With 146 million machines sold, it is clear that Nintendo Switch has become one of the most successful consoles in history. And, of course, it is the console that triumphs most today and that they have more users. However, it is not always usual to know the settings that must be made on the machine to enjoy it in the best possible way.
It doesn’t matter if you have your Nintendo Switch for a long time or if you just bought it. In all cases, you will need to follow a series of tips that we are going to detail below and that will help you can use your console with better results.
Privacy
First of all, we consider it essential to access the privacy settings of your console and make a quick configuration. Enter the user settings section and then access the friends section. There will appear a series of options with several parameters so you can adjust what is related to privacy through the Nintendo Switch Friends System.
If you don’t want anyone to send you friendship requests, since it can be a bit annoying if we are not interested in it, we will only have to deactivate the option. You will see that it is indicated “to receive friend requests” and, on the right, you will have to disconnect this option. At the same time, at the top, you can change who your state can see online. Change it to “nobody” or “all friends” depending on whether you are interested in having greater or lesser privacy.
Along the same lines there is a second adjustment that we recommend. Return to the user settings menu and then access game activity settings. In this case, what you can determine who can see the games you are playing. As usual, the “Nobody” option is provided if you want to encourage maximum privacy.
Brightness reduction
There are two different adjustments that are related to the way in which the shine of the screen is adjusted. One of them is the reduction of screen burning, something that, on paper, is aimed at users who have an OLED panel television. These are those that can benefit to a greater extent of having this system that prevents burned in the pixels. Anyway, it is also useful for other users in view of the way it acts.
Enter system settings, and then choose television departure. Now scroll to the burning and active reduction option. With that you will have configured the console so that, when five minutes without having activity, there is a reduction in the brightness level. If you do not have an OLED television, keep in mind that it is also recommended if your switch is the OLED model. And if your television is not OLED or your switch has this type of screen, it would not be a bad idea to configure it to increase comfort.
The other of the adjustments is simply the shine configuration, which may seem to you that it is a little high at the time you have released the console.
User order
Something common with Nintendo Switch is to create users on the console and then have them in the order in which we have created them. That can influence the game experience being a bit more complicated because we are always wrong by choosing a wrong profile. For example, you may bought the console for your child and the first profile you created was yours. But, with the passing of the days, you may want your profile to be the first. Or it is possible that yours is first and, as you have access to Nintendo Switch online, you prefer to move it so that your children only play in local connection. To change the order of the profiles, enter system settings, then see user and choose “change order.”
Change the subject
The Nintendo Switch console interface is very bright, maybe too much. He has something lovely that helps enjoy experience, but at some times it can be annoying. For example, if you have a habit of playing at night when children have fallen asleep or even when your partner is sleeping, the brightness that the interface has and their general appearance will be very striking. To play better with the light off, it is best to select the dark theme. This is a very easy change to make: it enters system adjustments, then access themes and change it between one and the other depending on the moment.
Adjust the screen for a stylus
Some of Nintendo’s best known consoles have used Stylus to offer a better interaction between the screen and games. Nintendo Switch does not have a stylus predefined, but it is obvious that you have the opportunity to use an external one with the aim of having a better control of the touch interface. Anyway, to do so, you will first have to use the relevant adjustment.
To do this, enter system settings, then in sensors and controls and, from there, access the sensitivity section of the touch screen. In that menu you will have to choose “Stylus.” When you change it, the screen will react better with this accessory that, among other things, will be essential for some games.
Matching television
Do not you like television to turn on when after your Nintendo Switch in the resting mode? In that case, it is something you can configure. Or if your console has it disconnected, you can activate it. It can be somewhat comfortable in some circumstances. In doing so, turning on the console will turn on television, while turning off the television will also put the console at rest. To make this configuration, enter system settings, then in television options and go down to the end of the end.
Show battery
Although the console already shows a remaining battery icon, it is not very practical because it prevents having a clear idea of the remaining space. Therefore, what you can do is configure that the console shows the percentage and that we know precisely what we have left. To do so, we enter system settings, then in system and, from there, we select console battery. We will only have to activate the option and we will begin to see it.
Change the MTU value
Getting the performance in online games to improve is something that is not easy, but that you could get to customize the MTU (Maximum Transmission Unit). In a predefined way it is configured with a value of 1400, but the ideal is that you look for the one that corresponds to your Internet connection. To make this adjustment you will have to enter the Internet, Internet adjustments and then choose the wireless connection to which you are connected.
