
You must use the Do Not Disturb feature of your phone and it is one of the best workarounds to make your smartphone as a productivity tool. You can set your phone to Do Not Disturb mode for the next few minutes and during this time, you can complete your work or assignment without any disturbance from your phone as the notifications will not make any sound. In this way, you can able to control notifications and enhance your working flow.
Use camera in a different way
Smartphones come with a super cool camera setup and we use them to capture memories and capture group selfies. But you can use the camera of your smartphone in a different way to enhance your productivity. You can capture an image of your refrigerator before you leave your home and when you reach a shop, you will able to remember things easily and purchase all the stuff for your home.
You can use the camera of your smartphone to keep important as well as private information like a prescription from your doctor or any renewal date and more. When you scroll through the gallery of your phone, you will find the images and this will help you to remember the important dates or important documents that you need to focus.
Speed up your typing
To make your smartphone as a productivity tool, you must have a perfect keyboard on your device that can enhance and speed up your typing. I would recommend you to use the Gboard app which is developed by Google. The keyboard is coming with a pretty clean user interface along with an easy-to-use option, and the keyboard is also coming with some pretty compelling perks.
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