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I sure do love me a good time-saver. And sometimes, the best time-savers of all are the ones that are right under the surface of our favorite apps and services, just waiting to be seen — and/or remembered.

I’ll admit it: Even as someone who uses and thinks about Android more than any sane human should, I frequently find myself surprised by how often I stumble onto something that I knew about at some point but long ago forgot to keep using. It happens almost shockingly often — and it’s happened yet again, my dear friend, with a powerful shortcut system built right into Android and supported by oodles of my favorite apps.

The system is called, rather fittingly, app shortcuts. It’s been around since 2016’s Android 7.1 release, and it was originally framed as a response to Apple’s once-buzzworthy 3D Touch feature on the iPhone.

And that, as I wrote at the time, is the true Achilles’ heel of Android’s app shortcuts: The system tries too hard to emulate Apple’s original approach in that area instead of focusing on what makes sense for Android and would provide the best possible experience in our preferred environment. Heck, looking back at what I said about the shortcuts all those years ago seems almost eerily prophetic and like a too-perfect prologue to what we’re talking about today:

Their presence is completely hidden, with no visual cues whatsoever; you’d have to happen to long-press an icon to find them, and even then, you might not fully grasp what happened or why those items appeared. Users who know about the options are likely to forget they exist and underutilize them, too, as often happens with non-obvious commands in a user interface. Out of sight, out of mind — it’s a very real phenomenon.

And here we are, many years later, talking about how so many of us forget to take advantage of these time-saving treasures. The especially tricky thing about Android’s app shortcuts is that even if you do remember that they exist in general, you never know which apps take full advantage of the system and which don’t — or when any given app is updated with a richer set of shortcut options — unless you just haphazardly press icons every few weeks to see what, if anything, happens.

When you do press the right icons, though, you’re bound to be delighted by the bounty you unearth. And with a teensy bit of tinkering, you can make some of those shortcuts even more useful.

So enough of my blathering: It’s time to discover — or perhaps rediscover — the productivity-boosting potential of Android’s app shortcuts.

[Psst: Love shortcuts as much as I do? My Android Shortcut Supercourse will teach you even more advanced time-saving tricks for your phone. Sign up now for free!]

Android app shortcuts 101

Real quick, first, we need to back up for a quick primer on what exactly Android’s app shortcuts are and how you can put ’em to use: At the simplest possible level, Android app shortcuts are basically just direct links to specific functions within apps on your phone — ways you can get to individual actions or areas within an app without having to go through the typical process of opening the app up, plopping around through its menus, and tapping multiple commands to get where you want to go.

See?

A list of available app shortcuts for the Google Keep Android app.

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You can access app shortcuts by pressing and holding your finger down on any app’s icon — either on your home screen or in your app drawer — for about a second. And here’s where the true time-saving potential comes into play: You can also place any of the shortcuts you encounter directly onto your home screen for even easier one-tap access. Just press and hold the shortcut you want when you see it appear, then drag it into any open space in your home screen and let go.

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So where might this be helpful? Well, in plenty of places, you goofy ol’ goat. Let’s talk some specifics.

Your Android app shortcuts superlist

Like a proper deranged geek-scientist, I’ve been sifting through dozens upon dozens of different productivity-oriented apps to identify some of the most broadly useful and yet woefully underutilized app shortcut actions available on Android today. Ready to find something new and useful that’s probably already on your phone?

Here we go:

1. Google Docs

Unearth those bashful app shortcuts for the Google Docs Android app, and you can move straight into a new document or open up the search function to find what you need within your existing documents without first having to open up the app and poke around.

2. Google Sheets

Press your favorite fingie down onto the Sheets icon to reveal similar shortcuts for starting up a new spreadsheet or searching for existing items within that arena.

3. Google Drive

Long-pressing on the Drive Android app gives you direct links for searching, uploading a new file, or — one of my personal favorites — scanning a physical document via your phone’s camera.

4. Gmail

Gmail sports hidden Android app shortcuts for starting a new message or jumping directly into any account’s inbox (provided that you have multiple accounts connected to your phone, of course).

5. Google Calendar

Press and hold the Google Calendar app’s icon, and you’ll find a simple shortcut for creating a new event as well as for creating a new Google-Tasks-connected task.

