If you have a favorite website that you keep returning to repeatedly, one very convenient thing you can do is put a direct link on your smartphone home screen. Identical to a standard browser bookmark ...

Safari, the iPhone’s default built-in browser, is seamlessly integrated with the iPhone operating system to provide users with an efficient browsing experience. Its robust features and user-friendly ...

For websites that don't have a dedicated mobile app or a web app for accessing their content, you can still add what is essentially a bookmark of a website to your iPhone or iPad Home screen using a ...

Widgets are the latest way to customize your iPhone. Technically, they've been around as early as iOS 12 (locked behind the "Today View" feature), but with iOS 17, Apple introduced them to iPhones' ...

iOS 26 gives you two distinct ways to add websites to your iPhone's Home screen – as web apps or traditional bookmarks. They might look similar at first glance, but choosing the right option can ...

Google is testing a new option that improves how you’ll add websites to your homescreen on Android through its Chrome browser. In Chrome today, there are two options for adding a website to your ...

Google Chrome is unifying its options for adding a website to the home screen on your Android device. While the overall experience remains mostly unchanged, you will not encounter two different ...

Adding a contact to your Android home screen can significantly streamline your communication process, allowing you to quickly access your favorite contacts without navigating through multiple menus.

If you own a Samsung Galaxy phone, you can use the preinstalled My Files app to add a PDF shortcut to your home screen. Open your file manager or Files app and locate the PDF file. Tap on the ...

New in iOS 17 are interactive widgets on the Home Screen — that is, widgets that can do things, not just passively show information — and a handy one is Calcullo. Calcullo is a $1.99 calculator widget ...

The Android home screen is great for anyone seeking to personalize their mobile experience, as it can host a multitude of apps and offer unique customization opportunities. Widgets are a key part of ...