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Custom notepad app that I made [Custom notepad app that I made]
I built a markdown note app in less than an hour using Gemini in Android Studio

Building your own custom Android app with Gemini is shockingly easy

Posts 1
By  Joe Fedewa
A black and white cat with a lego camera. [A black and white cat with a lego camera.]
I ran the same photo through 3 Android camera apps to find the one that looks the most natural
Apps & Web Apps

My photography skills are average at best, but I replaced my default camera app and my photos immediately improved.

Posts 3
By  David J. Buck
A phone using Microsoft Excel [A phone using Microsoft Excel]
I underestimated Excel on Android until I discovered these 4 features
Apps & Web Apps

Excel on Android is actually worth using nowhere's what changed.

Posts 1
By  Jorge A. Aguilar
Photo of a phone showing Google Maps navigation with Tap to talk to Gemini and Apple Music playing As Above by Phoebe Bridgers. [Photo of a phone showing Google Maps navigation with Tap to talk to Gemini and Apple Music playing As Above by Phoebe Bridgers.]
5 Google Maps integrations that save me from jumping between apps
Spotify

Navigate without navigating away.

Posts 1
By  Adam Davidson
A women lays on a bed looking at her phone in a college dorm. [A women lays on a bed looking at her phone in a college dorm.]
Before you move into your dorm, change these 4 Android settings

Prep your Android with stealthy lock and theft features to keep prying eyes and opportunistic thieves at bay.

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By  Sydney Butler
Hand holding a Samsung Galaxy S24 FE with the camera app displaying the prep mode and others.. [Hand holding a Samsung Galaxy S24 FE with the camera app displaying the prep mode and others..]
The 4 secrets to taking better photos on a Samsung Galaxy phone
Samsung Phones & Tablets

Samsung phones make for amazing cameras, if you know how to use them

Posts
By  Bertel King
Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 8 Ultra 11 [Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 8 Ultra 11]
The Galaxy Z Fold 8 Ultra isn't the exciting foldable, but it's the best one

Overlooking Samsung's "boring" foldable would be a mistake.

Posts
By  Joe Fedewa
A Pixel 10 Pro and a Galaxy S21 FE lying next to one another on a table, with privacy notification dots shown on both phones. [A Pixel 10 Pro and a Galaxy S21 FE lying next to one another on a table, with privacy notification dots shown on both phones.]
The tiny dots in your Android phone's status bar are trying to tell you something

What are apps doing behind your back?

Posts 7
By  Goran Damnjanovic
An NFC tag stuck to the dashboard of a car. [An NFC tag stuck to the dashboard of a car.]
I stopped getting parking tickets thanks to one NFC tag
Automation

It's a simple solution.

Posts 45
By  Adam Davidson
Gemini connected apps typing [Gemini connected apps typing]
I connected Gemini to my daily apps and it completely changed my Android workflow

With Gemini fully taking over from Google Assistant, you can make it work even better if you know how.

Posts
By  Arol Wright
Galaxy Note 7 on a wood log [Galaxy Note 7 on a wood log]
The 5 worst Samsung Galaxy phones Ive ever owned, ranked
Samsung Phones & Tablets

They can't all be winners.

Posts
By  Cory Gunther
Pixel 4 and Pixel 4a side by side [Pixel 4 and Pixel 4a side by side ]
All 10 Google Pixel A-series phones, ranked

Ranking every Pixel A-series phone ever made, and the results might surprise you

Posts 3
By  Dibakar Ghosh
A laptop with a phone contianing a network monitor sitting next to it. [A laptop with a phone contianing a network monitor sitting next to it.]
How I turned a retired Android phone into a always-on network monitor for my home lab

Stop switching terminal windows and use an old phone as a dedicated system monitor instead.

Posts
By  David J. Buck
Messages on car dashboard [Messages on car dashboard]
Android Auto became more useful after I stopped using these 4 Google defaults
Android Auto

One of them nearly crashed my car.

Posts 1
By  Jorge A. Aguilar
Pixel fracture automation features [Pixel fracture automation features]
Google calls Pixel an "intelligence system," but its basic automation is surprisingly dumb

Google Pixel's automation system is split in three.

Posts
By  Joe Fedewa
Google Pixel 11 Pro in Canyon pink [Google Pixel 11 Pro in Canyon pink]
Sorry, Googlethe Pixel 11 proves Samsung still owns Android's future

Google built a better phone camera. Samsung built a better phone.

Posts 5
By  Jon Fingas
Bunch of widgets on Galaxy Z Fold home screen [Bunch of widgets on Galaxy Z Fold home screen]
I tried widget-maxxing my Android home screen, and it's surprisingly useful
Apps & Web Apps

How many widgets can you really put on a home screen?

Posts
By  Joe Fedewa
UserLand on Pixel 9 Pro XL-1 [UserLand on Pixel 9 Pro XL-1]
UserLAnd gives you a real Linux distro on Androidwithout Termux's compromises
Open Source

Termux is nice, but what if you want... More?

Posts 7
By  Arol Wright
Pixel11 family photo [Pixel11 family photo]
Google's Pixel 11 phones have new cameras that do the photo work for youat a higher price

You'll also get a faster chip, lots of AI, and the return of the notification LED.

Posts 1
By  Jon Fingas
Pixel Tag hero [Pixel Tag hero]
The Pixel Tag is what Androids tracker ecosystem has been missing

Keeps things simpleattach it, forget it, and find it when needed.

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By  Viraj Gawde
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AI is splitting Linux and nobody wants to say it out loud
Laptop screen showing Excel dashboard with a header, subheader, KPI cards, order status table, and status chart. [Laptop screen showing Excel dashboard with a header, subheader, KPI cards, order status table, and status chart.]
I borrowed this developer habit for Excel, and it saved me hours of future work
Laptop displaying Ubuntu desktop, flanked by Fedora and Linux Mint screens, with a smiling Tux penguin. [Laptop displaying Ubuntu desktop, flanked by Fedora and Linux Mint screens, with a smiling Tux penguin.]
These 5 simple Linux tools make Windows 11 look outdated
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