Most Android phones now come with the Google Messages app as the default texting option, and the same goes for the Phone app ...

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Although PCs and laptops have become powerful with their specs, the webcam game is still mediocre. Finding a good-quality webcam on a suitable-spec laptop is hard. Thanks to Android, there are ...

Assuming your phone is on and online, you should be able to see its location on a map. From there, you can make it ring, lock it, set a lock screen note to tell whoever has it how to get it back to ...

Wi-Fi generations previously used confusing number and letter names, but things are much simpler today. Here's what the ...

I've been using Android since version 1.5, so it's not often that a feature catches me off guard. You can imagine that when I do come across an unfamiliar Android feature, it's an exciting moment. For ...

Google has started pushing an update to the Google Play Store, taking it to version 48.8 and introducing a couple of ...

With the stable channel of Android Auto only moving to Android Auto 15.2 as of October 2025, it will be a while before ...