Google is the company that offers the most functions to Internet users. Some are usually announced and others are hidden to the surprise of Internet users. And this is the case we are talking about on this occasion: a spirit level in Google. That is, it is that tool with which we can see if an object is flat on a surface or not.
Likewise, You can completely forget about having to install applications and waste time looking through your tools to know if the shelf you have placed is straight. Or, the painting that you have painted is parallel with the piece of furniture that is directly below it. Also, in addition to this bubble level in Google, we will also talk about other solutions. Although in the latter case, we will have to go through an application store.
During our small forays into home DIY, we often dedicate ourselves to placing shelves, pictures, etc. and we do not know if these have been straight or crooked. It is at that moment that we will need a level to verify it. And maybe, we don't have any on hand. But if you carry your mobile by hand, Google has had a tool since 2015.
How to find the google spirit level
The online tool is easy to find. Although when it first appeared it could only be accessed from the English version of Google -www.google.com-, for some years we can also find it in the Spanish version.
To be able to invoke this Google bubble level you will only have to go to the address bar of your preferred browser It doesn't matter exactly which one you use. We teach it to you in Chrome, although we have tried it in other browsers and it works the same way. Well, with that being said, in the address bar of the browser of the smartphone Do a search with the following term:
Automatically, the first thing that will appear on the screen is the same thing that we show you in the screenshot that accompanies the text. To start using it, all you have to do is give the message 'Touch to activate' and you will see how the bubble begins to move and indicating if the surface where you have rested the mobile is completely flat or has some unevenness for you to act on.
This Google bubble level works thanks to the gyroscope built into the mobile device. Therefore, if you decide to use this online tool, make sure that the mobile is without a protective cover or that it does not have any protrusions so that the measurement result is correct.
Apps with spirit levels for mobile
On the other hand, although it is true that you can always use this online tool, what is also true is that to invoke this utility from Google you will need internet connection. Unfortunately, there are spaces in which the coverage is null and we will no longer be able to use this tool of the big G. Therefore, we must resort or, at an analog level, to the installation of one of these applications that we are going to discuss below:
Bubble Level for Android
As we have mentioned, even if you are not in favor of filling your device with applications, perhaps in the cases that we have mentioned you need to use this type of application. This is one of the veterans in the field of Android devices: her name is Bubble Level -spirit level, in English-. And it is nothing more than that, once installed on our computer –is free– and, thanks to its sensors -accelerometer, gyroscope-, we will obtain the result of whether a surface is flat or not.
PixelProse Bubble Level for Android
Another of the levels that Android users will have available is this one presented by the company PixelProse SARL. With a much more careful interface and with sounds so that the user does not have to be aware of the screen at all times, it is totally free.
The bubble level in this case has different viewing options, as well as being able to use the equipment's camera as a laser to check the inclination of objects.
XXL spirit level for iPhone
In the case of the iPhone we also have an application with a spirit level. This, although it is free, also has a version Premium or paid. His name is Bubble Level XXL. According to the developers of the application, it offers us the following if we switch to the paid version:
- ads disappear
- Camera powered, augmented reality like spirit level
- 3-in-1 spirit level: three indicators on one screen
- Inclinometer for measuring vertical angles by pointing. This option would be using the terminal camera
- Data presented in degrees and percentages
- Ability to change a frame of reference
If these functions have caught your attention, the price of the version Premium is only 1,99 Euros. No subscriptions or anything like that: it is a one-time payment and for life.
