I've been covering Android and other mobile technology for close to ten years now, with a specific interest in phone accessories, e-readers, and what makes each individual phone different from another ...

Earlier this week, a redditor reported, as spotted by Android Police, that the Android Auto app disappeared from their app drawer since updating to Android Q Beta 5. Realizing that something was up, ...

Most of Xiaomi’s Android smartphones ship with a custom user interface called MIUI. It includes some apps and features that aren’t available with stock Android… but it’s also historically been missing ...

Your in-car Android Auto screen could soon display more app columns, making app discovery easier and faster. We were able to surface up to seven app columns in a layout that previously supported a ...

For years now, the native launcher in Xiaomi’s Android skin known as MIUI has been missing two features that nearly every other Android skin has: an app drawer and app shortcuts. Now, according to ...

Android 12L renewed Google’s focus on big screen devices, seemingly just in time, and Android 13 is only expanding on that. In the latest Android 13 preview, we’re seeing a new app drawer on the ...

During a recent conversation with my friend (and soon to be fellow contributor to the Pocket Now family) Clifton Thomas, we debated the need for widgets and the app drawer within Android. Clifton has ...

Corbin is a tech journalist and developer who worked at Android Police from 2016 until 2021. Check out his other work at corbin.io. Android has included a built-in file manager since 6.0 Marshmallow ...

It looks like everyone has forgotten one of the biggest selling points of Android is for manufacturers. Either that or Google is ready to concede a vital UI element to Apple's iOS. I'm talking ...

If you like Android’s app drawer, but prefer iOS’s apps, you’re just a jailbreak away from having it on your iPhone. It’s all thanks to a new jailbreak tweak for iOS, called AppDrawer, appropriately ...

Android Auto is at its best when it's purring along in the background while you concentrate on getting where you need to go. However, sometimes, you do need to give it some attention, whether it's to ...