6. Business Calendar

If you’re using Business Calendar — my personal favorite Android calendar app and my go-to recommendation for an upgraded Android calendar experience — you can see those same new event and new task shortcuts by long-pressing that app’s icon.

7. Google Tasks

Speaking of Tasks, pressing and holding that app will surface a one-tap shortcut for creating a new task directly within the service.

8. Todoist

If you’re using Todoist — a much more feature-rich Tasks alternative and one of the best cross-platform productivity apps around — don’t feel left out. Long-pressing its icon will reveal swift shortcuts for starting new tasks as well as for searching through your existing tasks and opening the app directly to your tasks inbox or today view.

9. Google Keep

Note-takers, take note: Google’s Keep Android app has a handy collection of note-creating shortcuts, including one-touch commands for firing up a new text note, photo note, list note, or audio note — all tucked quietly away within its icon.

10. Google Messages

You can long-press Google’s Android Messages app to waltz your way directly into any recently viewed message thread without having to first open up the app and hunt around to find it.

11. Slack

With Slack, long-pressing the app’s icon will reveal single-tap shortcuts for jumping directly into any recently accessed workspace or conversation connected to your phone.

12. Google Phone

Speaking of speaking to people, pressing that squishy phalange of yours down onto the official Google Phone app’s icon will give you one-touch shortcuts for dialing any recent contacts you’ve called — no app-opening or other steps required. (The Google Phone app comes preinstalled by default on Pixels and certain other devices but can be downloaded and used on any Android device.)

13. Google Meet

Got Meet? Save yourself steps by pressing and holding its icon to find single-step shortcuts for starting a new meeting, sending a video to someone else in your Meet contacts, or starting a call with a specific recent contact from your list.

14. Google Contacts

Long-press the Contacts app to find shortcuts for adding a new contact or opening a contact you’ve interacted with recently on your phone. (Like the Google Phone app, Google Contacts comes preinstalled by default on Pixels and certain other devices but can be downloaded and used on any Android device — and that’s a wise move to make, in general, especially if you’re using a Samsung product.)

15. Google Clock

The official Google Clock app on Android has app shortcuts for starting a stopwatch or a timer right from your home screen as well as for creating a new alarm without all the usual effort. (Once more, if you’re using a device where the app isn’t already installed by default, you can just go grab it from the Play Store!)

16. Trello

My fellow Trello fanatics, this one’s for you: The Trello Android app icon holds shortcuts for starting a new card with a single tap or for jumping into any recently opened board associated with your account.

17. Notion

Notion is an awesome app for organization and efficiency, and you can make yourself more efficient yet by embracing the hidden shortcuts for starting a new page or pinning a page within its Android app icon.

18. Recorder

Pixel pals, listen up: In a just-added new convenience, pressing and holding the icon for Google’s excellent Pixel Recorder audio transcription tool will now show you a simple shortcut for starting a new recording without having to first wade your way into the app.

19. Google Maps

In the Android Maps app, you can launch guided navigations to any of your saved places (including “home,” “work,” and “that deli where I eat so much salami I can’t move”) by pressing your finger to the app’s icon and then selecting the spot you want.

20. TripIt

TripIt is one of the best Android travel apps out there, and long-pressing its icon presents you with an easy way to get to your list of upcoming trips as well as any pending travel alerts and updates.

21. Chrome

Long-pressing the Chrome Android app icon will surface options for zipping right into a new tab — or incognito tab, even — right from your home screen. (Bonus: The same is true for Firefox and other Android browser apps, too!)

22. Camera

On both Pixels and Samsung Galaxy devices, press and hold the Camera app icon to find simple shortcuts for skipping over the rear-facing camera interface that typically comes up when you open the app and instead moving right into the front-facing camera view or a video-recording mode.

23. Google Photos

In what may be the most useful Android app shortcut of all for me, personally, pressing and holding the Photos icon will present you with a one-tap path to hopping straight into your screenshots for incredibly easy on-demand access.

24. Google Files

Need to get to your downloads in a jiff? Long-press the Google Files app icon to transport yourself there without any detours. (This is specific to the Google Files app, which isn’t the same as the My Files app Samsung sticks onto its devices but can be installed and used there — or on any other Android device — as well.)

25. Nest

The Nest app gives you shortcuts to commonly opened connected gadgets, so you can skip right over to the control panel for your home office camera or deskside Smart Display without all the usual steps.

