Author: Manoj

Google introduced a completely revamped swipe gesture navigation system with Android 10 for the whole mobile ecosystem. The new gesture navigation system in Android consists of a swipe gesture from left to right for back, a bottom bar which needs to be swiped up to go home, and a home pill to scroll through recent apps. It is very much similar to what Apple offers in their iOS. As for the Android community, a whole lot of people find it quite difficult to use this new gesture and intrusive while accessing different parts like the hamburger menu while accessing certain…

So you just bought an expensive smart TV worth thousands of dollars, set it up in your living room, and what you see on the homescreen? A huge advertisement banner! Some of the most popular TV makers like Samsung, LG, Sony, etc would add advertisements on their TVs worth $1000 plus. It doesn’t make sense. While normally you would need to tweak your TV’s software in order to remove Ads, here is a smarter way to do so. You can simply block the advertisement URLs at the source, that is, at your WiFi router level and enjoy your experience Ad…

Display advertisement revenue is a huge part of Android ecosystem. Right from Google Ads platform, Adsense for app developers running banner ads, to publishers across the web like ours. However, at certain areas advertisements just doesn’t make sense. For instance, some TV manufacturers like Samsung would put ads on the homescreen launcher on their thousands of dollars worth of smart TVs. Now, ideally you could remove these marketing ads from Samsung smartphones by signing out of their marketing feature. Apparently, not all of the ads would disappear or the marketing toggle isn’t available for TVs. Here is how to remove…

Google just dropped their latest version of Android 11 via public beta build 1.5. All the developers and OEM manufacturers can use the AOSP 11 sources and compile them for their own smartphones and apps. While we like the direction Android 11 is going with some good features like user privacy protections, app permissions, Bubbles, and more; the most anticipated feature Nearby Sharing is now here. It is like the Apple’s renowned Airdrop feature for iPhones that has been around for years now. Using Android’s Nearby Share, you can directly drop files, links, photos, videos, and more onto another Android…

System UI Tuner, as the name suggests, is a simple settings panel that enables the user to tweak various Android system elements like status bar, lock screen, and more. Depending on the Android OS version, users can tweak status bar, ambient display, Do not Disturb (DND), Navigation Bar, and Lock Screen options. As for the status bar, users can change various elements like move the clock position right, left, or center. Hide or show status bar icons, battery percentage, and more. Here is how to enable System UI Tuner on Android 11. Since Android 10, the clock’s position moved to…

Google introduced DNS over TLS feature for Android with 9 Pie. The same comes with the latest Android 11 and 10. This particular feature route your network over public or private DNS instead of the older TLS or HTTPS. For instance, Cloudflare DNS from our previous tutorial gives an added advantage for security and privacy while browsing. A good DNS service like Google DNS, Cloudflare DNS, or Adguard DNS will give you security, privacy, and can even improve internet speed. Adguard DNS is majorly used to block ads and content on your Android devices system wide. How does Adguard DNS…

Nearby Sharing is Google’s solution for Android, an AirDrop competitor featured in Apple’s iOS. Google recently rolled out the feature via Play Services’ beta channel. Soon after, the feature started rolling out to the stable channel as well; but only for the Pixel smartphones. However just recently we realized that the Nearby Sharing feature already exists on the Samsung Galaxy devices right in the Quick Access Panel without any system update. Here is show to enable Nearby Sharing on all Samsung Galaxy devices. Nearby Sharing is an Android feature that enables users to directly share files, images, media links, posts,…

If you don’t already know by now, Nearby Share, an Airdrop competitor from iPhone, feature for Android is rolling out for a number of smartphones across the globe. The first devices to receive this feature are Google’s Pixel lineup via Play Services beta version and some Chrome OS devices. Just yesterday, Nearby Share toggle suddenly showed up on Samsung Galaxy devices worldwide right in the quick access panel; that too without any system update. Today, we are stumbled upon a Nearby Sharing flag in Chrome for desktop stable build. So you can enable this feature for Windows PC, Macs, Linux…

Android 11 for Google Pixel devices comes with a long feature list. Google revealed an all new gesture navigation system which will be implemented for all skins of Android 11 from third party OEMs like Oxygen OS 11 by OnePlus, OneUI 3.0 by Samsung, and more. One of the most intriguing features is the newly introduced back tap gesture exclusively for the Pixel series as of now. While it is uncertain whether this back tap gesture will come to all Android devices or not, you can try it out right no on any smartphone. So what is back tap gesture…

There are lots of people who use their cell phones and mobile devices to browse the internet on a regular basis. There is a common misconception that cell phones are not able to be infected with viruses; however, this is simply not true. Because more people are using their phones to browse the internet, hackers and criminals have gotten better at designing viruses for phones. Therefore, it is critical for everyone to make sure they take steps to protect their privacy, protect their data, and improve their mobile experience. There are a few key tips that everyone should keep in…