Practical Android tweaks hidden inside the developer menu.

Focus Mode in Android 16 sits inside Android's Digital Wellbeing suite of settings and does exactly what the name suggests. Specifically, you choose which apps tend to be distracting to you, and when ...

If you're comfortable tweaking advanced settings, you can turn this feature off in the Developer Options menu. To reveal the menu, go to Settings > About Phone and tap Build Number seven times to ...

Just like smartphones, notebooks (and even PCs) also support an airplane mode, or sometimes known as flight mode, in which all wireless connections are cut off. Originally, this mode was intended to ...

Developer Options is a hidden settings menu on Android that unlocks advanced tools like USB debugging, animation scaling, OEM unlocking, background process limits, and more. Whether you’re testing ...

Google implemented a landscape-mode UI for the Phone app’s call interface earlier this year. At the time it was not clear if this change was even intentional, or what use cases it was meant for. In ...

Android smartphones come with a comprehensive settings menu hidden by default. Called Developer Options, this menu is generally designed for app developers and advanced users. However, regular users ...

One of the first items I always enable when I get a new Android phone is developer mode. This hidden menu is designed to cater to the needs of developers, and it contains numerous valuable items for ...

Android dark mode has become one of the most requested features on mobile devices, offering users a sleek, low-light interface that is easier on the eyes. Beyond aesthetics, dark mode can ...

The first preview release of the Swift SDK for Android was published this week, allowing developers to build Android apps in Swift with official tooling and making it easier to share code across iOS ...