i noticed you're having a video issue (the green-screen is reflecting off the background, and giving you cool green hair and glowing white shirt). if you can either put more distance between you and the BG, or dim the lights that are hitting the green-screen, OR change the angle the lights which you are pointing onto your green screen (all the get less light spilling from the BG), then it may help. That was my experience with green-screening. anyways, thanks for another informative vid!
I have the Pixel 4a and found these tips to be very helpful! I had instinctively figured out some settings to change, but I learned some cool tricks from you guys - thanks!
If, like me, you're interested in having access to your location timeline in Google Maps, you don't want to turn off location history. Also, preferred network depends on your carrier. I have a Google Unlocked Pixel 5 on Verizon, and my choices under that setting are "Global", "LTE/ CDMA", and "LTE / GSM / UMTS" Mine is set on Global.
Other than what two things you mentioned would you recommend all other changes from the video? I only ask because I have the same phone as you with Verizon, so I kept mine on Global, I don't care about my location timeline and I adopted all other changes, but I'm hoping my phone will still work for me:)
@@geico1975 well, keep in mind that things have changed since this video was made. For one, there actually is much more 5G coverage now, so leaving your phone on Global is a good choice. Also, I believe in Android 12 that most permissions are set to denied or ask permission by default. Also, I'm pretty sure that permissions are removed automatically for apps that don't get used by you for a while. That being said, if you want to go through the list of apps and change permissions, there's no ill effects of that. Like the video said, you'll be alerted if something needs permission. I'm not sure about the WiFi and Bluetooth scanning, especially the latter. It seems to me that if you turn off Bluetooth scanning, every time you turn on your wireless earpiece/earbuds you'll have to manually connect it. But I could be wrong about that. As for personalized ads, I don't know, they could be right that you "might" see less ads, but if what the settings say is correct, if I'm going to see ads anyway, I'd rather they be ads that interest me. But I think most people ignore all ads anyway, so from a privacy standpoint it's probably better to disable that.
@@fzdolfan Alright, very great. I'll keep an eye on the blue tooth scanning too. I think I'll notice it pretty quick because I'm pretty sure that's how it connects with my vehicle. Usually it automatically connects. Guess I'll find out.
Install unknown apps require a pop-up to click on to even install an app, there's no way to have an app install another app in the background excluding Google play store.
This was a really good, informative video. Some of the content I already knew about, thankfully. However, there were one or two areas where I needed to turn things off that I wasn't aware of. I'm a stickler for how much information I put out there, so thank you both for this post.
Reasoning behind the couple made instructions by far not only invaluable for the present model of the google pixel 4a5g but seems also to be useful far or less for other smartphone models too.. thanks 🙏
Turning off google location history will make it 99% harder to find a lost phone.... If you really are worried about a simple service logging where you've been so be it, but if your phone ever gets stolen, you have a high chance of opening location history and practically see the path the thief took your phone to....
Thanks for your comment. We certainly wouldn’t advocate turning off Find My Device, which precisely locates lost devices. And, according to Google, when you turn off location history, “Your settings for other location services on your device, like Google Location Services and Find My Device, are not changed.”
@@PayetteForward find my device has been known to only show the very last known location or none at all but if you turn off location history, you lose the feature of seeing if your phone has been walked around, driven, where it's been. It helped solidify a police report for my phone carrier to issue a stolen replacement for an expensive phones with location history showing my phone being carried and walked to a drug house miles away. Paper trail helps and if it's free, heck.
You won't see fewer ads. Ads will still display/run but now they won't be relevant to u. Data collection by ads is only demographic and product data. If u use social media, that co knows way more about u and your life than any advertiser ever will and should be a lot more concerning.
That's what people forgot about ads. What personalized ads means ad company will make a profile for you (the user) on what website you frequently visit and suggest ads based on that. If you opt out of it you'll just get ads based on the majority of other users of the particular website you visit.
Nope! But we did put $25 into Facebook ads - $0 into Google ads. To be honest, we were just as surprised and delighted by how quickly this video has taken off. The best SEO is making quality content.
Instead of judging these inexperienced people, why not look at it as an opportunity to make money with creating content to train people or just for the good of helping them give them the info free?
@@radlink14 by scarring them into turning necessary access off on apps? Half of what they stated is default and requires you to do nothing. The camera is needed to scan qr codes or checks in a banking app. Contacts would be to share invites out something. They should have explained that.
"Does Amazon need access to your camera? Probably not." Also Amazon : "Here's some really cool app features you can access straight from your phone by using your camera!"
Thanks, very useful! I have a Pixel 4a and the one recurring nightmare on this phone is that it automatically resets sound volume to zero and display brightness to zero. I can change the volume without seeing the screen, but I can't always get the google assistant to reset brightness back up where I can see the screen. It doesn't happen all the time, but the more I use it & the more I'm outdoors in bright daylight, the more likely it seems to be. It renders the phone utterly useless.
When you turn off personalized ads, it does not lower the quantity of the ads, and it has nothing to do with companies bidding on you, that's different. It simply makes it feed you random ads instead of targeting you specifically. I would prefer the targeted ads honestly.
