You can do a lot with Android. Google’s mobile OS is famously open to customization, and plenty of apps take advantage of that fact. But you might not know that Google itself keeps a few settings ...

Google introduced a sweet hidden menu in Android Marshmallow called the System UI Tuner. It packs a ton of neat little tweaks like hiding status bar icons or showing your battery percentage. Here’s ...

So you’ve flashed the Android N Developer Preview, and you’ve long pressed the gear icon in the notification shade to open up the System UI Tuner. But now you want to get rid of it. Well, good thing ...

First, you will need a phone running Android Marshmallow or newer, so any device purchased after 2015 should do just fine. To open up System UI Tuner, pull down the notification tab from the top of ...

If you’re using Android 6.0 Marshmallow, you’ll find the quick settings tiles to toggle Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, GPS and other settings useful. But what about the quick setting tiles you have no use for?

If you’ve ever been annoyed by the clutter of icons along the top of your Android home screen, good news: There’s something you can do about it. Turns out there’s a trio of secret settings for ...

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In Android N, Google has brought in some more granular control over notifications. Allowing you to choose whether they appear or not, as well as whether they go to the top of the notification list. In ...