In this guide, I will tell you how to enable the internet speed meter on your android device’s status bar. With or Without using an app, Like this:
Internet speed meter notification will show you the upload and download speeds in real-time on your android device’s (smartphone/tablet) status bar.
So it is a good feature to enable especially if you are more considerate about the amount of data consumed by your smart android device.
Let’s get started.
Enable Speed Meter Notificaiton Without Using Apps
A lot of smartphone UIs now have the speed meter notification feature. So you don’t need an app to be installed to enable this feature. But the question is
How to enable this?
So here’s what you need to do:
Head over to your device’s settings
Go to notification settings
Go to status bar
Enable speed meter notificaiton.
After you enable the feature. The internet speed meter notification will start to appear on your device’s status bar.
But what if you did not find the speed meter feature?
That is sad. But wait! There is an answer.
You can use a simple tiny app to enable internet speed meter notification. Continue reading!
Enable Speed Meter Notificaion Using an App
There are several internet speed meter apps out there. But you don’t need to go through every app to figure out what is best. I have already found one of the best for you.
(I have also included alternatives at the end of this guide in case you need them)
It is the “Internet Speed Meter Lite“.
This app is free to download and easy to use. Even more, it works perfectly with almost any device.
Here is how to enable the notification using Internet Speed Meter Lite;
Download Internet Speed Meter Lite app from playstore
Open it
Now the internet speed meter will show up on your device’s status bar.
But this is not enough! Because it only shows overall “speed”. Not the upload/download speed separately. Let’s see how to fix that.
And some other cool features too!
Internet Speed Meter Lite Advanced Settings
01 Show Up/Down speeds seperately
To see the upload/download speed separately, you have to change settings in the app. Here is how to do that;
Open Internet Speed Meter Lite and go to its preferences from the top right corner (three dots). Then, select “Show Up/Down Speed“.
Also, you can hide the speed meter on the lock screen by selecting the “Hide Lock Screen Notification” option.
02 Disable Background Restrictions to work the speed notificaion properly
Internet Speed meter lite works great. But it will not show the speeds sometimes. Because of your device’s battery optimization settings.
Therefore, to prevent that from happening, you have to disable background restrictions for the Internet Speed Meter Lite app.
Here is how to do that;
Open Internet Speed Meter Lite app
Go to preferences
Go to Advanced Settings
Tap on “Add to Whitelist”
Then it will take you to your device’s battery settings. You can disable battery optimizations for Internet Speed Meter Lite in there.
After disabling background restrictions, you will see a green mark in the Advanced settings of the app. Now it will work fine without any problems.
This is a bonus tip you will need in the future! If the internet speed meter lite doesn’t work well, you can do the following to fix it.
Go to your device’s settings
Go to Apps
Select Internet Speed Meter Lite
Clear Data
Alternative Apps to Internet Speed Meter Lite
Internet Speed Meter Lite is great. But you can try other apps too! (especially if it does not work for you) Here is a list of alternatives to Internet Speed Meter Lite.
Internet Speed Meter – 5M Downloads
NetSpeed Indicator – 1M Downloads
Internet Speed Meter Live – 1M Downloads
Speed Indicator Free – 500K Downloads
Which method worked for you? Leave a comment below. Don’t forget to share this guide with your friends!
Do you want to know how to make animated stickers for WhatsApp on your Android/iOS device but don’t know how to do it? Maybe you tried a bunch of different apps and all of them didn’t work.
Well, in that case I’m glad to tell you that you are in the right place! I will help you create your own animated stickers for WhatsApp easily in only takes 2 minutes or even less than that! All you need to do is to follow the steps I have enumerated below so you can come up with your own animated stickers that you can send to your friends right away and make your chatting experience fun and friendlier.
Who wouldn’t agree that chatting with stickers is fun. And, what makes it more entertaining is that animated stickers, unlike GIF, don’t need to be tapped each time you use them. Simply put, animated stickers are played automatically so it’s easier to use them.
Before scrolling down, refer to the Table of Contents to find out the method on how to make animated stickers depending on the type of your device. If you are an iOS user, go to iOS guide from here.
Make Animated Stickers for WhatsApp – Android
Android users can easily make animated stickers using an Android App called “Animated Sticker Maker“. You can use GIF or video files to make animated stickers for WhatsApp using this app.
Make animated stickers using Animated Sticker Maker
Animated Sticker Maker is a great app to make animated stickers for WhatsApp. You can create a sticker pack of your own and add stickers to the pack you create and use them in chatting. As I said earlier, this app allows you to make animated stickers using GIFs or videos. You can also discover stickers created by other users – which is great when finding awesome stickers.
After that, open and follow the steps below to make awesome animated stickers using Animated Sticker Maker app.
Open the app and create a sticker pack
Before making animated stickers, you need to create a sticker pack. You can create a sticker pack by tapping the plus (+) sign icon on the bottom of you Android device screen.
