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How to Scan Documents With an Android Phone: A Step-by-Step Guide
Google allows users to scan documents directly from the Google Drive app using their Android smartphone. Apart from this, various smartphone makers, like Samsung, offer a built-in tool, allowing users to scan documents from their Android handset. There are multiple benefits of scanning documents directly from your smartphone. It helps you save cost...
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How to Factory Reset an Android Phone Safely: A Step-by-Step Guide
Google lets Android phone users safely factory reset their handset via two methods. You can either enter recovery mode to factory reset your device or go to the system settings menu to do the same. A complete factory reset deletes all the apps, locally saved files, system settings, photos, videos, and messages from your handset. It comes in handy i...
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How to Find Which Apps Are Taking Up Storage on Android Phone: A Step-by-Step Guide
Android phone users can choose to check how much storage an app is taking on their handset easily. This helps you identify large apps that you might not be using regularly, but are still occupying space on your phone’s internal storage. There is only limited storage available on Android phones. If your handset does not support an external microSD...
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How to Improve Battery Life of an Android Phone: A Step-by-Step Guide
Android phone battery life can be extended by simply tweaking a few settings and following the best charging practices. You should enable adaptive brightness from your phone’s control centre or Settings menu, allowing your Android handset’s ambient light sensor to adjust based on the environment. This allows your device to only utilise the powe...
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How to Check Battery Health on an Android Phone: A Step-by-Step Guide
Google lets Android phone users check the battery health of their handsets directly in the Settings menu. Hence, users do not have to download third-party apps to check the same. However, it is worth noting that your Android phone will only display an estimated percentage of battery health, while comparing the same with its capacity when it was bra...
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Google Assistant To Stop Working On Android From September 4 As Gemini Takes Over
The move also affects Wear OS smartwatches, headphones and vehicles using Android Auto through a connected smartphone.
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How to Use Your Android Phone as a Webcam on Your Windows 11 PC: A Step-By-Step Guide
Microsoft now lets you connect your Android smartphone to your PC running Windows 11, allowing you to use your handset as a webcam. Your Android phone has a better rear camera setup, which is capable of recording videos and capturing images at a higher resolution. Considering most of the laptops feature an IR webcam with a Full-HD resolution at bes...
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WhatsApp Support Ending Soon For These Older Android Phones: Is Your Device On The List?
WhatsApp will stop working on Android devices running versions older than Android 6 from September 2026, affecting millions of older smartphones and forcing users to upgrade or switch devices.
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Android Devices Vulnerable to New ‘Sturnus’ Malware That Attacks Bank Apps, Bypass E2E Encryption: Report
Android devices are vulnerable to a newly identified Android Banking Trojan, called Sturnus, according to a report. The malware was found by MTI Security researchers. It is said to be targeting Android users primarily in the Southern and Central European countries. It is designed to give remote access to attackers, replicate banking apps' login pag...
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How to Link Your Android Phone With a Windows PC for Calling, Texting, and Sharing Photos
Connecting your Android phone to a Windows PC using Microsoft’s Phone Link app has several productivity and convenience benefits. It allows you to view and reply to text messages, manage notifications, make and attend calls, and access media on the Windows PC. You can also customise how Phone Link works by adjusting a few optional settings.
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Android Users, Here's How You Can Go Back To Your Old Phone App And Familiar User Interface
Many Android users were dissatisfied with the abrupt change in UI on their devices.
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Google Fined $36 Million Over Anti-Competitive Deals With Australia Telcos
Google has agreed to pay a Aus$55 million (US$36 million) penalty for striking "anti-competitive" deals to pre-install only its own search engine on Android mobile phones sold by two leading Australian telecoms firms.
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WhatsApp Rolling Out Status Ads and Promoted Channels in Latest Android Beta: Report
Meta-owned WhatApp has reportedly started rolling out a new beta version of the messenger for Android smartphones that is allegedly introducing ads in the Status section of the app. The beta update is also bringing Promoted Channels to the app that will allow users to highlight their channels in the directory.
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Google Fined $314 Million For Misusing Android Users' Phone Data
Google was told by a California jury to pay $314 million over claims that it illegally used Android users' cellular data to collect information without their knowledge.
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New Google Feature Makes Stolen Phones Useless
The new feature will be a more stringent implantation of the security feature than the current structure, which allows stolen devices to be used for making phone calls and other purposes.
