While mobile apps are great, they're not always the perfect solution for every smartphone user's needs. Sometimes, the mobile app just isn't good, either because the company's target market prefers in ...

Add interactive widgets to your iPhone Home Screen, customize sizes, and move them around easily. Create widget stacks for multiple apps to save space and easily swipe through them. Use the Smart ...

if you're bored with your home screen, I have good news for you. With iOS 18, you can finally personalize it however you'd like. You can now change the color of app icons and widgets (and even match ...

How to use it: To match your icons to your phone, press and hold on your iPhone Home Screen to go into jiggle mode, tap “Edit ...

When it comes to our Android home screens, we all have our own personal preferences. The nice thing about Android is it offers a lot of customization options, so each of us can make it our own. For ...

Accessing the Settings app frequently can be cumbersome, especially if you need to navigate through multiple screens to reach it. To simplify this process, you can add the Settings app directly to ...

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 ...

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Discover iOS 26's customization tools: hidden widgets, 3D icons, and themes to transform your home screen into a personalized ...

I've been using Android since its initial release back in 2008. Those early years were rough going and sometimes it looked as if I'd made a mistake jumping from Apple. It's now 2024 and I'm happy I ...

Do you find yourself frequently scrolling through multiple Home Screen pages on your iPhone to get to the apps you access most often? If so, chances are you've already filled up the first page with ...

Apple released iOS 18 in 2024 and it introduced a major (and long overdue) change to your iPhone, the ability to customize ...