We could have been clearer about this - please forgive us! We used the Amazon app as an example of how to check and increase privacy for specific apps. We didn’t mean to imply that you should turn off Amazon specifically. We’ve used some of their AR features and they’re actually very cool! Not all apps are as well-coded or as trustworthy as Amazon.
Bruh check out Google Opinion Rewards, all that tracking your tripping about in privacy you can get paid for on the data shared from searches, youtube videos etc, literally get $0.25-$1 per survey that's like 3 questions, or taking a pic of reciept, confirm a location you were or weren't at, drop pin on door entrance to building with multiple recommendations. Or watch 2, 10 second clips of youtube videos and critique what opinions you feel about them lol, missing out
But doesn't this defeat the purpose of turning off apps spying on you? The rewards work the same way advertisers do. (Google charges companies to pay for advertising. BUT Google has to collect data on you (which costs them money to discover things about you). For pennies you make there, you give Google information that may not seem personal, but helps them better target you. I heard that Google tracking can get you into a location (strip mall) but doesn't know if you went to JC Pennys, Target, Walmart, or Mcdonalds. So it asks "were you at the store we want to send ads to you about?" and dates, times, etc. to know when best to advertise you to that exact store. As seen in a comic strip. a pig and a chicken are talking about how good it is. Free food, free house, etc. The caption: If it is free, maybe you are NOT the consumer, maybe you ARE the PRODUCT being sold".
good stuff! I do think tho that my Google Fi phone needs wifi scanning to help me find open wifi when I'm out and about since it uses wifi to make calls where available. (it then uses built in VPN to secure the connection.)
Very helpful video. Thank you. When I try to turn off location permission for google, I only have the choice of allow all the time or deny. The other options are grayed out.
One of these screwed up my maps app and now doesn't allow me to search by distance, ugh wish you guys did a better job at listing the impact of these "beneficial" changes
Is there a way to get my Pixel to stop using my cellular data instead of wifi? It keeps dropping wifi when I'm at home and eating up all my data. I never had this issue with my old LG phone.
Because the OS is in constant flux and many of your suggestions are incorporated in more current versions, you might want to state what version of Android you are referring to in your suggestions. e.g. "8 Google Pixel Settings You Need To Turn Off Now for Android 12"
You're never going to see less ads by opting out of that... The ad inventory doesn't change, you're just going to see worse ads. There are ALWAYS plenty of advertisers who aren't good at targeting that just serve ads to anyone and everyone.
Keep Install Unknown Apps on. You may need to download APKs from a third party site so turning that off doesn't allow it. Make sure the 3rd party app you're installing though is safe
The demographic that would need this video shouldn't be messing with network settings. Some of these things might help, but 99% of people watching this will just end up more confused when key features stop working.
I have a question... I have a iPhone 11. Why is my Bluetooth work only when it wants to in my car? Some days it doesn’t connect, some days it connects but no sound & other days it connects but the sound comes out of my phone!! Please advise
Try getting an Android phone. (Most people here use android phones and not likely to know apple products.) You might want to consider asking an apple website or person. (I never had nor will I have an apple phone, PC, etc.).
@@melanien.1883 you will need to do your research. I love my Pixel 5 by Google. It depends on what you want to do with it. Android is the software that runs the phone. There are many models out there. When I was looking at Pixel 5 I was also looking at the "One plus 8" phone. I heard good things about both. The 1+8 has a bigger screen, heavier and slightly larger battery but in the end I stuck with Pixel 5 because of the "screen call" feature (an unknown caller (and we get this lots) can be passed to Google assistant. The caller is greeted by Google assistant and asks them what they want. As they speak you see it on the screen and read it. There are Options like "tell me more" so you can "talk to" the caller or there is a "goodbye" If telemarketer. For that reason I got the pixel. But it only works in Canada/USA (if changing languages the feature is turned off). But please do your research. It is the only way to be happy with what you get.
Thanks guys very helpful, I'm changing from iPhone 12 Pro Max to the Google Pixel 6 Pro this October, hopefully there will be a better security setting like on Apple to prevent tracking. I always go through my settings one by one when I set up my new phones, can't be too careful! Cheers chaps.. 👌🏻👍🏻🙂 UK
Don't do it! I went from Apple to Google Pixel & curse this phone every day. Everything on iphone was intuitive & easy - nothing is intuitive on pixel - you have to Google how to do even the most basic functions like finding settings. Pixel takes hours to recharge if your battery goes flat (& won't turn on during this period or sound any alarms so basically useless). This "quirk" was intentional to save the battery but leaves you without a phone or alarms for hours. Brightness defaults to dim which is impossible to fix as you can't see anything on the phone to figure out how to increase it. It has no settings app on home screen ( or calculator or clock apps). No icon on home screen warning you if phone is on do not disturb - you have to just remember do not disturb is on. Time on home screen is so tiny you need a magnifying glass to read it & no options to increase font. Volume is a pain because increasing volume using the button on side may not work because of another volume control that controls it. I could go on. I managed because Pixel was my secondary phone but now it's my only phone & I regret it every day.
