Enabling “Demo mode”, although it can be used for actual demos also.

When not plugged in, it will display the actual percentage of battery charge remaining on the device so that you don’t have to guess or pull all the way to the Quick Settings.

Displaying the embedded battery percentage in the battery icon which shows in the Status Bar.

You may choose from among the following options: Cast, Hotspot, Bluetooth, Do not disturb, Alarm, Work Profile, WiFi, Ethernet, Cellular Data, Airplane so that you don’t end up cluttering your status bar.

Editing the Status Bar that allows you to hide or show certain icons.

If things get ugly, there is also an option to restore the files to their default factory state. You can rearrange the tiles that appear here, remove the ones you do not need or add those you’d like to see here.

Customizing the Quick Settings panel that appears along with notifications when pulling down the status bar from your Android device.

On first look, the menu looks almost blank except for 4 items appearing on the top. Customizing Quick Settings Tiles & Status Bar Icons:Īs discussed earlier, this is the very first release & hence the features under here are quite limited. Proceed with caution.” This could be basically because the feature is still in a beta phase and could later become a full-fledged feature available for all. On opening the app, you’ll be prompted that this feature is “Fun for some but not for all.” As per Google, “these experimental features may change, break or disappear in future releases.

Scrolling down, you shall find a new option below About Phone / About Tablet named ‘System UI Tuner’. Once enabled, a new setting item shall appear in the Android System Settings apps. It should then begin to spin & a notification appears saying “Congrats! System UI Tuner has been added to Settings.” How to access the System UI Tuner : To enable/display the feature, swipe down the notification bar of your Android device & long-press the gear icon situated between the battery indicator & profile image of the user. You wouldn’t locate it unless someone told you about it- just like the Developer options or the Android’s hidden version art. This is part of the almost hidden System UI Tuner present in the Android 6.0 Marshmallow. It now allows users to customize the shortcuts that appear in the Quick Settings & icons in the status bar. Android is learning from custom ROMs, and fast at that.

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