How to: Go to Settings > Display on your Android phone. There, you'll find the option to switch between a light and dark theme and to have dark mode turn on automatically at a certain time of day. I ...

Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. I've spent large portions of my life looking for ways to extend the battery life on my Android phones. Admittedly, that sounds rather dramatic, ...

Restarting your phone is one of the simplest ways to fix lag, app crashes, or random glitches. It clears temporary files and keeps everything running smoothly. But what happens when your power button ...

Google is adding a new setting to Android that lets you reorder the three-button navigation bar. This will allow users to switch from the default “Back, Home, Recents” layout to the “Recents, Home, ...

Restarting an Android device is easy: you press the power button in combination with either the volume up or down button, and tap Restart in the power menu. But what if one of those buttons isn't ...

Is your Android phone starting to feel painfully slow? Before you get frustrated enough to drop hundreds of dollars on a new one, let's be real: you probably just need to clean up your digital mess.

Rebooting your Android phone is often recommended as one of the ways to remove any temporary bottlenecks in the phone's performance, as it clears the memory, closes any unused apps running in the ...

The Google Chrome interface has remained remarkably consistent over the years, and the Android browser is now getting Material 3 Expressive tweaks to match other first-party apps. The primary browsing ...

Back in 2011, Google made a tough call, making one of the biggest changes to Android over the years. Until then, devices running the mobile operating system had come with a distinctive set of hardware ...

Anbernic has released its new Android handheld, the RG Slide, in both China and international markets. The device features a sliding design inspired by the Sony Xperia Play and PSP Go, combining retro ...

Google Pixel phone users on Android 16 stable are reporting frustrating unresponsive navigation gestures and buttons. This bug causes controls to freeze for seconds, recurring throughout the day.