Simple Mobile Tools is the developer behind a suite of open source Android apps that live up to their name, with simple, ad-free user interfaces and features. Simple Voice Recorder has long been my go ...

When we depend on our devices to keep up with emails and text messages, incoming notifications can quickly become overwhelming. You can miss important alerts and have them overridden. When your ...

If you're interested in going paperless, you probably think you need a scanner. It's true that hardware scanners make turning multipage documents into PDFs very simple. But most of us don't have easy ...

Android 16 will automatically group all notifications from the same app to create a more organized notification panel. While Android has supported notification grouping for years, it was largely up to ...

I've used Android for years, but it wasn't until recently that I realized how many settings I'd completely ignore. Android is well-known for its hands-off approach, giving you a bunch of customizable ...

Sociologist Yves Jeanrenaud is bothered by smart glasses and developed an Android app to help locate nearby devices.

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Last time, I described how to write a simple Android app and get it talking to your code on Linux. So, of course, we need an example. Since I’ve been on something of a macropad kick lately, I decided ...

Google is rolling out customizable Calling Cards on Android, letting users design how they appear on outgoing calls with full ...