I was recently hanging photos and posters in my house, constantly trying to find my handy dandy bubble level. If I would have known about this trick in Google Search, I might saved a bit of time. As posted onto reddit, if you search “Bubble Level” via Google, an interactive bubble level will hit your screen, perfect for your leveling needs.
While there are plenty of apps available for free on Google Play, this trick will allow you to save a bit of storage on your device, as running it through the search results does not require many resources. If you enable your device to go into landscape mode, the length of your phone should be just fine for most leveling jobs, such as picture frames.
I gave it a shot, and while a phone is probably not the ideal solution for leveling everything in your home, it certainly does the trick.
Give it a try.
It’s not accurate.
How do you calibrate it though?
It’s weird that that only works on phones. Seems like it should work just as well on my Nexus 7, but it doesn’t pop up there.
If you tune/reset your alingment on the widget it would be awesome.
Fine for pictures and such, but can’t replace the real thing. Also not very good for phones without flat edges (like my N6).
I am feeling a mite but tilted today, all that key lime pie crushed me. This could to set things right.
Did you check it with a real level, Tim? Laser levels are great for leveling also but they are expensive.
Laser levels are cheap. I got one free packaged with my Monkey Hooks purchase 4 years ago. Helped hang my large mirror straight and level above my sofa and it still works great today.
such a deal. Mine was like $100
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These little tricks are great, but how many people will know to use them? Personally, I’d rather see Google put more energy into fixing issues that actually affect users on a daily basis.
PS: Remember the “Let’s Go Caroling” command from 2 years ago? I tried it the other day, and it no longer works. That’s another reason why I don’t care for these sorts of tricks – they can disappear at any time.
Yeah they added this not too long after they added the in-search pacman game.
Bubble app is still better. I like to have the circular level when the phone lays flat.
Yup. I have been using the same “Bubble” app on my phones since my first OG Droid.
This is neat, but I’ll stick with using my level. I don’t have to worry about shattering its screen if I drop it.
It is nice not to have to worry about that anymore with our Droid Turbo 2’s.
My wife dropped hers on our cement driveway (after only having it for 2 weeks) while stepping up into our Explorer and all she did was scratch the metal corner a little.
yes!they brought a feature that I really very badly wanted.(i’m not buying the Droid Turbo 2,though).
meh – not the most responsive level in the world; I was trying it out and slowly lifting one end, and got to a visually noticeable tilt with the bubble stuck at near level before suddenly shifting to where it should be reflecting. It would drive me nuts in an actual-use situation, waiting for the bubble to adjust. Although it might vary by phone used.
Level all the things!