I have been entering my 6-digit PIN to get into my Android phone for months now, but saw a friend zip his finger over a dot grid to log in and it was faster and looked cool. How can I switch to using something this on my phone too?
I spend a lot of time poking around in the Google Play Store looking for new apps. Too many apps have embedded videos that autoplay as I browse, however, which is disconcerting and eats up my cellular bandwidth. Is there a way to disable video autoplay in the Play Store app?
I saw that you wrote about how to limit the time you spend in specific apps on an iPhone [see: Limit Your iPhone Digital Addiction with App Time Limits]. Nice. But can you do something similar for Android phones? Not much of an Apple fan, honestly.
I bought a budget TV streaming device and it came with a really awful remote control. I’m wondering since it runs AndroidTV can I use my Android phone as a remote control for the device instead? If so, how do I set it up?
My young son really wants to be able to use my Android tablet for his games, but since I use it for work, I’m leery of letting him have access to my files and data. Is there a way on Android to set up multiple user accounts so I can let him play in a different workspace than my account?
Dave, I just switched from the iPhone to a new Google Pixel 5 and so far am really liking the Android experience. I’m curious about whether I can customize the pull-down shortcut buttons on my phone, however. Is that possible? Can you show me the basics?
I get calls all day and night, every day, from spammers trying to convince me to buy extended warranties, pay for annual antivirus subscriptions and more. Some even claim there’s a warrant out for my arrest if I don’t pay a fine. Daft. Are there some settings on Android to slow down this endless stream of interruptions?
I’m working on my dissertation and constantly need to quote extended passages from books and magazines. I type them in, word by word, and it’s really tedious. Is there any way to photograph, scan, OCR and generally convert the text I’m seeing to words automatically on my Android phone instead? That’d save me a lot of work!
