While mobile apps are great, they're not always the perfect solution for every smartphone user's needs. Sometimes, the mobile app just isn't good, either because the company's target market prefers in ...

When it comes to our Android home screens, we all have our own personal preferences. The nice thing about Android is it offers a lot of customization options, so each of us can make it our own. For ...

The iPhone home screen is more customizable than ever before. Adding and resizing widgets or changing how app icons look is ...

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Add interactive widgets to your iPhone Home Screen, customize sizes, and move them around easily. Create widget stacks for multiple apps to save space and easily swipe through them. Use the Smart ...

With the launch of iOS 18, Apple is taking iPhone customization to a new level. Before, you could easily add widgets to your Home Screen or rearrange its pages, apply your own wallpaper, and, more ...

The Pixel Launcher is adding an icon shape customization feature in a future Android release. The feature isn’t live yet in Android 16 Beta 3, but we managed to enable it to show what the feature’s ...

Apple in iOS 18 has made a wealth of customization options available for your iPhone Home Screen, one of which is the ability to add a tint to your app icons. Essentially, the tint feature offers a ...

You can save a route in Google Maps with the "Pin" feature, as long as you're driving or using public transport.

When you add a Flipboard widget to your phone, you can see the latest news stories on your home or lock screen.