Water Resistance Tester, accessible on the Google Play retailer and spotted by Android Police, falls firmly into the class of “neat stuff we didn’t know you could do with an app.” It assessments the integrity of your Android cellphone’s IP67/IP68 score by accessing the gadget’s barometer. Just obtain the free app, observe the prompts to press down firmly on the display, and also you’ll get a swift move/fail grade. It’s easy, geeky, and sensible, which is a mix we love.

Developer Ray Wang says he created the app to assist individuals verify the state of their gadgets’ waterproof sealing after a restore or because it degrades over time. Obviously, don’t take a passing grade as a free move to chuck your cellphone right into a lake. That stated, it seems to work reliably, primarily based on feedback from Reddit users and Play retailer reviewers — in addition to our personal fast testing. An IP68-rated Galaxy Note 20 Ultra handed the take a look at at first, however once we popped out the SIM card tray, it failed — as you’d anticipate. A TCL 20 Pro 5G, which has no IP score, failed.

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This app isn’t the first of its kind, however a few of the current waterproof take a look at apps on the Play retailer seem to have been designed for older telephones with a unique fashion of waterproofing than utilized in telephones at this time, and will not work precisely now, in response to consumer critiques.

In any case, this new app appears to work effectively, and it’s free until you need to tip the developer $1 to take away a small advert on the backside of the display. Not a nasty value to pay for a bit little bit of geeky enjoyable.