26. YouTube

The next time you’re wasting time watching panda videos during the workday watching very important work-related videos on your phone, remember that a long-press on the YouTube app icon will let you skip straight into the service’s search function as well as your subscriptions screen.

27. Pocket Casts

For your on-the-go podcast listening pleasure, the superb Pocket Casts app has hidden roads directly to its search screen as well as to your subscriptions collection, an “up next” player area, and a collection of new releases from podcasts you follow.

28. Venmo

If you use Venmo for paying vendors and/or velociraptors, make yourself a mental note that its icon holds hidden shortcuts to the send and request functions along with a transfer-to-bank option for any incoming payments.

29. Settings

On Pixels, the Android Settings app has handy shortcuts for hopping straight into certain commonly used areas of your system settings — such as the Wi-Fi and Battery sections.

30. Play Store

Last but not least, the Play Store app has a supremely helpful shortcut for popping right into the “My Apps” area of the Play Store — where you can peek through any pending updates to your various installed applications and apply ’em immediately. So long, cumbersome menu-wading!

This list could go on more or less indefinitely, depending on what specific Android apps you use, but you get the idea. And if you want to take this same concept even further, there’s an easy way to expand your Android app shortcuts on a completely customized level and make ’em even more useful yet.

The power is officially in your hands. Embrace it wisely — and this time, don’t forget to keep using it.

Get even more advanced shortcut knowledge with my free Android Shortcut Supercourse. You’ll learn tons of time-saving tricks for your phone!

If you’re a Slack user, you’ve probably noticed some differences in the way the chat app looks and works. The company refreshed the user interface of its desktop app last year and has continued to make minor adjustments since then.

These UI tweaks are meant to help you navigate your workspace and collaborate with your teammates more efficiently. Here’s how to make the best use of the new design.

In this article:

• Get around quickly with streamlined navigation
• Jump-start collaboration with the ‘Create new’ button
• Optimize your workspace for maximum efficiency

Get around quickly with streamlined navigation

As Slack added more features over the years, its interface got more cluttered and confusing. So its updated interface features a simplified navigation bar that surfaces the most used items while keeping everything else a click or two away.

Slack’s Home view provides an overview of your workspace.

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The bar along the left is the main way you navigate Slack. By default, you’ll see buttons marked Home, DMs, Activity, Later, and More. Each shows a different view in the second column — what Slack calls the sidebar — or lets you take specific actions.

Home: This view gives you an overview of the activity in your Slack workspace.

At the top of the sidebar are options that give you quick access to ongoing conversations:

• Unreads: shows all unread messages from your channels and direct messages (DMs) in the main panel of your workspace.
• Threads: shows all the message threads that you’re taking part in.
• Drafts & sent: shows your message drafts and messages you’ve sent.

You can hide any of these items from the Home view sidebar. We’ll cover this and other customization options later in the story.

Next are sections for Channels (which lists the conversation groups you’re a member of), Direct messages (listed by the names of teammates you have DMs with), and Apps that are installed on your Slack workspace. If you’ve marked any channels or DMs with a star, you’ll also see a Starred section, and there may be other sections in your workspace as well.

You can drag-and-drop the section names to rearrange their order, or click the down arrow to the left of any section name to collapse that section for a cleaner view.

If you’re on a paid plan, you can create custom section names. See below for more details.

To filter your conversations, click the upside-down, striped triangle at the top right of the sidebar. You can filter your conversations by those that you haven’t read, in which you are mentioned, or by the section they’re categorized under.

DMs: This view lists all your direct messages. They’re ordered chronologically, with the most recent at the top.

Click DMs in the navigation bar to see all your direct messages in reverse chronological order.

Howard Wen / IDG

Activity: This view lists recent activities in your channels and direct messages. Click the options across the top of the sidebar to sort them by messages in which you’re @ mentioned, threads you’re participating in, reactions to your messages, and more.

Later: This view lists the messages and threads that you have marked “Save for later” or asked to be reminded about at a set date or time. You can also use this view to create new reminders for yourself: click the + sign at the top right of the sidebar and fill out the panel that appears with a date, time, and description for the reminder.

More: Click the three-dot icon to open a menu with additional views. These include Automations, Huddles, Canvases, Files, Channels, People, and External connections. Click any menu item to see all items of that type — for example, Files shows all files that have been shared in your DMs or channels, Channels lets you browse all the channels in your Slack workspace, and People shows all the members of your workspace.

