Understanding these settings helps you stay connected efficiently and securely, whether you’re at home or on the go. Tip: Enable Wi-Fi calling to make calls over Wi-Fi when cellular signal is weak.

If you're a typical smartphone user, you average almost five hours a day on your phone now. But beyond video and social media apps, you might not know the tweaks and settings that can might make those ...

It's late summer in the northern hemisphere, which means new phone operating systems are coming. In a few weeks, Apple will release iOS 16 to millions of iPhones and iPads around the world. Google, ...

Beyond getting a Material 3 Expressive redesign, Android 16 QPR1 allows you to customize Quick Settings to quite a degree. Here are some tips on how to get the most out of this interface you ...

Menu settings will vary depending on the phone you're using and the version of Android; in this story, I used a Google Pixel 6a running Android 15 and a Galaxy Z Flip 4 on Android 14. But all Android ...

A web browser is probably one of the most used apps on a smartphone for most users. Even though most services have their native apps these days, a web browser is far from becoming defunct any time ...

With more than a decade of experience, Nelson covers Apple and Google and writes about iPhone and Android features, privacy and security settings, and more. Jason Chun is a CNET writer covering a ...

We may earn a commission when you click links to retailers and purchase goods. More info. You just got your new Android smartphone home and are ready to connect to your home network, but how do you do ...

With more than a decade of experience, Nelson covers Apple and Google and writes about iPhone and Android features, privacy and security settings, and more. That Android phone in your hand might feel ...

Google Assistant has some genuinely useful productivity tools for professionals — and it's up to you to learn how to use them. Google Assistant is artificial intelligence at your fingertips, ...