These are not Pixel settings but all Android settings. I have every single setting of these on my Huawei phone... Very useful video with only the wrong title.
And to turn off 5g on the pixel 5 on Google fi... Just reboot in safe mode and switch it to LTE. Then restart phone. It should stay that way. That's the only way you can do it on Google Fi. Great video guys🕶️💜
In my preferred network settings it only shows Global, LTE/CDMA, and LTE/GSM/UMTS (this is on Verizon). What should I choose if I just want to disable 5G and just use standard LTE coverage? I was originally hoping adaptive connectivity would switch this from 5G to LTE as needed but it doesn't even work at all for me so I'd rather just use LTE all the time.
Hi Nehal, you may find some tips, like taking your Pixel out of its case to determine if the case is the problem, or brushing out the speaker with an unused toothbrush - but often, on older phones, unfortunately it's time for a repair.
If you opt out of personalized ads you don't get fewer ads, you just get lower and lower brow ads. Instead of ads for things like adidas or red lobster or whatever, you'll get ads for semi-pornographic sites, bait and switch scams, tommy chong's cbd, self-help scams, etc etc. Just FYI.
Thanks for your comment, but we don't entirely agree. First, a website owner has control over the categories of ads that run on their website - more about this here: support.google.com/admanager/answer/2541069 Ad "traffickers" on quality sites don't allow ads about CBD, sexual content, or anything like that because advertisers like Red Lobster and Adidas won't pay to advertise alongside them. It's not as much of a wild west in the ad world as it used to be. Sites that have Red Lobster ads simply won't display ads in sensitive categories, and vice versa. Additionally, webmasters - including us - often will choose to run "house" ads instead of accepting an extremely low CPM for low-quality ads. We set a CPM "floor" on PayetteForward.com, for example, and instead of running low quality ads to users, we run our own ads to this UA-cam channel. We'd rather promote ourselves than show people anything low-quality. And for people on our websites, the "ads" to our own content are very relevant. The truth is that people who turn this setting off may see fewer ads. Ad networks would never tell people that, but there comes a point when advertisers simply stop bidding on traffic. It might take a while, but it does happen. Moral of the story: It's a more complicated issue than most people realize. I appreciate your comment and thank you for the opportunity to respond!
Could be a number of things. Signal strength, version of blue tooth different, quality of speakers (Are they the dollar store speakers or the name brand with quality parts). You can troubleshoot by seeing if it is just one phone to the speakers, or if multiple devices have same issue with the speakers (if it is just the one phone, then you'll have to look deeper at incompatibilities, settings, etc. on the phone). If all devices do the same then you know to replace the speakers. (again it can also be distance from device so rty moving the phone beside the speakers to see if it clears it up. could also be signal noise (interference on the same frequency in your area) does it do the same everywhere the speakers are or just at the one location? some things to try. Just need to troubleshoot.
Turning off personalized ads doesn't do what you think. All's it does is give you a random ad id. And that random ID stays once you turn it off. And yes your bank needs access to contacts to know your phone number. And the shopping apps use the camera for UPC or selling things to upload photos. And stopping usage and diagnostics turn off for system and that is it. All apps have their diagnostics, Google analytics. Location is needed for many things, like UA-cam music knowing where you are and time of day, to give you the mixes it recommends. And wifi and Bluetooth scanning is for your benefit. It looks for your car Bluetooth or household appliances. Location history is for you to know where you are. No app can install a third party app by itself. This is the most uninformed video I seen in a while. Install third party apps is for apps not in the Google play store. So much disinformation. And 5G prefer is like LTE preferred. If it doesn't see it, which your phone checks them constantly, so if it doesn't see 5G, it doesn't use it. Doesn't matter preferred anything.
I don't think you fully understood the point of the video. A lot of the apps and such they used and talked about here were examples. Turning off personalized ads basically keeps companies from using information, like the things you search, etc., to personalize ads for you. For the most part, there isn't really a negative effect to it, but some people don't want personalized ads. And the point with location. They literally mentioned that you can decide yourself whether you feel certain apps really do need location all the time or not. Most apps DO NOT need to know your location ALL THE TIME. So you can either limit it to only while the certain app is in use, or if it's not a requirement for the app to work, then deny it location. Wifi and Bluetooth scanning can be beneficial, but it still isn't needed at all, and turning them off literally won't affect much anyways. Location History also isn't exactly a needed thing. Some people don't care about having a history of places they've been, so it's perfectly to fine to turn off the history as it's not going to affect much either. And of course the worst point of all that you've mentioned. Did you even watch the video? Yes, if you're somewhere where 5G isn't available, your phone is still going to connect to the 4G network. But if you are somewhere where 5G is available, a LOT of times it'll connect to 5G, while having way slower speeds than even 4G. Setting your preferred network to 4G can still be very beneficial as well when your 5G speeds are absolutely terrible and you know your 4G speeds are much better.
@@xenofastiq Nah he's right, this video has lots of flaws. But the 12 year olds that make up their audience won't notice and will thank them endlessly for "great" tips.
