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 ...

As you can see, if you drag all of the Instagram app shortcuts to your homescreen, it can get kind of messy. But by putting all of the Instagram shortcuts into a discreet folder, you can have an ...

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 ...

Using widgets on your Android phone's home screen is a great way to view important information at a glance without opening apps. But did you know you can also add most of these widgets on your Android ...

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In Android 16, the split screen ratios for app pairs are much more flexible. You can have two apps in 70:30, or even 90:10.

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