Android Apps

There's no need to be confused by Snapchat's emoji indicators — we'll tell you the difference between a golden heart and a pink heart, plus the rest of Snapchat's symbols.

If you delete a text message, you have a good chance of recovering it if you act quickly. Here's our guide for Google Messages and Samsung Messages. 

Whether your phone is missing or you've misplaced it with the ringer off, there are easy ways to find your iPhone or Android phone.

When you're on the go, you can get the info you need on that product, place, or landmark by snapping a picture with these apps.

These free personal safety apps can alert others that you need help, even if you're unable to send an SOS yourself.

In Android 11 and higher, you’ll find a basic screen-recording tool built-in that can capture your phone’s video and audio, as well as sound from the mic.

Here’s how you can make your smartphone and laptop screens more readable without resorting to reading glasses.

Passwords you save when using Chrome can sync across all your devices. Here's how to use Google Password Manager on your computer, phone, and tablet.

Whether you're out of gas, looking for something to see along the way or want to steer clear of speed traps or traffic, there's an app to help.

While you might have been using WhatsApp for years, there are ten hidden features that you should be using to save time and enhance your privacy.

There’s a simple way to send links directly between your own phone and computer browsers without resorting to emailing or texting yourself.

Want to forward a text message to someone else? Here are the simple steps to forward a text in Google Messages and phone manufacturer messaging apps.

Easily set your favorite song as your ringtone, edit or customize sound files to make custom ringtones, and assign unique ringtones to important people.

These apps will help you find the cheapest parking with a free space, stop the flow of junk mail, block spam callers from leaving voicemail, and more.

Google Maps does so much more than get you from point A to point B. Here are our favorite features, along with some hidden tips and tricks. 

Here’s how to find your subscription status and stop paying for app subscriptions on your Android or Apple device.

You can easily download all of your photos or choose a select few to transfer from your Android phone to your computer. Here's how.

From streaming services to the easiest workout routines ever, the year's best apps help us stay healthy and entertained even when we're stuck at home.

The best way to narrow down the field of suspects is to determine exactly how your phone is being compromised. Here are 9 steps to figuring out who hacked your phone.

Our top picks for news aggregators make it easier to stay on top of our favorite newspapers, blogs, magazines, and other news sources.

Facebook's new Messenger Rooms group video calling feature is supremely easy to use, but raises some security concerns. Here's what you need to know.

NordVPN's new NordLynx VPN protocol provides service that's up to twice as fast while maintaining the industry gold standard of "no-logs" service.

Here are the simple steps to create an electronic signature so you can easily add it to PDF, Word and other documents.

Keeping your private data private is a challenge, but soon Android will offer new tools to lock down access to your location and other sensitive data.

These apps will help you stick with your New Year's resolutions to lose weight, get fit, meditate, save money and eat healthy.

Google's best apps of the year highlight how very useful your Android phone can be, from fitness to productivity. See which apps you're missing.

Virtual reality and augmented reality are already changing how we travel, learn, shop and more. Here's how.

How to remove malware on your Android phone and, if you are not sure if you have a virus, how to identify whether your phone has been infected.

Find out what's draining your Android battery and what you can do about it.

The Call Control app for Android is the first I’ve tested that silently blocks spam calls/robocalls and prevents them from going into your voicemail.

Use these apps and services to keep control over your increasingly valuable personal data. Best of all, many are free.

Facebook may be using your mobile device to harvest your friends' contact information — here's how to turn it off and delete any information it collected. 

The Fronto app for Android lets you make real money by watching a few ads a day. Learn more about how it works what to be wary of.

A new Facebook bug gives app developers access to all photos you upload to Facebook — even photos you don't post.

These smartphone apps prevent driver distraction, call emergency services (even when you can't) and keep tabs on young drivers.

Gmail now lets you protect individual messages with a passcode, set an expiration date and prevent the recipient from forwarding or copying the contents.

If you don't want Google to know where you are at every minute of the day, you'll have to dig deep into your privacy settings.

Manage exactly what your kids can do online, whether they're on their computer at home or out using their smartphone.

These grocery apps let you share one grocery list with everyone, store coupons and organize your list so you can shop by aisle in your favorite store.

Google is using artificial intelligence to make using its software smarter and easier to use.

Never miss an important email again. Follow these simple steps to set your smartphone to notify you only when important email arrives in your inbox.

Google is offering a streamlined version of Android 8.0 Oreo designed to make low-end smartphones run smoothly. Here's what you will and won't get.

There are plenty of apps that can put kids at risk of sending inappropriate pictures, chatting with strangers and bullying. Here’s what you should do.

Grab a great game or set yourself up for New Year's resolution success with this list of the best apps of the year.

Apps that get help and relay vital health and contact information to emergency medical professionals — even when you can't make a call.

Enhanced notification controls, better battery life and picture-in-picture videos are among the best new features of Android Oreo.

You don't even need a computer to hack your unlock pattern. 

Too many calls from telemarketers and other nuisance callers on your smartphone? Here are apps and settings to help you identify and block those calls and texts.

For beginners to advanced marathoners, these running apps will motivate you to get moving, whether you need coaching, music, tracking or competition.