@@zachscott8795 Yes it has flaws, but a lot of what they were saying was more like recommended as well. They clearly stated in some that it's up to you how much you wanna limit certain, like location history, location in general. Ads personalization is something that ultimately won't help too much since youll still get ads anyways but at least your information wouldn't be gathered and uses to then display what these companies believe to be relevant ads. When we're talking about limiting the selling of our data, technically these are in fact quite some great tips. The reason is because when stuff like these are free, then the consumers become the product. Meaning Google ultimately makes more money off of having ads directed towards you vs their individual services.
Mine doesn’t show apps and notification is the same button you have. There’s no advance next either. I went up to downloading other apps without my permission. I wish I could figure out how to change mine in my settings don’t look the same as yours, my pixel eight.
*Does Anyone Have This Issue?* On the first one, Its asking to either Delete advertising ID, or Reset advertising ID. I'm not sure which one is better, or if I should pick one at all
I'm having a weird problem with my Google pixel 3. Basically whenever I turn it on it just goes straight to my home screen without going to the lock screen first.
Tried follow your UA-cam guide but your pixel 8 setting screen and all that is a whole lot different than my settings screen so I don't know what's going on.
I am the android half and recently ported to the pixel 5, and now will turn off "install unknown apps". My previous phone had many anknown (to me) apps. I was concerned about eliminating apps that were part of needed functionality. How do I sort and eliminate those apps?
Pixel 4 does not have 5G. The only 5G Pixel phones are the 5 and the 4a 5G. Global basically means though that when you're in places where a CDMA network isn't available, you may be able to roam on a GSM network.
Questions: For LTE network best choice LTE/CDMA or LTE/GSM/UMTS? Google Play Protect - important? or just a way to scan apps for info? Thanks for the good info!!
How does one record a voicemail greeting on a Pixel 3XL?.My voicemail greeting just disappeared from my phone and now there does not appear to be an option to record a new one? Thanks Guys.
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i noticed you're having a video issue (the green-screen is reflecting off the background, and giving you cool green hair and glowing white shirt). if you can either put more distance between you and the BG, or dim the lights that are hitting the green-screen, OR change the angle the lights which you are pointing onto your green screen (all the get less light spilling from the BG), then it may help. That was my experience with green-screening. anyways, thanks for another informative vid!
This is actually the most substantial video I've seen in a while, with information that is relevant and useful, not just another promo for a phone.
Better than all the secret setting vids I've found so far. Thanks fellas !
I have the Pixel 4a and found these tips to be very helpful! I had instinctively figured out some settings to change, but I learned some cool tricks from you guys - thanks!
Well done boys; just 8 min long, TONS of great info, focus on more privacy. A 'like' and comment engagement for you :)
If, like me, you're interested in having access to your location timeline in Google Maps, you don't want to turn off location history.
Also, preferred network depends on your carrier. I have a Google Unlocked Pixel 5 on Verizon, and my choices under that setting are "Global", "LTE/ CDMA", and "LTE / GSM / UMTS"
Mine is set on Global.
I use pixel experience and I have about 25+ options
Other than what two things you mentioned would you recommend all other changes from the video? I only ask because I have the same phone as you with Verizon, so I kept mine on Global, I don't care about my location timeline and I adopted all other changes, but I'm hoping my phone will still work for me:)
@@geico1975 well, keep in mind that things have changed since this video was made. For one, there actually is much more 5G coverage now, so leaving your phone on Global is a good choice.
Also, I believe in Android 12 that most permissions are set to denied or ask permission by default. Also, I'm pretty sure that permissions are removed automatically for apps that don't get used by you for a while. That being said, if you want to go through the list of apps and change permissions, there's no ill effects of that. Like the video said, you'll be alerted if something needs permission.
I'm not sure about the WiFi and Bluetooth scanning, especially the latter. It seems to me that if you turn off Bluetooth scanning, every time you turn on your wireless earpiece/earbuds you'll have to manually connect it. But I could be wrong about that.
As for personalized ads, I don't know, they could be right that you "might" see less ads, but if what the settings say is correct, if I'm going to see ads anyway, I'd rather they be ads that interest me. But I think most people ignore all ads anyway, so from a privacy standpoint it's probably better to disable that.
@@fzdolfan Alright, very great. I'll keep an eye on the blue tooth scanning too. I think I'll notice it pretty quick because I'm pretty sure that's how it connects with my vehicle. Usually it automatically connects. Guess I'll find out.
@@Kxnii Well I use Pixel 3a and I have 2 LTE or 3G, thats it
Location doesn't take as much battery anymore due to use of bluetooth and WiFi snooping that helps to replace having to locate through gps
Install unknown apps require a pop-up to click on to even install an app, there's no way to have an app install another app in the background excluding Google play store.
This was a really good, informative video. Some of the content I already knew about, thankfully. However, there were one or two areas where I needed to turn things off that I wasn't aware of. I'm a stickler for how much information I put out there, so thank you both for this post.
one of the few decent and well presented videos.
nicely done
Reasoning behind the couple made instructions by far not only invaluable for the present model of the google pixel 4a5g but seems also to be useful far or less for other smartphone models too.. thanks 🙏
Awesome vid, just got my Pixel 4a and changed my settings according to this vid.
