Your Android phone may seem entirely secure when it’s locked, but that’s not necessarily true. Unless you adjust the right settings, the lock screen can allow access to messages, controls, and even ...

For years Android has offered the better lock screen customization, but that changes now that I've spent months using iOS 26.

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. You spend a lot of time looking at the lock screen of your Pixel ...

Apple has introduced new lock screen customizations for the iPad with iPadOS 17. With the new customizations, users can set different lock screen layouts, add widgets, change the font and color of the ...

Gemini for Android is getting easier to use, as it should've been all along. To date, saying, "Hey, Google" to a locked phone only allowed Gemini to handle a few basic tasks like setting alarms and ...

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Calendar appointments and weather would reportedly be shown horizontally on your locked phone much like on a smart home display. Corinne Reichert (she/her) grew up in Sydney, Australia and moved to ...

Welcome to Evil Week, our annual dive into all the slightly sketchy hacks we’d usually refrain from recommending. Want to weasel your way into free drinks, play elaborate mind games, or, er, launder ...

Starting with iOS 16, your iPhone's lock screen is so much more than just a long list of alerts and a clock stacked atop your wallpaper. You can now customize the first screen you see every time you ...

Apple released iOS 15 on Monday and there's already a vulnerability making the rounds. Security researcher Jose Rodriguez published a video Monday detailing how he was able to bypass the lock screen ...