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Recently I was browsing the settings of my Lineage 19 Fairphone,
and found a few helpful settings to make my
and maybe also your life easier.
These apply equally to Android 12
and may differ in later versions.

The first is Gesture Navigation.
I first experienced this on Apple devices
and I was totally confused.
Rather than the three buttons
back, home, app switcher at the bottom,
you have a little bar reminding you to use gestures.
After looking them up
and experimenting a while,
I found them a lot more handy than the buttons,
as I have more screen space
but also more potential interactions with the gestures.
A feature which is not immediately obvious but I enjoy most now
is the ability to swipe up slightly and then sideways
to switch back and forth between apps,
something I do very often.
Now I just need to find out
why apps like Firefox and OsmAnd keep reloading upon switching.

The second feature are System Profiles.
With System Profiles,
you can use triggers like Wifi, Bluetooth and NFC
to change most system settings.
So I set it up to adjust my configuration
and most importantly disable screen lock
when I am connected to the car via bluetooth.

The third is less shiny -
I wanted my buttons back
to turn Wifi and Mobile Data off and on with one click.
The new combined "Internet" widget is too clunky for me.
So I rearranged the quick tiles
and in the process found more curious features
available as quick access now,
including native screen recording.
And I promoted Coffee,
the app which keeps my screen on,
for example when using it for piano sheet music.