3 UNEXPECTEDLY COOL THINGS YOU DIDN’T KNOW YOUR SMARTPHONE COULD DO

1. Control TV and AC from your Android   
      Phone

If your phone has IR remote sensor, you can control any TV from your phone. You just need to download IR Universal Remote app from Google Play Store.

Before trying this hack in your mobile, make sure your phone has IR sensor. This sensor comes in high-end devices like Samsung and Xiomi Redmi Note 3.

2. Double up as a handy leveling tool.

Turn your android mobile into a bubble level tool. A spirit level, bubble level or simply a level is an instrument designed to indicate whether a surface is horizontal (level) or vertical (plumb). Different types of bubble levels may be used by carpenters, stonemasons, bricklayers, other building trades workers, surveyors, millwrights and other metalworkers, and in some photographic or videographic work. Hold any of the phone’s four sides against an object to test it for level or plumb, or lay it down on a flat surface for a 360° level. There are tons of free bubble level apps on both iOS and Android that can help you in hanging pictures and aligning shelves with utmost accuracy.

There are tons of free bubble level apps on both iOS and Android that can help you in hanging pictures and aligning shelves with utmost accuracy. 

Download Bubble level (no ads) apps from Google Play Store.

3. Measure height, distance and width using your camera’s lens.
If you are Interested in measuring really tall things? There are several apps that can measure practically anything for you through your its camera lens!

Download Smart measure app in your phone and measure heights from your phone. This rangefinder(telemeter) measures the distance and height of a target with your phone by trigonometry.