Your Android phone's buttons do more than just control volume or wake the screen. With a few simple tweaks, they can double as shortcuts for snapping quick photos, skipping tracks, launching apps, or ...

Android TV and Google TV devices let you remap silly streaming buttons like Netflix to open other apps, but they're not worth ...

Android's tried-and-true 3-button navigation system is still available on modern phones and tablets running the OS, and I hope it stays that way.

Android is phasing out its traditional triple-button navigation system for a more iPhone-like gesture control approach. But we're now in a time of transition—which means you're likely to have a ...

Learn how to block volume buttons on Android. In order to keep the sound from going off when you press volume rockers, follow these steps.

Wish your Android phone had one more hardware button, maybe for the camera? Of course you do; hardware buttons are great. With up-and-Kickstartering gadget called Pressy, you can add one yourself ...

Last year, in the space of two months I had two Android phones go completely unresponsive on me: one was a Pixel phone, of course, and the other was the OnePlus 11. I have no idea why this happened.

The hardware buttons on your Android phone are already programmed to be useful, but if you're repurposing an old phone as something new, want to switc ...

Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich) has been the talk of Android town, and rightfully so: it looks like the most promising version yet. But considering it doesn’t require any physical buttons, how ...