Amazon can use a picture of an item to find it in their app.
As well as when you add credit/debit card.
Turning off google location history will make it 99% harder to find a lost phone.... If you really are worried about a simple service logging where you've been so be it, but if your phone ever gets stolen, you have a high chance of opening location history and practically see the path the thief took your phone to....
Thanks for your comment. We certainly wouldn’t advocate turning off Find My Device, which precisely locates lost devices. And, according to Google, when you turn off location history, “Your settings for other location services on your device, like Google Location Services and Find My Device, are not changed.”
@@PayetteForward find my device has been known to only show the very last known location or none at all but if you turn off location history, you lose the feature of seeing if your phone has been walked around, driven, where it's been. It helped solidify a police report for my phone carrier to issue a stolen replacement for an expensive phones with location history showing my phone being carried and walked to a drug house miles away. Paper trail helps and if it's free, heck.
Or you know you could always just take better care of your phone?
You won't see fewer ads. Ads will still display/run but now they won't be relevant to u. Data collection by ads is only demographic and product data. If u use social media, that co knows way more about u and your life than any advertiser ever will and should be a lot more concerning.
That's what people forgot about ads. What personalized ads means ad company will make a profile for you (the user) on what website you frequently visit and suggest ads based on that. If you opt out of it you'll just get ads based on the majority of other users of the particular website you visit.
Yeah like of I'm gonna see ads might as well make them personalized
So, How did this video showed up on my Google feed within a few hours of uploading?
SEO and marketing. Likely they paid for it like any other ad
Nope! But we did put $25 into Facebook ads - $0 into Google ads. To be honest, we were just as surprised and delighted by how quickly this video has taken off. The best SEO is making quality content.
Samee
How to content and tips are automatically recommended to google Discovery with user opt-in pixel interest, turn off your settings 😂
Thanks! This was helpful. I took care of all of these as I watched.
Thank you I never would have known to do all that without watching your video.
The people in the comments need flip phones. "does this work on android?"
Instead of judging these inexperienced people, why not look at it as an opportunity to make money with creating content to train people or just for the good of helping them give them the info free?
Its a whole lot worse in the it field
@@radlink14 by scarring them into turning necessary access off on apps? Half of what they stated is default and requires you to do nothing.
The camera is needed to scan qr codes or checks in a banking app.
Contacts would be to share invites out something.
They should have explained that.
LOL
@@DragonProtector I feel you with this comment as I work on IT lol
"Does Amazon need access to your camera? Probably not."
Also Amazon : "Here's some really cool app features you can access straight from your phone by using your camera!"
Thank you very much guys! I really appreciate this because (at 50) this is my first phone and you were very clear and concise! YaY!
Thanks, very useful! I have a Pixel 4a and the one recurring nightmare on this phone is that it automatically resets sound volume to zero and display brightness to zero. I can change the volume without seeing the screen, but I can't always get the google assistant to reset brightness back up where I can see the screen. It doesn't happen all the time, but the more I use it & the more I'm outdoors in bright daylight, the more likely it seems to be. It renders the phone utterly useless.
When you turn off personalized ads, it does not lower the quantity of the ads, and it has nothing to do with companies bidding on you, that's different. It simply makes it feed you random ads instead of targeting you specifically. I would prefer the targeted ads honestly.
But by turn it off can make your phone stop analizing and collecting your data in the background so it can save a little bit battery.
No setting for this
Thank you so much for the great information! I just bought this phone and your video really helped me turn some things off!!!
very useful and straight forward video, well done!
Amazon shopping might use the camera cause you can see some items in your space with augmentation.
We could have been clearer about this - please forgive us! We used the Amazon app as an example of how to check and increase privacy for specific apps. We didn’t mean to imply that you should turn off Amazon specifically. We’ve used some of their AR features and they’re actually very cool! Not all apps are as well-coded or as trustworthy as Amazon.
Bruh check out Google Opinion Rewards, all that tracking your tripping about in privacy you can get paid for on the data shared from searches, youtube videos etc, literally get $0.25-$1 per survey that's like 3 questions, or taking a pic of reciept, confirm a location you were or weren't at, drop pin on door entrance to building with multiple recommendations. Or watch 2, 10 second clips of youtube videos and critique what opinions you feel about them lol, missing out
But doesn't this defeat the purpose of turning off apps spying on you?
The rewards work the same way advertisers do. (Google charges companies to pay for advertising. BUT Google has to collect data on you (which costs them money to discover things about you). For pennies you make there, you give Google information that may not seem personal, but helps them better target you.
I heard that Google tracking can get you into a location (strip mall) but doesn't know if you went to JC Pennys, Target, Walmart, or Mcdonalds. So it asks "were you at the store we want to send ads to you about?" and dates, times, etc. to know when best to advertise you to that exact store.
