What is screen pinning? How to use it on any android phone?

What is screen pinning? How to use it on any android phone?

With the evolution of smartphone gaming, most of the people spend a lot of time playing games on their phones. Are you a gamer or heavy user of smartphone? Then this feature of screen pinning will be  handy for you.

 First of all, let's discuss what's screen pinning and then we will try to explain how can make use of this smart feature that your phone has.

'Screen pinning' , the term is quite self-explanatory. It means pinning a particular screen or window or an app through which you can only access that screen or app and all the other buttons and apps will be inaccessible until you unpin that app or game or window..

While playing a game or using an app sometimes call or notification comes and intervenes the gameplay or an important job.

Sometimes while using an application we mistakenly touch home or back button which breaks the rhythm of the gameplay or the important job we might be doing at that moment.

Sometimes while we have to give our phones to a child or someone else as they want to play a game or use a certain app, screen pinning ensures that they can only play the game or use that app and can't use anything else even if they want which protects your privacy.

Thus this feature really comes handy in these sort of situations.

This feature is available from Android's 'Lollipop' version and upwards, but still some phones may not have this feature. Nothing can be done about that!

Those who have it can use it to enjoy a smarter gaming experience and distraction-free work, all without sacrificing your privacy and security..


How to access and make use of it?

First , head to settings and then tap on security. There you can find screen pinning option. Next you will have the option to enable it.

After enabling, you have to select the app or the screen you want to pin and then touch the overview button. Next you have to swipe up and then you can notice a small pin , then touching it will enable it.

When you want to unpin you have to press and hold the overview button for a while and then it will be unpinned.

So, that's it for now. Thanks for reading. I hope you found this article helpful ! For more such info, keep visiting the site and share as it will motivate me to bring out more articles for you.

Subhajit Surai

Author & Editor

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