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Android App Settings May Become More iPhone-Like

Android 16 introduces the SettingsPreferenceService API, allowing app settings integration into Android's central hub. Developers can choose which settings can be altered through the Settings app, ...
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These Android Settings Are Slowing Your Phone Down

Even if your Android phone boasts impressive specs under the hood, it might not always feel like it's performing at its peak. The culprit often isn't the hardware itself but rather the way it's ...
Android Authority

Android 16 could mimic how iOS handles app settings, but it's not as bad as you think

Android 16 introduces a new API called SettingsPreferenceService that lets apps contribute their preferences to the Android Settings app. This API lets apps declare which of their own preferences can ...
Android Police

Android 16 could allow developers to stuff their app preferences in system settings, a la Apple

Karandeep Singh Oberoi is a Durham College Journalism and Mass Media graduate who joined the Android Police team in April 2024, after serving as a full-time News Writer at Canadian publication ...
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Android 16 could let apps stuff your Settings menu — just like iOS

Summary: An Android 16 API indicates that Google could mimic the iOS settings app, onto Android. Though it’s unlikely that this will be widely adopted. The Settings app on any phone is pretty ...
Android Authority

Google is preparing a big redesign of Android’s Settings app, and we have a first look

The Android Settings app could get a major design overhaul in an upcoming Android release. The new design could bring Material Design 3 switches, have each item in separate cards, and use carets to ...
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Microsoft Rolls Out Universal Clipboard Sync for Windows and Android

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10 Hacks Every Android User Should Know

Please note that many of these hacks require you to enable Developer Options, Android's hidden menu of settings. To do so, ...
Android Police

Google's finally learning how to sync Android's Airplane Mode with Wear OS

Karandeep Singh Oberoi is a Durham College Journalism and Mass Media graduate who joined the Android Police team in April 2024, after serving as a full-time News Writer at Canadian publication ...
Fox News

How to disable Gemini AI on Android and keep control of your apps

Google is making a push to ensure its AI, Gemini, is tightly integrated with Android systems by granting it access to core apps like WhatsApp, Messages, and Phone. The rollout of this change started ...
ZDNet

Slow Android phone? Changing these 4 settings revitalized my whole system

Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. As a person who covers consumer tech for a living, I get to use a few dozen smartphones every year. While I almost always advise on which is the ...