And then, you will be asked to allow access to the storage. You must hit allow so you can make stickers and add them to WhatsApp. If you want, you can simply disable this once you added stickers to WhatsApp.
Don’t forget to give a name to your sticker pack and provide your name as well for the author’s name. The author’s name will show up in the community section once you create the sticker pack. If you don’t like your real name to be shown under Community tab, just give a made-up name then. After which, tap on the “CREATE” button to create the sticker pack.
Import a file to make new animated sticker
Once you create sticker pack, you can add files when you are inside a sticker pack to make animated stickers. To do that, tap on the “+” sign icon from the bottom right corner of your device.
A list of methods will now show up and you can choose from the list of methods whenever you are going to import a file. If you have a video file, you can use it there. If you don’t have any video file or GIF file, you can import your desired GIF online from GIPHY database.
Since I don’t have any video file to create a new sticker, I will choose the “Import GIF Online” option.
Edit the Video/GIF you imported and hit save
After you import a file, you can edit what you imported. You can use these options to edit the sticker:
Background Eraser – You can erase the background of the video/GIf you imported. This app use a third party online service to automatically remove the background.; therefore, you need to have internet access to do this.
Crop: You can crop the animated sticker using the Crop tool
Write: You can add a text that matches your sticker.
For the purpose of this guide, I will just add a text to the sticker I have created and save it by tapping the Save button on top left corner.
Add the sticker pack to WhatsApp
Once you’re done editing the sticker you created, you can tap save from the top left corner. The app will convert the file you imported into a sticker.
When the conversion process is done, you can add the sticker pack to WhatsApp easily using the “ADD TO WHATSAPP” option.
Note: This app require the latest version of WhatsApp (Version 2.21.3.19 or above) to add stickers. It may not work if your WhatsApp version is old which means, if any error occur, update your WhatsApp to its latest version available on Play Store.
After updating my WhatsApp version, I restarted the app and successfully added the stickers I have created on WhatsApp.
Now, you can go to WhatsApp to check if the sticker pack you made is added. If it is not added, then try to check for any WhatsApp updates on Playstore and retry adding the sticker pack.
Enjoy using the animated stickers you created!
Booyah! You have finally created the animated stickers and added them successfully to WhatsApp. Now, you need to check whether the stickers have been added to the WhatsApp. To do that, open one of your WhatsApp chats, go to stickers and check whether the stickers are added to your sticker section.
How to Make Animated Stickers for WhatsApp – iOS
Now, iOS users, like Android users, can also create personalized animated stickers for WhatsApp. If you are an iOS user, you only have to install the app called “Sticker.ly” and start making amazing animated stickers on your own!
Sticker.ly also has a community where stickers are being added by its users every day! Also, you can use GIF, text or video to make animated stickers for WhatsApp using this friendly sticker maker app.
Once installed, open the app and tap on the plus (“+”) sign icon on bottom of the screen to create a new sticker.
Then, make sure to select the “animated” option to create a new animated sticker.
Choose a media file to create animated stickers
After, you can choose a media file to create animated stickers. You can select a media file on your device or use a GIF from TenorGIF database. Moreover, you can even make fantastic animated text stickers.
Since I don’t have a good enough media file on my device, I will make a sticker using a GIF from Tenor.
Edit the sticker you have created
Once you selected a media file to create a sticker, you can edit it from the editing window. In here, you can remove the background or crop the sticker. You can leave this if you don’t want to edit the sticker and tap on “next” from the top right portion of the window.
Add Tags and add the sticker to a sticker pack
Tags are not necessary if you don’t want to add the sticker to the community but, you can add them if you want. After that tap on “Save“.
The app will ask you to add the sticker you created to a Sticker pack. If you haven’t created a sticker pack yet, you can simply make one by clicking the “+New Pack” option.
Give a name to the Sticker pack and tap save
You have to give a name to the sticker pack and a name for its creator. You can also let others find your sticker pack by allowing search option. If you don’t like to, just disable the Allow search and tap on “Create” to make the sticker pack and assign the sticker you created.
Add the sticker to WhatsApp
Now, you can add your sticker pack or the sticker you created to WhatsApp and freely use it. To add a Sticker pack, you need to have at least 3 stickers inside the sticker pack.
For your sticker to be added on WhatsApp, choose the sticker you want to add first and after that, select “Add to WhatsApp“. After you completed these simple steps, you can go to WhatsApp and check if the sticker is working.
Note: Leave a comment if you have any trouble adding stickers to WhatsApp.
How to Get Animated Stickers for WhatsApp (Android/iOS)
If you want to get animated stickers rather than creating them yourself, these are the options where you can get animated stickers for WhatsApp.
