4 ways to train your phone

This post has been sponsored by Verizon. All opinions are my own and I’d been wondering about how to do this for a long time.

I can barely train a husband

And, I’ve lived with him for about 40 years now, so how could I possibly think that I might be able to train the one thing in my life that I spend more time with than I do him? My cell phone.

1. Train it to optimize the battery

Use a dark screensaver
Dim the screen (found in Display Settings)
Disable location services (found in Privacy Settings)
Pause Notifications
Disable Vibrate
Set Power Saver Mode

2. Train your phone to call you a name (mine calls me Her Majesty)

Android

Press the home button say “hey google”
Say “From now on, call me Her Majesty” or whatever you’d like to be called
Google will then confirm that this is what you want to be called

iPhone

Press the home button & open Siri
Say “From now on, call me “My Goddess” or whatever you’d like to be called
Siri will then confirm that this is what you want to be called

3. Train it to text (& emoji) things you send often

iPhone

Go to Settings
Tap Keyboard
Tap text replacement
Tap + (upper right-hand corner)
Add message or phrases that you’d like to send

Android

Go to Messages+ (or Apps then Messages+ if you don’t see it)

Tap 3 dots in the upper right-hand corner
Tap the menu
Tap auto-reply
Tap add a message
Type out your message or phrase that you send often
Tap Save

photo courtesy of Verizon

4. But the BEST thing your phone can do is give you GREAT service at a lower price.

That’s why I switched to Verizon’s 55 PLUS plan for those of us over the age of 55. For only $80 a month, Mr. S and I get great unlimited service (talk, text, AND data) as well as a hotspot and more.