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 ...

The Android Settings app could get a major design overhaul in an upcoming Android release. The new design could bring Material Design 3 switches, have each item in separate cards, and use carets to ...

Android 16 introduces a new API called SettingsPreferenceService that lets apps contribute their preferences to the Android Settings app. This API lets apps declare which of their own preferences can ...

Karandeep Singh Oberoi is a Durham College Journalism and Mass Media graduate who joined the Android Police team in April 2024, after serving as a full-time News Writer at Canadian publication ...

As part of Android 14, it seems Google is gradually rebuilding parts of the Settings app using its more modern Jetpack Compose library instead of traditional Android Views. Back in 2019, Google ...

Even if you don't do much on your smartphone, a couple of apps may be running in the background on your Android smartphone. Whether you check your email on your phone or use it to find directions, you ...

Android 15 is progressing steadily, with Beta 3 now available for Pixel devices enrolled in the beta program. This release comes roughly a month after Beta 2 and introduces the much-anticipated ...

Roger is a long-time tech journalist with many site credits including AppleInsider and Android Authority. His specialties include everything from Apple, Android, and Windows devices through to ...