Android phone's status bars have icons about everything from Wi-Fi status to battery charge. If there is a VPN activated, you ...

Many of these changes were introduced with iOS 18 in 2024, but iOS 26 introduces a new app color scheme. Zach began writing for CNET in November, 2021 after writing for a broadcast news station in his ...

Apple released the first public beta of iOS 26 on July 24 and the beta brings a Liquid Glass design to the iPhones of developers and beta testers, alongside other updates like a new Games app. As part ...

Customizing your iPhone’s app icons offers a creative way to make your device uniquely yours. Whether you prefer a clean, minimalistic design or a bold, colorful theme, Apple provides tools to help ...

In iOS 13, Apple brought Dark Mode to the iPhone. At the time, OLED displays were already part of the iPhone lineup, bringing a perfect black background to some apps. Now, with iOS 18, Apple revamped ...

With iOS 18, Apple is giving us unprecedented (for Apple) control over the layout of our home screens. A big part of that is customizable icon colors. That’s right, icons can have separate light and ...

In iOS 18, currently in beta, Apple has broadened the customization options for the Home Screen on iPhone, and thanks to a new setting it is now possible to make app icons and widgets bigger by hiding ...

At today's WWDC 2024 keynote, Apple announced that iOS 18, the latest version of the iPhone's operating system, is finally getting a feature Android users have enjoyed for over a decade. After the ...

I started my career with CNET all the way back in 2005, when the (original) Motorola Razrs were all the rage. Since then, I've written about everything from consumer electronics to internet culture ...

I am completely baffled by how this feature is suppose to work. I'm still seeing the same behavior that was in iOS 17 and before, where the OS will just move things around to try and fill in space. I ...

With Android 16 QPR2, Google introduced two important icon customization options to Pixels: icon shapes and better theming.