It is the Sensor off tile hidden within the developer options on our Android devices. It can not be seen within our Quick Settings edit menu unless you go to the developer options and add it. It ...

OS 18, Android 15, and Matter 1.4.2 transform device security with passkeys, permission audits, and smart home protection you can actually control.

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This unconventional approach will improve your Android phone's privacy, security, and performance — and bring a big boost to your personal productivity, too. Fair warning: This column is a fair bit ...

Android’s Privacy Dashboard has historically offered a 24-hour log of how apps use permissions. With Android 16 DP1, it looked like Google would be extending this ...

Enhance your Android device with these ten essential apps, carefully selected to improve functionality, productivity, and convenience. Whether you’re managing battery life, editing photos, protecting ...

Blake has over a decade of experience writing for the web, with a focus on mobile phones, where he covered the smartphone boom of the 2010s and the broader tech scene. When he's not in front of a ...

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If there's one thing that bothers me in this modern era, it's advertising. I understand companies have to pay the bills, but sometimes ads can become a bit much. Even worse, some ads feel like a ...

YouTube's Android app is cluttered, slow, and full of ads. Even worse: It tracks every video you watch. NewPipe is a free and open source Android alternative interface for YouTube that's fully private ...

With more than a decade of experience, Nelson covers Apple and Google and writes about iPhone and Android features, privacy ...

Android and open source are closely intertwined. In fact, most open-source fans I know also use Android. Coincidence? I think not. One nice thing about Android is that the Google Play Store has lots ...