Despite the efforts of many manufacturers to eliminate the headphone jack port, headphones for listening to music are not going anywhere. We teach you to Set the button function of your Android phone's headset.
There are several steps to get to put and above all activate this, which in the end is important as far as the use is concerned. It is one of the things that today is much easier thanks to the fact that manufacturers have improved the experience, in addition to having brought it to them with just a script.
Controlling your headphones
There are headphones of all colors and shapes. Among the most popular that we usually find are those that have some kind of physical button. There are those with multiple buttons that have default functions, there are those with built-in volume controls, and there are also those that have a single button. Be that as it may, they usually offer useful functions with which to control what happens during calls or listening to music.
However, this is not always the case, either due to a software "glitch" or because the music player used does not support the use of headphones. Luckily, there is a very simple solution to configure the function of the headset button.
SmartKey: Sony is the key to configuring the headphone button function
Smartkey is a Sony application available for free on the Play Store and compatible with the vast majority of Android devices, as long as you have Android 4.0 or higher. This application is dedicated exclusively to configuring the function of the headphone button, offering options for actions listening to music, during calls or in sleep mode.
SmartKey allows you to configure one, two and three presses, each with its own function. It also allows you to configure each of them for while listening to music, while making a call and while in standby mode. It also allows you to leave without actions if you prefer. In the image above you can see examples of a single press for Calls: Answer or end call, Hang up incoming call, mute microphone, increase volume...
Other options include starting to play music, stopping it, using a voice command... There are several options, unique to each function. From there it is your turn to take advantage of the options in front of you and make the most of them according to how your daily use is. Unlike the removal of the jack port on the Xperia XZ2 and XZ2 Compact ā next to a dongle that doesn't meet expectations -, this time it only remains to thank Sony offer a good app with great features.
You can download Smartkey for free from Play Store:
Customize buttons with Button Mapper
One of the applications that serve as a headset button mapper is āButton Mapperā, both in the free version and in the well-known āProā version. It is an important step, especially if you need the physical button on it to serve something additional apart from synchronizing or not your pair of speakers.
To this is added the possibility of adding some extra to the physical buttons of the mobile phone, in case you have a key that is not assigned, you can reassign it. Indispensable unless you do this before with the app, which is available in the Play Store, for this we are going to see all the available options.
Amongst the Button Mapper stuff, you can do the following:
- Enable/disable headset buttons, in addition to configuring it, among the things to do you have the option to turn them on with just a touch, double touch or a long press, as well as turn them off
- Assign the recent and back (return) keys, for this you have to go to the application and assign this in the pair, in one of them you have the button
- Hit "Save" and you're done
Customization will depend on the options chosen, is fully configurable by the person, who will be in charge of doing this once you download it (top part). After doing this, you have to save everything with the button, which you have at the bottom, for everything to take effect.
Buttons Remapper & Configure
It is an application that will allow the remapping of any headset, phone, tablet and other device where it can be configured in a complete and intuitive way. Buttons Remapper & Configure is an interesting utility which is worth adding some extra to the button of your wireless headphones, it also works on the classics.
It is in English, despite this it is an app that is simple, with a good number of options and extras that you can take advantage of. The developer updates it over time, it should be noted that it is a tool that is valid in such a case for what you are looking for and to reconfigure keys on a phone.
Button Mapper-key mapper
Despite being called one of the above, it is different in terms of use, in addition to having some extra that is well worth considering. Button Mapper Key Mapper is called to be one of the apps that map in a simple way and you need the basics to take advantage of the headphones.
It will allow you to customize any of the buttons, including the power button, that of passing songs and others from the pair of headphones, which is ideal in this regard. Button Mapper ā Key Mapper is one of the applications with little weight, it also allows you to readjust if you wish once you open it on your mobile device.
Headphone Tester
Test your headphones, it will let you see how they sound, if they are worth wearing and setting some parameters of them, beneficial thing with this free application. Headphone Tester is marvellous, since it is successful, in addition to that it has been progressing in broad strokes as an additional tool to those available.
Works on wired headphones and newer ones, in the wireless, throwing a previous information, since it will turn them off and on to see the response time.