As seen in a comic strip. a pig and a chicken are talking about how good it is. Free food, free house, etc. The caption: If it is free, maybe you are NOT the consumer, maybe you ARE the PRODUCT being sold".
good stuff! I do think tho that my Google Fi phone needs wifi scanning to help me find open wifi when I'm out and about since it uses wifi to make calls where available. (it then uses built in VPN to secure the connection.)
Very helpful video. Thank you. When I try to turn off location permission for google, I only have the choice of allow all the time or deny. The other options are grayed out.
Very informative video, thank you guys 👍👍
Glad you enjoyed it! Thanks for watching!
IF YOU WANT PRIVACY GOOGLE ITS NOT AN OPTION PERIOD
Thank you for the tips!
One of these screwed up my maps app and now doesn't allow me to search by distance, ugh wish you guys did a better job at listing the impact of these "beneficial" changes
Is there a way to get my Pixel to stop using my cellular data instead of wifi? It keeps dropping wifi when I'm at home and eating up all my data. I never had this issue with my old LG phone.
Great job guys...as always 👏
Thank you for some great tips! You have a new subscriber. Looking forward to your future videos.
Thank you so much! I have watched 2 of your videos and my phone is working 100% better already.
Be careful about watching any more... no one knows what happens when a phone starts working 150% better! 🤣
Because the OS is in constant flux and many of your suggestions are incorporated in more current versions, you might want to state what version of Android you are referring to in your suggestions. e.g. "8 Google Pixel Settings You Need To Turn Off Now for Android 12"
You should also turn on incognito mode inside the Map app. Keeps Google from following you 24/7.
Tunoff
You're never going to see less ads by opting out of that... The ad inventory doesn't change, you're just going to see worse ads. There are ALWAYS plenty of advertisers who aren't good at targeting that just serve ads to anyone and everyone.
But it's worth doing just to stick it to the snoopy targeters. I'm not a commodity.
Great content guys! Clear and concise with some great analogies haha. Subscribed!
Yeah, the analogies were clear and fun.
Keep Install Unknown Apps on. You may need to download APKs from a third party site so turning that off doesn't allow it. Make sure the 3rd party app you're installing though is safe
Your Video was a great help! Thank you guys!
The demographic that would need this video shouldn't be messing with network settings.
Some of these things might help, but 99% of people watching this will just end up more confused when key features stop working.
I have a question... I have a iPhone 11. Why is my Bluetooth work only when it wants to in my car? Some days it doesn’t connect, some days it connects but no sound & other days it connects but the sound comes out of my phone!! Please advise
Try getting an Android phone. (Most people here use android phones and not likely to know apple products.)
You might want to consider asking an apple website or person. (I never had nor will I have an apple phone, PC, etc.).
@@jamesb5737 yes I had been considering an Android!!! Next question is what’s the BEST Android to buy???
@@melanien.1883 you will need to do your research. I love my Pixel 5 by Google. It depends on what you want to do with it.
Android is the software that runs the phone. There are many models out there.
When I was looking at Pixel 5 I was also looking at the "One plus 8" phone. I heard good things about both. The 1+8 has a bigger screen, heavier and slightly larger battery but in the end I stuck with Pixel 5 because of the "screen call" feature (an unknown caller (and we get this lots) can be passed to Google assistant. The caller is greeted by Google assistant and asks them what they want. As they speak you see it on the screen and read it. There are Options like "tell me more" so you can "talk to" the caller or there is a "goodbye" If telemarketer.
For that reason I got the pixel. But it only works in Canada/USA (if changing languages the feature is turned off).
But please do your research. It is the only way to be happy with what you get.
@@jamesb5737 thank you James!!
@@melanien.1883 pixel 4 or galaxy s21
Great tips, guys... but you might need want review this since the latest Android and Pixel updates.
It's on the list. Thanks for the compliment and sorry for any confusion!
Very helpful. Thank you!
We're glad it was helpful! Thanks, Jane!
Thanks guys very helpful, I'm changing from iPhone 12 Pro Max to the Google Pixel 6 Pro this October, hopefully there will be a better security setting like on Apple to prevent tracking. I always go through my settings one by one when I set up my new phones, can't be too careful! Cheers chaps.. 👌🏻👍🏻🙂 UK
Don't do it! I went from Apple to Google Pixel & curse this phone every day. Everything on iphone was intuitive & easy - nothing is intuitive on pixel - you have to Google how to do even the most basic functions like finding settings.
Pixel takes hours to recharge if your battery goes flat (& won't turn on during this period or sound any alarms so basically useless). This "quirk" was intentional to save the battery but leaves you without a phone or alarms for hours.
Brightness defaults to dim which is impossible to fix as you can't see anything on the phone to figure out how to increase it.
It has no settings app on home screen ( or calculator or clock apps).
No icon on home screen warning you if phone is on do not disturb - you have to just remember do not disturb is on.
Time on home screen is so tiny you need a magnifying glass to read it & no options to increase font.
Volume is a pain because increasing volume using the button on side may not work because of another volume control that controls it.
I could go on. I managed because Pixel was my secondary phone but now it's my only phone & I regret it every day.
this was really helpful ❤
Thank you so much!!
Wow this is great guys! Thanks!
