Tweaking a few specific settings on your Android phone can speed it up, and help it to run smoothly for longer.

Your Android phone's buttons do more than just control volume or wake the screen. With a few simple tweaks, they can double ...

Tap and hold the navigation bar, then tap the translate button. It's a simple, time-saving trick that eliminates the need for copying and pasting. In earlier versions of Android (before Android 13), ...

OnePlus has a new app in early access called ‘ HeyMelody ‘ that allows other Android device users to update and customize their OnePlus branded headphones. When OnePlus first released the excellent ...

You can silence nonessential alerts and calls on your iPhone or Android device for later but still allow designated people ...

Typically, these launchers give you more customization controls than Google, Samsung, and the other Android phone makers do. Depending on the launcher, you might be able to cram more shortcuts on ...

Two Ottawa graduate students have launched an Android app designed to make smartphones easier for clients to customize to their individual needs. The app, called Nimble, automatically changes a ...

Many of them rely on an Android Debug Bridge (ADB) command called ‘wm overscan.’ It allows users to hide the built-in navigation system on a phone so an app can implement a new one. Unfortunately, the ...

Google has made it harder to build custom Android ROMs for Pixel phones by omitting their device trees and driver binaries from the latest AOSP release. The company says this is because it’s ...