In short, anyone with a verified phone number and “Discovery option” turned on in their Google+ profile will have their names and profile photos display on each other’s Android phone when calling. Note: This feature is not live yet, but it goes live on all Android 4.4 Kitkat smartphones very soon. If you are unhappy with this feature, you can turn off it. To turn off this feature, sign in your Google account or go to https://www....

Apart from the December patches (2018-12), the update does not include any other major changes. Check your update by heading to Settings > About Device > System update. If you cannot install the OTA update, you can download the OTA or Fastboot ROM and flash it manually. If you prefer to install the new December update (build PPR1-1810005.099) manually, then follow our guide. Before start, backup important data and ensure more than 50% battery charge on the phone....

These aren’t official wallpapers extracted from Google Pixel 4. Zan Cerne recreates these wallpapers from leaked images of Pixel 4/4XL that you can download from below link to beautify your phone’s home screen and lock screen. They are available in a resolution of 2160 x 4097 pixels. The fourth-gen Google Pixel 4 and Pixel 4XL will have the latest hardware specifications, software features, and design. The next-gen Pixel 4/4XL rumored to have Snapdragon 855 SoC, 6....

To enable USB Debugging and Developer options in Android 4.2 Jelly Bean devices, just follow as described below. – Open “Settings” and tap on About Phone. – Now, tap on Build number several times (at least 10 times) until you see a small popup with text “You are now a developer”. That’s all! You have unlocked the USB debugging mode on Jelly Bean. Just go to Settings – Developer Options – Debugging – USB debugging whenever you want to enable/disable USB debugging option....

In KitKat Google added an option called “Process Stats” to view detailed information about the apps running on your phone. You can see this option under Developer options [Developer options are hidden by default. To show it, go to Settings -> About phone -> and tap Build number few times]. The “Process Stats” gives “geeky stats about running process” on your phone. Just tap this option and you will see a list of all apps that have been running on your phone and for what percentage of the time they have been running....

Fingerprint Enabler disables PIN input requirement upon reboot on Android Marshmallow devices. This is an Xposed Framework module, which means to use this app, requires Xposed Framework installed and root access on the phone. Also, your phone must be running on Android 6.0 Marshmallow and later. Fingerprint Enabler disables pin/pattern/password requirement upon reboot as well as enables fingerprint scanner when the device is locked by third-party applications. The module currently supports Lenovo Vibe P1, Nexus 6P, Samsung Galaxy S7, Samsung Galaxy S6, and Samsung Galaxy S5 only....

It will encrypt your communications with a number of major websites such as Facebook, Twitter, Google Search, Wikipedia, PayPal, NYT, etc. and ensures your security. Why this extension? For example, some websites like Facebook offer some limited support for encryption over HTTPS, but make it tough to use. They may default to unencrypted HTTP, or fill encrypted pages with links that go back to the unencrypted site. The HTTPS Everywhere extension fixes these troubles by rewriting all requests to these sites to HTTPS....

Poor Battery Life – Generally, smartphones with a large HD display and powerful specs like quad-core CPU can easily drain battery life. Galaxy S4’s powerful 2600mAh battery is known for getting drained completely within a day. Solution: To fix this issue, you can need to go to Settings > More > Battery and check which features of the phone is consuming the battery. Other than this, you can try disabling features like Wi-Fi, GPS, NFC, etc....

The Android 9 Pie over the air update for Galaxy J6 (Galaxy On6 in some region) starts rolling out. Check it by going to Settings > Software update > Download and install. In case you want to install the One UI update manually on your J6, download the firmware from the link below and flash manually. This new update (version BSCA ) brings several new features on Galaxy J6. The most important is One UI, Samsung latest Android skin on top of Android 9 Pie....

Invisible Lock is a cool Lock Screen app for your Android phone. The app can make your Lock Screen transparent, so your phone looks exactly as if it was unlocked, though it is actually locked. As it is a transparent Lock Screen, you cannot use usual Pattern, PIN or Password to unlock device, instead the app provides a different technique to unlock the device. The phone can be unlocked by a gesture that you defined in the app’s settings....

