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are you looking for a cool use for daydream mode I'm Taylor Martin this is PocketNow and these are the best daydream applications for your Android device one of the most understated features of jellybean is the daydream mode a screen saver lurk mode that can be enabled when your Android device is charging or docked it's basically a bedside mode that can be used for displaying all sorts of different information or animations it's utility is quite limited which more or less makes the feature in novelty no less it's one of our favorite recent additions to Android as such we've composed a list of our favorite daydream apps that you can download from Google Play first up is one of the most popular Android widgets of late - clock widget created by Google's own Roman Nurik at the surface - clock looks like your standard clock widget but a few customizable features but dig through the settings for just a minute and you will see there's much more to it than that there are hundreds if not thousands of third-party extensions for - clock they can be downloaded from Google Play everything from battery indicators and moon phase extensions to a constant display of your Klout score - clock also comes with a daydream mode of which you can customize to your liking you can adjust the text color animation style and brightness the rest of the appearance settings such as extensions extension order clock style and date style will also be reflected in the widgets of your homescreen and lock screen for us this has been the best way to cram as much information as possible in the daydream mode if you're not after a ton of information however there are daydream applications that are a little more tailored to a specific purpose such as weather daydreams screensaver or beautiful widgets whether daydream offers the current weather conditions as well as a three day forecast the current time battery level unread email account and missed calls the only concern we have is the burnin protection the text is mostly static and periodically slides off the screen but it ends up in the same spot rather than shifting around the display beautiful widgets also comes with a built-in daydream mode it displays only the time date weather and battery percentage but as you would expect it looks great again as most of the information at the bottom of the screen is static it could cause concern for image burnin if used for prolonged periods of time Google's on digital newspaper service currents also comes bundled with a rather awesome daydream mode login to your current account and set it as the default your subscriptions are displayed on your screen in a slow pan tapping a headline or thumbnail will bring a preview of The Associated article up for quick viewing and you can open directly into the article incurrence if you tap one more time this is very neat and useful sitting on our desk in the office and if you're in need of some inspirational quotes daydream coats offers just that the setup is extremely simple choose the interval for changing quotes and set the text size famous quotes will periodically display hopefully giving you a better outlook on your day we fell in love with this one even as cliche and cheesy as the whole idea is and if none of these daydream modes do it for you there is one that just might with jelly dreamed a dream you can select custom text clock color a personal or preset background animation style font text size various combinations of notifications and a plethora of other information to display in daydream mode we must say we quite like this one but if what you're looking for is something a little more fun and less serious my android and circuit board or two awesome daydream modes and we leave you with a question do you use daydream mode on your Android device regularly or is it a feature you care nothing about personally I always have daydream mode enabled and I typically use dashclock for displaying all my information in one place but lately I've also been using the current state ream more and more and daydream quotes is also finding its way into my routine that's all we have time for so if you enjoyed the video be sure to click the thumbs up button below to let us know and subscribe to see more videos like this one in the future be sure to follow us on all the usual places twitter google+ and facebook at pocket now I'm Taylor Martin and I'll see you next time