If you have a favorite website that you keep returning to repeatedly, one very convenient thing you can do is put a direct link on your smartphone home screen. Identical to a standard browser bookmark ...

Accessing the Settings app frequently can be cumbersome, especially if you need to navigate through multiple screens to reach it. To simplify this process, you can add the Settings app directly to ...

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I've been using Android since its initial release back in 2008. Those early years were rough going and sometimes it looked as if I'd made a mistake jumping from Apple. It's now 2024 and I'm happy I ...

David Nield is a technology journalist from Manchester in the U.K. who has been writing about gadgets and apps for more than 20 years. He has a bachelor's degree in English Literature from Durham ...

Android Auto is preparing to add home screen widgets. The feature is codenamed “Earth” and will allow users to add widgets from their phone apps directly to the Android Auto dashboard. Some widgets ...