How to enable Gmail Preview Pane? Log into your Gmail account, go to Mail Settings – Labs, and enable Preview Pane (scroll down to see the Preview Pane). Click Save at the bottom of the page. Gmail will reload and go back to the message list. Now you can see a new icon on the top right. Just click on it and select your preferred split mode: Vertical Split or Horizontal Split....

GCam 6.2 Mod port brings Night Sight mode, aperture-switching and other features of Google camera to Samsung Galaxy S10, S9, S9+, and Galaxy Note 9 phones. Night Sight is better than Galaxy S10’s Bright Night mode, while the aperture-switching lets you select between f/2.4 and f/1.5 for better nighttime shooting. A recent Google stock camera update v6.2 adds some exciting new features to the app, such as Selfie flash, AI kissing detection, Measure Mode, and more....

The first beta version of Phone app comes as version 19, which brings new features in both UI and function. Main changes of this beta build includes bottom navigation bar (which was at top) and a new anti-spam filter that automatically filter suspected spam calls, so you will not be disturbed by spam calls. Google phone app is one of the best dialer apps for Android. It features real-time spam protection, caller ID, call blocking, video calling (requires Duo), floating bubble, visual voicemail transcription (on some carriers), local directory feature and more....

Unfortunately, there are no ultimate solutions to avoid this behavior, but here we will try to give you a number of suggestions to solve the issue. Firstly, if you do not need this app, definitely, you can uninstall it from your device. However, it is not always possible on all devices. For instance, in Galaxy S4 the Play Music app is a system app, so you can’t uninstall it normally....

Google started to roll out the Android P Developer Preview 5 (build number PPP5.180610.010) OTA update for first and second-generation Pixel smartphones. If you are already running the previous Developer Preview 4 (beta 3), you will get the OTA update on your device, other users can download and install the factory images manually. DP5/Beta 4 is the release candidate build of Android P with near-final system behaviors and the official Android P APIs (API level 28)....

Evie Launcher has been updated to version 2.0 recently. The update primarily given importance to quality, but it also features universal search, grid and list style app drawer, removable icon labels, custom gestures, unread badges, dock with custom grid, redesigned folder and widget, as well as now it remind you of Google’s Pixel launcher. Basically, Evie launcher looks more similar to Google’s Pixel launcher. It features a swipe up gesture, which open up the app drawer, and the app drawer supports both grid and list styling....

Galaxy S7 and S7 edge Condensed display mode is something like DPI scaling on Android, which determines exactly how much information you have on the screen. There is a simple workaround to enable this hidden feature on your Galaxy S7 or S7 edge, thanks to XDA user Daniel Marchena. The recently launched Google’s Android N preview has also features the DPI scaling, which lets you scale up/down your display’s DPI on the fly, so that you can include/exclude more items on the screen....

The LG G2’s Smart Screen feature makes the screen stay on when you look at the screen and go to sleep when you look away from the screen, which is similar to Galaxy S4?s Smart Stay feature. However, this feature may not work properly if you are in a dark or too bright place. How to activate LG G2’s Smart Screen Go To Settings, then tap Display and check the ‘Smart Screen’ option to activate it....

Files App is a modern File Explorer for Windows 10/11 PC, and it offers several advanced features for power users. Tabbed interface, search inside of hidden directories, dual pane view, vertical tab flyout, the direct link to Command Prompt/Powershell, different layout modes, etc., are some of the unique features of the Files app. ALSO READ: How to turn off extra gap between items in Windows 11 How to Get Tabbed File Explorer in Windows 10 and 11?...

After a couple of failed attempts, finally, Xiaomi Mi A3 receives a stable Android 10 update. Since the phone is running on the Android One platform, all the essential functions of the stock Android will be available on the device, including the hidden theming option. As said, it isn’t a dedicated theming feature like Samsung, Xiaomi, and other manufactures offer to their devices. It is very basic in features and functions....