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How to use touch and hold delay in Android 7 Nougat
How to use touch and hold delay in Android 7 Nougat
Tap on the ‘Settings’ icon on the home screen. Fig 1.Note: If the ‘Settings‘ icon doesn’t appear on your home screen, slide-up from the bottom of the screen to open the ‘app drawer’ and locate it.
Fig 1
Scroll down to the ‘System’ section and tap on ‘Accessibility’. See Fig 2.
Fig 2
Scroll down to the ‘System’ section and tap on ‘Touch & hold delay’. Fig 3.
Fig 3
Tap on the delay option that you would like to use to trigger ‘Touch and hold’ - the options are ‘Short’, ‘Medium’ or ‘Long’. Fig 4.
Fig 4
When you are happy with all your ‘Text-to-speech’ settings press your device’s ‘home button’ to return to the home screen.
Note: These instructions apply to the stock version of Android 7 Nougat. Please be aware that many device manufacturers add their own customisations to the Android operating systems so you may find minor differences from the steps shown.