How to: Go to Settings > Display on your Android phone. There, you'll find the option to switch between a light and dark theme and to have dark mode turn on automatically at a certain time of day. I ...

Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. I've spent large portions of my life looking for ways to extend the battery life on my Android phones. Admittedly, that sounds rather dramatic, ...

If your new phone no longer supports SIM cards, or you don't want to use them anymore, you can convert to eSIM instead. I started my career with CNET all the way back in 2005, when the (original) ...

With most people obsessed with screens lately, lots of users tend to rely on their smartphones to check the time. Owing to this, the clock widget on the lock screen is a staple in most of our lives.

Blake has over a decade of experience writing for the web, with a focus on mobile phones, where he covered the smartphone boom of the 2010s and the broader tech scene. When he's not in front of a ...

After a series of earthquakes hit the Philippines this past week, it’s a good time to check if your phone’s earthquake alerts are turned on. Both Android and iOS devices have built-in systems that can ...

The fourth beta of iOS 26.1 includes an option to turn off the Lock Screen swipe that activates the camera, a feature that iPhone users have been wanting for years. In the Camera section of the ...

If you have an iPhone running iOS 26, you may have noticed that it now reports the estimated time to finish charging to 80% on the lock screen. If you are not using a fast charger, though, it will not ...

Mike Darnay is a digital producer and photojournalist at CBS Pittsburgh. Mike has also written and produced content for Vox Media and the Mon Valley Independent. He often covers overnight breaking ...

It feels like every time Apple unveils its latest iPhone, the world pauses. The new iPhone 17 is no different, arriving with all the fanfare and polished marketing we've come to expect. While it may ...

A few days ago, Apple published documentation for a new framework designed to simplify the transfer of third-party app data between iOS and Android. Here’s how it’ll work. AppMigrationKit to allow ‘a ...