Shining a light on a shady app.

A future Android update will add a native flashlight brightness slider to the Quick Settings on Pixel phones. The latest Android Canary release introduces a new visual design for this slider that ...

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Using the smartphone's rear camera flash as a flashlight is one of the nice-to-have features in a handset. Smartphone vendors figured out ...

Chandraveer, a seasoned mechanical design engineer turned tech reporter and reviewer, brings more than three years of rich experience in consumer tech journalism to the table, having contributed to ...

I've been covering Android and other mobile technology for close to ten years now, with a specific interest in phone accessories, e-readers, and what makes each individual phone different from another ...

Flashlight apps are a dying breed. Google began adding them to Android as early as Lollipop, and OEMs have included them on their OEM skins for far longer. The need for this dwindles as the market ...

A future Android 16 build will introduce native flashlight brightness controls for Pixel phones. This means users will finally be able to adjust the flashlight’s intensity directly from Quick Settings ...

Yesterday, Google released Android Canary 2508 as the third release in the new program. Besides integrating Android 16 QPR2 Beta 1 changes, it makes two sizable additions. Android Canary is Google’s ...

The developer preview for Android N landed in our laps yesterday. While we went over many of the features found in the new version of Android, there are still quite a few small changes that we’re ...