Your banks DO need access to your contacts if you are using any type of zelle or cash sharing app
Good catch!
Many thnx for the tips! Helped me a lot.
Thanks for the information. It was very useful
SUPER HELPFUL! Thanks gents!
These are not Pixel settings but all Android settings. I have every single setting of these on my Huawei phone... Very useful video with only the wrong title.
And to turn off 5g on the pixel 5 on Google fi... Just reboot in safe mode and switch it to LTE. Then restart phone. It should stay that way. That's the only way you can do it on Google Fi. Great video guys🕶️💜
Thanks so very much guys, great help
In my preferred network settings it only shows Global, LTE/CDMA, and LTE/GSM/UMTS (this is on Verizon). What should I choose if I just want to disable 5G and just use standard LTE coverage? I was originally hoping adaptive connectivity would switch this from 5G to LTE as needed but it doesn't even work at all for me so I'd rather just use LTE all the time.
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@Swim Fan Actually since I made this comment I now have the option lol, must have been in some update
I just turn off pixel 4a 5g PERMANENTLY. NEVER LIKED THIS PHONE. Purchased a Samsung Galaxy and will never go back! Love your helpful videos.
Hi any video on how to improve mic 🎤 of pixel 3. Many people tell me they can't hear properly when my phone is on speaker.
Hi Nehal, you may find some tips, like taking your Pixel out of its case to determine if the case is the problem, or brushing out the speaker with an unused toothbrush - but often, on older phones, unfortunately it's time for a repair.
Very useful. Thanks.
Thank you . This Will help so much
You're welcome! Hope you subscribe! :-)
"Opt out of ads personalization" does not seem to be in the settings for pixel 7a - what do I do to make sure this is turned off on my phone? thanks
Camera is a nice app to have your location so you can know where your photos were taken, but that's just me
If only there were another way to know where a photo was taken, like maybe looking at it
I am Sharing this cool Video. Thank you guys.
Thank you for these videos. To many companies count on consent by ignorance.
If you opt out of personalized ads you don't get fewer ads, you just get lower and lower brow ads. Instead of ads for things like adidas or red lobster or whatever, you'll get ads for semi-pornographic sites, bait and switch scams, tommy chong's cbd, self-help scams, etc etc. Just FYI.
Thanks for your comment, but we don't entirely agree. First, a website owner has control over the categories of ads that run on their website - more about this here: support.google.com/admanager/answer/2541069
Ad "traffickers" on quality sites don't allow ads about CBD, sexual content, or anything like that because advertisers like Red Lobster and Adidas won't pay to advertise alongside them. It's not as much of a wild west in the ad world as it used to be. Sites that have Red Lobster ads simply won't display ads in sensitive categories, and vice versa.
Additionally, webmasters - including us - often will choose to run "house" ads instead of accepting an extremely low CPM for low-quality ads. We set a CPM "floor" on PayetteForward.com, for example, and instead of running low quality ads to users, we run our own ads to this UA-cam channel. We'd rather promote ourselves than show people anything low-quality. And for people on our websites, the "ads" to our own content are very relevant.
The truth is that people who turn this setting off may see fewer ads. Ad networks would never tell people that, but there comes a point when advertisers simply stop bidding on traffic. It might take a while, but it does happen.
Moral of the story: It's a more complicated issue than most people realize. I appreciate your comment and thank you for the opportunity to respond!
I agree with Isaac, In my experience ,Turning off personalisation doesn't remove add space, you just get spammed with Forex and low quality ads.
Thanks guys! Appreciate that can you recommend why Bluetooth cuts out all the time happens to me on my speakers super annoying.
Could be a number of things. Signal strength, version of blue tooth different, quality of speakers (Are they the dollar store speakers or the name brand with quality parts).
You can troubleshoot by seeing if it is just one phone to the speakers, or if multiple devices have same issue with the speakers (if it is just the one phone, then you'll have to look deeper at incompatibilities, settings, etc. on the phone). If all devices do the same then you know to replace the speakers. (again it can also be distance from device so rty moving the phone beside the speakers to see if it clears it up.
could also be signal noise (interference on the same frequency in your area) does it do the same everywhere the speakers are or just at the one location?
some things to try. Just need to troubleshoot.
Thanks a lot for the information.
Thank you very helpful
Thank u to both of you for your help! keep up the amazing work that you do!
Preferred network unavailable when using Google Fi on a 4a5g? Any ideas
IM NEVER GOING BACK TO GOOGLE PIXEL I HAVE A RELATIVE THAT WORKS FOR GOOGLE AND YOUDBE SURPRISED HOW MUCH DATA THEY COLLECT FROM YOU ALMOST EVERYTHING
Great help. Thanks.
Turning off personalized ads doesn't do what you think. All's it does is give you a random ad id. And that random ID stays once you turn it off. And yes your bank needs access to contacts to know your phone number. And the shopping apps use the camera for UPC or selling things to upload photos. And stopping usage and diagnostics turn off for system and that is it. All apps have their diagnostics, Google analytics. Location is needed for many things, like UA-cam music knowing where you are and time of day, to give you the mixes it recommends. And wifi and Bluetooth scanning is for your benefit. It looks for your car Bluetooth or household appliances. Location history is for you to know where you are. No app can install a third party app by itself. This is the most uninformed video I seen in a while. Install third party apps is for apps not in the Google play store. So much disinformation. And 5G prefer is like LTE preferred. If it doesn't see it, which your phone checks them constantly, so if it doesn't see 5G, it doesn't use it. Doesn't matter preferred anything.