Get animated/non-animated stickers from Playstore (Android)
Play Store has a lot of apps that have tons of pre-made animated stickers and non-animated stickers you can download and add to WhatsApp. Here, I have listed 6 apps that have awesome stickers:
Smartphones have become most powerful device that we use today. The very special thing about smartphone is we can turn it into anything we want using programs called Apps!
There are millions of apps that are available to download on app stores and today we are gonna look at some special apps that can measure decibel levels around you.
Since there are lot of apps, what are the best sound meter apps?How to use them?What are the actual uses of sound meter apps that you don’t know? and many more questions you may have.
You will find all the answers in this article. It is only few scrolls away!
What is “Decibel Meter” device?
If you already know what decibel meter does, you can scroll down.
Decibel meter or in other words Sound level meter device is a gadget that can measure decibel level (noise level). (What is decibel(dB) level? is explained below)
Measuring dB level is important in many ways. For example, Noise level over a prolonged period of time can damage your hearing!
Sound level meter app and Sound level meter device is the same but the receiver of the actual device can measure even louder sounds. While our smartphone mic can only hear up to 100dB level.
But that will not be a problem for you unless you are trying to measure very loud sounds that can affect your hearing.
Instrument is not providing good sounds
Why my pc makes noise?
Need to be quiet
When sound mixing
Nobody wants to watch your noisy video
When composing an audio
As I mentioned earlier, sound meter apps can be really useful for different scenarios. The main and the most use of it is to save our ears from disturbing noises and high intensive sounds.
So here are a few uses of sound meter apps that we have discovered. You can also leave a comment if you like to share yours.
To check home equipment that generates noises (Washing machine/PC/Air conditioner etc.)
Use it as a loud meter for a children’s room or a classroom.
To measure the sound level intensity or noise level of a stereo system.
Check the noise level in your room. (Especially if you live in a loud environment)
When recording a video (check noise level before begin recording)
For audio production/ Sound composing.
When practicing or tuning an instrument. (a guitar/violin)
To maintain quiet places like a church, library, or office room.
For a construction suite
To measure traffic/environment loudness
Best sound meter apps (Android/iOS)
We have listed the best sound meter apps that we found from Android and Apple store. The criteria that used to pickup the best sound meter apps are below.
Accuracy
Supported frequency weightings
The number of downloads
Reviews of people who are using
Price (free or paid)
Last updated date
Decibel X (Android/iOS) – Free/Pro version
Pros:
Trusted accuracy
Smart history data management
Dosimeter included
User-friendly UI
Cons (reported by users):
Limited weightings support for the free version
Annoying Ads
Sound Meter by ABC Apps (Android) – Free
Pros:
Supports graphs and written display
Display min/max/average decibel values
can be calibrated for each device
Cons (reported by users):
Disturbing Ads
No share option for records
NoiSee (iOS) – 1$
Pros:
Two modes
Sound meter
Noise at work
High level accuracy
Supports different weightings
Cons (reported by users):
Only supports for iphone devices
Not for free (Cost around 1$)
Too Noisy Pro (Android/iOS) – 5$
Pros:
Best for teachers and parents
Alarm for predefine limit exceeds
Louder activity notifications
Cons (reported by users):
Not for free
App crashes
SPLnFFT Noise meter (iOS) – $3.99
Pros:
Recommended by the Laborers Health and Safety Fund of North America
High accuracy
fewer bugs
Cons (reported by users):
Not for free
Sound meter and noise detector (Android) – Free
Pros:
Display different forms of decibel
Suspend recording
Detect and record sounds in the background
Cons (reported by users):
To get the best accuracy needs to be calibrated
Lots of Ads
Sound meter pro (Android) – Free
Pros:
super helpful decibel scale reference
Easy to use
High accuracy level
Cons (reported by users):
Annoying ads
Accuracy dropdowns sometimes
What is dB, dB level, Leq and SPL?
If you don’t know what these words are, it is time to clear them up.
The sound pressure level is the ratio of the absolute sound pressure against a reference level of sound in the air.
Decibels (dB) is the unit of sound measurement. In other words loudness of sound or SPL is measured in decibels (dB). When the dB level is high, loudness is correspondingly high. You can learn more about dB from Wikipedia.
decibel level(dB levels) can be measured by using a sound meter/decibel reader device(Or app from now :D)
Look at the decibel scale below here. You can use this image when you use the sound meter app.
Example: If you want your room to be quiet, its decibel reading should be around 30dB to 40dB
It is easy to use any of the decibel/sound meter apps that are listed above. Let’s take Decibel X as an example.
Step 01: Download Decibel X from Google/ iOS app store
Step 02: Make sure your device mic is not using by another app or device such as headphone/phone call/voice record etc.
Step 03: Open Decibel X and give permission to Record audio
After, You will see a meter and from below the values changing. For Decibel X, it only allows you to read Z-frequency level.
