Tag Archives: Android

PC games are built to run on different settings. There are systems with varying capabilities and hardware so games, particularly big titles, will include settings that allow people to play even if their hardware isn’t the best in the market. With mobile games, this is a bit harder to manage; …

Facebook Messenger has two different inboxes for every user; your main inbox, and the filtered messages inbox. The main inbox is where messages from your contacts appear, and where message requests from people in your circle go. Filtered messages are just that; people trying to connect with you and you …

A phone’s video recording capabilities are usually measured in FPS (frames per second) that it can record. The higher the FPS, the better the quality of the video. It goes without saying that a phone that can record HD videos is going to be priced on the higher end. That …

Android OS is developed by Google and a good chunk of features and services that run on Android are powered by Google apps. The Google Play Store is where most Android users download apps from and it has its own set of problems with fake and counterfeit apps. For years, …

We’ve talked about smart lock on Android quite a bit. It’s an unlocking mechanism on Android that will keep your device unlocked if it’s in your pocket, if you’re in a particular location, or if a trusted paired device is connected to your phone. Smart lock on Android has quite …

One of the major shortcomings that Pokèmon Go had when the game was first released was that you had to have it open all the time in order to track any distance you had walked. This was a huge drain on your phone’s battery. Android users were able to work …

Chrome for iOS and Android features suggested content on the new tab page. It appears below the speed dial and offers articles that might be of interest to you. It goes without saying that browsers that try to wade into the field of suggested content this way aren’t exactly well …

Instagram is rolling out video calls to all its users. The new call feature is integrated with your inbox where you also receive replies to your story. The feature appears to have been added in one of the recent updates to the app and has now gone live for most, …

Nokia was once the most popular phone manufacturer in the world. It had some of the best hardware, reasonably good design, and a fairly intelligent OS running on its sturdy phones. This was of course the feature phone era and Nokia didn’t really make it big once smart phones became …

Snapchat has a popular and unique image format. It’s been copied by Instagram but it’s still a Snapchat trademark. Snapchat is now changing things up; you can add multiple captions to snaps in the latest update. There’s also the recently added caption styles that you can choose from and they’re …