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Android Hacks highlights simple tweaks, hacks, apps, and mods to help you get more out of your Android devices. Unchain your Android phone or tablet with our root modder guides to get tomorrow's unreleased features today.
Mobile device screen displaying app list and quick settings menu.
Feb 7, 2022

Is your smartphone eavesdropping on you? It's a question that will never go away because it's easy to envision hackers or malicious apps taking over your device to spy on conversations, snap photos, o ...

Smartphone notification displaying a calendar event for a coffee meeting.
Feb 1, 2022

Android 12 was released to the Google Pixel devices on Oct. 19, 2021, so anyone with a Pixel 3 or newer model can install the new operating system with an over-the-air update. The AOSP version of Andr ...

PlayStation 5 controller next to a smartphone on a wooden surface.
Dec 27, 2021

If you have a PlayStation 5 and an Android phone running Android 12, you can stream and play your PS5 games right from your mobile device using PS Remote Play. While simply pairing your PS5's DualSens ...

Gaming controller next to a smartphone on a dark surface.
Dec 27, 2021

Gaming on smartphones has grown considerably since the days of The Impossible Game and original Temple Run. Mobile games can be just as in-depth as console and PC video games, but some of those requir ...

PlayStation controller in front of a gaming scene displayed on a mobile device screen.
Dec 3, 2021

Those of you lucky enough to snag a PlayStation 5 can pair your DualSense controller to Sony's PS Remote Play mobile app to stream and play your PS5 games from anywhere you want. DualSense support for ...

Android 12 Game Dashboard logo
Nov 23, 2021

Android 12 comes with new features and upgrades that any mobile gamer can appreciate, including Instant Play, which lets you play games instantly without downloading them first. Even better, there's G ...

Person using a smartphone to send a message.
Nov 3, 2021

Many users have reported Android's speech-to-text feature adding an 'Oh' before each comma. How annoying is that? Fortunately, Reddit user Jay-jay1 has found a solution to this pesky problem. This qui ...

A smartphone displaying the title screen of the game "Stranger Things".
Nov 2, 2021

You're caught up on "Squid Games," and you've rewatched "Seinfeld" for the umpteenth time. You're looking forward to the next season of "Stranger Things," but it isn't out yet. Why not play Stranger T ...

Person using a smartphone with a mobile app interface.
Oct 25, 2021

Some Android phones have had scrolling screenshots for years, but now that Apple added the feature to iOS 13 for iPhones, it should be standard on all phones. Thankfully, if your Android didn't come w ...

A person using a smartphone to view social media content outdoors.
Oct 25, 2021

It was a long time coming, but Android finally has built-in scrolling screenshots, and they come courtesy of Android 12. Now that extended screenshots are integrated into Android by default, you can d ...