I don't think you fully understood the point of the video. A lot of the apps and such they used and talked about here were examples. Turning off personalized ads basically keeps companies from using information, like the things you search, etc., to personalize ads for you. For the most part, there isn't really a negative effect to it, but some people don't want personalized ads. And the point with location. They literally mentioned that you can decide yourself whether you feel certain apps really do need location all the time or not. Most apps DO NOT need to know your location ALL THE TIME. So you can either limit it to only while the certain app is in use, or if it's not a requirement for the app to work, then deny it location. Wifi and Bluetooth scanning can be beneficial, but it still isn't needed at all, and turning them off literally won't affect much anyways. Location History also isn't exactly a needed thing. Some people don't care about having a history of places they've been, so it's perfectly to fine to turn off the history as it's not going to affect much either. And of course the worst point of all that you've mentioned. Did you even watch the video? Yes, if you're somewhere where 5G isn't available, your phone is still going to connect to the 4G network. But if you are somewhere where 5G is available, a LOT of times it'll connect to 5G, while having way slower speeds than even 4G. Setting your preferred network to 4G can still be very beneficial as well when your 5G speeds are absolutely terrible and you know your 4G speeds are much better.
@@xenofastiq Nah he's right, this video has lots of flaws. But the 12 year olds that make up their audience won't notice and will thank them endlessly for "great" tips.
@@zachscott8795 Yes it has flaws, but a lot of what they were saying was more like recommended as well. They clearly stated in some that it's up to you how much you wanna limit certain, like location history, location in general. Ads personalization is something that ultimately won't help too much since youll still get ads anyways but at least your information wouldn't be gathered and uses to then display what these companies believe to be relevant ads. When we're talking about limiting the selling of our data, technically these are in fact quite some great tips. The reason is because when stuff like these are free, then the consumers become the product. Meaning Google ultimately makes more money off of having ads directed towards you vs their individual services.
Mine doesn’t show apps and notification is the same button you have. There’s no advance next either. I went up to downloading other apps without my permission. I wish I could figure out how to change mine in my settings don’t look the same as yours, my pixel eight.
Best pixel content I've seen for a min
immediately subscribed
For a minute huh
We’ll take it!
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On the first one, Its asking to either Delete advertising ID, or Reset advertising ID. I'm not sure which one is better, or if I should pick one at all
I have an issue on the 3a where when I get a notification and the whole screen goes black with a circle by the top of the screen
Great info. Anyone else having issues with the Android 11 update? My top speaker (ear speaker) is now pushing out only half the original volume.
I honestly don't know what it was supposed to sound like originally, but yes it is a little bit soft on the 4a 5g
I'm having a weird problem with my Google pixel 3. Basically whenever I turn it on it just goes straight to my home screen without going to the lock screen first.
Tried follow your UA-cam guide but your pixel 8 setting screen and all that is a whole lot different than my settings screen so I don't know what's going on.
Thank you, all done!!!
Thanks guys. 😎
Excellent fellas, thanks :)
Have a Pixel 4XL when opening the phone dialer how do you delete Google suggested contacts from showing?
Thanks. These are some great tips!!
Thank you 🙏 I love you’re videos
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Its the thought that counts. 😂
Think you need to do an updated version because the settings menu on my Pixel 7 Pro looks pretty different to what’s shown here.
Please make app for google lens which does take photos but doesn’t identify the photo
I am the android half and recently ported to the pixel 5, and now will turn off "install unknown apps". My previous phone had many anknown (to me) apps. I was concerned about eliminating apps that were part of needed functionality. How do I sort and eliminate those apps?
Very Helpful
Your ads for other episodes popped up at the end over the last tip. Is there a way to turn them off so I can see what you're trying to say?
THANK'S FOR THE INFORMATION. GOOD VIDEO.
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Is Global setting the same as 5G for preferred network ? Or is it because Pixel 4 is not a 5G phone? Is Global okay?
I was fixing to ask the same thing. Seen your comment and was hoping that you had an answer. Lol
Pixel 4 does not have 5G. The only 5G Pixel phones are the 5 and the 4a 5G. Global basically means though that when you're in places where a CDMA network isn't available, you may be able to roam on a GSM network.
The 1st tip doesn't even work anymore. Should we opt now to just delete the Ad ID?
Questions:
For LTE network best choice LTE/CDMA or LTE/GSM/UMTS?
Google Play Protect - important? or just a way to scan apps for info?
Thanks for the good info!!
How does one record a voicemail greeting on a Pixel 3XL?.My voicemail greeting just disappeared from my phone and now there does not appear to be an option to record a new one? Thanks Guys.
I've got a Pixel 6, but the screen setup is different from what you are showing.