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How to Scan Documents With an Android Phone: A Step-by-Step Guide
Google allows users to scan documents directly from the Google Drive app using their Android smartphone. Apart from this, various smartphone makers, like Samsung, offer a built-in tool, allowing users to scan documents from their Android handset. There are multiple benefits of scanning documents directly from your smartphone. It helps you save cost...
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How to Factory Reset an Android Phone Safely: A Step-by-Step Guide
Google lets Android phone users safely factory reset their handset via two methods. You can either enter recovery mode to factory reset your device or go to the system settings menu to do the same. A complete factory reset deletes all the apps, locally saved files, system settings, photos, videos, and messages from your handset. It comes in handy i...
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How to Find Which Apps Are Taking Up Storage on Android Phone: A Step-by-Step Guide
Android phone users can choose to check how much storage an app is taking on their handset easily. This helps you identify large apps that you might not be using regularly, but are still occupying space on your phone’s internal storage. There is only limited storage available on Android phones. If your handset does not support an external microSD...
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How to Improve Battery Life of an Android Phone: A Step-by-Step Guide
Android phone battery life can be extended by simply tweaking a few settings and following the best charging practices. You should enable adaptive brightness from your phone’s control centre or Settings menu, allowing your Android handset’s ambient light sensor to adjust based on the environment. This allows your device to only utilise the powe...
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How to Check Battery Health on an Android Phone: A Step-by-Step Guide
Google lets Android phone users check the battery health of their handsets directly in the Settings menu. Hence, users do not have to download third-party apps to check the same. However, it is worth noting that your Android phone will only display an estimated percentage of battery health, while comparing the same with its capacity when it was bra...
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Google Assistant To Stop Working On Android From September 4 As Gemini Takes Over
The move also affects Wear OS smartwatches, headphones and vehicles using Android Auto through a connected smartphone.
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How to Use Your Android Phone as a Webcam on Your Windows 11 PC: A Step-By-Step Guide
Microsoft now lets you connect your Android smartphone to your PC running Windows 11, allowing you to use your handset as a webcam. Your Android phone has a better rear camera setup, which is capable of recording videos and capturing images at a higher resolution. Considering most of the laptops feature an IR webcam with a Full-HD resolution at bes...
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WhatsApp Support Ending Soon For These Older Android Phones: Is Your Device On The List?
WhatsApp will stop working on Android devices running versions older than Android 6 from September 2026, affecting millions of older smartphones and forcing users to upgrade or switch devices.
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Android Devices Vulnerable to New ‘Sturnus’ Malware That Attacks Bank Apps, Bypass E2E Encryption: Report
Android devices are vulnerable to a newly identified Android Banking Trojan, called Sturnus, according to a report. The malware was found by MTI Security researchers. It is said to be targeting Android users primarily in the Southern and Central European countries. It is designed to give remote access to attackers, replicate banking apps' login pag...
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How to Link Your Android Phone With a Windows PC for Calling, Texting, and Sharing Photos
Connecting your Android phone to a Windows PC using Microsoft’s Phone Link app has several productivity and convenience benefits. It allows you to view and reply to text messages, manage notifications, make and attend calls, and access media on the Windows PC. You can also customise how Phone Link works by adjusting a few optional settings.
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Android Users, Here's How You Can Go Back To Your Old Phone App And Familiar User Interface
Many Android users were dissatisfied with the abrupt change in UI on their devices.
-
Google Fined $36 Million Over Anti-Competitive Deals With Australia Telcos
Google has agreed to pay a Aus$55 million (US$36 million) penalty for striking "anti-competitive" deals to pre-install only its own search engine on Android mobile phones sold by two leading Australian telecoms firms.
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WhatsApp Rolling Out Status Ads and Promoted Channels in Latest Android Beta: Report
Meta-owned WhatApp has reportedly started rolling out a new beta version of the messenger for Android smartphones that is allegedly introducing ads in the Status section of the app. The beta update is also bringing Promoted Channels to the app that will allow users to highlight their channels in the directory.
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Google Fined $314 Million For Misusing Android Users' Phone Data
Google was told by a California jury to pay $314 million over claims that it illegally used Android users' cellular data to collect information without their knowledge.
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New Google Feature Makes Stolen Phones Useless
The new feature will be a more stringent implantation of the security feature than the current structure, which allows stolen devices to be used for making phone calls and other purposes.