The More button gives you access to a variety of useful views.

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If you belong to multiple Slack workspaces, you may see an additional navigation bar to the left of the main nav bar. This has a button for each workspace you’re a member of so you can easily switch between them. A small icon at the top left of the Slack app window (“Show/Hide workspace switcher”) lets you toggle the additional nav bar on and off.

Jump-start collaboration with the ‘Create new’ button

To post a message or create a new collaboration area in your workspace, you don’t need to navigate to a particular location — you can do it from anywhere in Slack by clicking the Create new button. It’s the + icon on the lower left of your workspace, just above your profile headshot. You’ll see several options for starting collaboration areas in your workspace.

Use the Create new button to start new collaboration areas quickly.

Howard Wen / IDG

Message: Compose and post messages. A new, blank message will open in the main panel of your workspace. In its To: field, type the name of the channel where you want to post the message, or type the name of a teammate you want to DM. A dropdown lists suggested channels and teammates that you can select.

Huddle: Start a video or audio chat. On the panel that opens, you’ll be prompted to type (or select from a dropdown list) the name of a teammate to start the huddle with.

Canvas: Available only with a paid plan. Start a workspace where you can create, manage, and share content with your teammates. We cover this feature in more depth later in the story.

Channel: Start a new group conversation with your teammates. You’ll be prompted to type a name for a new channel where you and your teammates can collaborate, and to designate whether the channel is public (anyone in your workspace can join it) or private (members must be invited to join).

Optimize your workspace for maximum efficiency

Slack’s new interface is highly customizable, which means you can tweak it to show exactly what you want to further increase your productivity.

Customize the navigation bar and Home view

For starters, you can control what buttons appear on your nav bar on the left. In the bar, click the three-dot icon above More. At the bottom of the menu that opens, click Customize navigation bar.

This opens the Preferences panel. Make sure Navigation is selected on the left. Then select the items that you want to appear on the nav bar by checking the box next to each item. If an item is left unchecked, it will still be accessible from the navigation bar by clicking the three-dot icon.

Check the items you want to appear on the navigation bar.

Howard Wen / IDG

To customize what appears in your Home view, click Home on the left side of the Preferences panel and make your selections.

Create custom sections in the sidebar

This feature is available only with a paid plan.

You can create custom sections that appear in the sidebar in Home view. Then you can move channels, direct messages, and installed apps into a custom section. For example, you could create a custom section for a specific project and then place the channels, DMs, and apps related to this project inside this custom section.

Click Home on the navigation bar. In the sidebar, move the pointer over one of the existing section names — Channels, Starred, or Direct messages — and click the down arrow that appears to its right. On the menu that opens, select Create > Create section. You’ll be prompted to type in a name for your new section, and you can optionally pick an emoji to represent it.

Creating a custom section for the sidebar.

Howard Wen / IDG

Your new custom section will appear in the sidebar. You can drag-and-drop channels, direct messages, and apps into it. And you can drag-and-drop your custom section to reorder it further up or down the sidebar list.

Customize the workspace theme

You can change the color scheme of your Slack workspace by choosing a theme that you find easier to read or simply more pleasing visually. Themes really come in handy when you’re a member of multiple workspaces — you can apply a variety of themes to your workspaces to help differentiate them at a glance.

To get started, click your profile picture at the bottom left of the Slack window and select Preferences. On the Preferences panel, click Themes on the left, which opens the Color Mode settings.

Selecting a theme for a workspace.

Howard Wen / IDG

Select a predesigned theme: You’ll see a variety of predesigned Slack themes, from single colors to lively color combos. Click a theme to apply it to your workspace. When you leave the Themes tab or close the Preferences pane, you’ll be asked to confirm that you want to keep the new theme.

Create a custom theme: Click the Custom theme tab. You can then select the colors for the specific elements of your Slack window and tweak some visual effects. If you want to let AI design your theme, click Surprise me.

Creating a custom theme.

Howard Wen / IDG

Only you can see the custom theme you’ve created; it won’t change the theme for others in your workspace. But you can share it with others. Next to “Theme colors,” click the Share button to copy a link to your theme. You can paste this link in a message and send it to someone. When they click the link, they can apply your theme to their Slack workspace.

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