Easily learn how to add app icons to your Android home screen. Enhance your smartphone experience with simple steps.

Your Android home screen isn't just the face of your phone—it's a reflection of your personality and daily workflow. Unlike iPhones, Android devices offer near-limitless customization options, ...

Krystle Vermes is a Boston-based news reporter for Android Police. She is a graduate of the Suffolk University journalism program, and has more than a decade of experience as a writer and editor in ...

Parth is a technology analyst and writer specializing in the comprehensive review and feature exploration of the Android ecosystem. His work is distinguished by its meticulous focus on flagship ...

I've been using Android since its initial release back in 2008. Those early years were rough going and sometimes it looked as if I'd made a mistake jumping from Apple. It's now 2024 and I'm happy I ...

For most of 2023, we ran a weekly event focused on custom Android home screens on our X (formerly Twitter) profile. Using the hashtag #aahomescreens, anyone could submit a screenshot of their phone’s ...

Android Auto is preparing to add home screen widgets. The feature is codenamed “Earth” and will allow users to add widgets from their phone apps directly to the Android Auto dashboard. Some widgets ...

The best thing about having an Android device is the freedom it brings with it: from installing third-party apps to customizing the device as you like, it’s a boon for people who want to personalize ...

The Android ecosystem has come a long way in empowering smart home users. With each major OS update and every new batch of app releases, controlling your lights, thermostat, security system, or even ...

Android doesn’t natively let you set unique wallpapers for each home screen, but apps like FiveWallpapers and Multiple Picture Wallpaper make it possible. These apps let you assign different images, ...

Your Android phone’s home screen is your window to the world — and unlike that other mobile operating system, this purty little platform of ours puts the power in your hands to make that landing pad ...

I'm going to preface this piece by saying the choice of widgets is personal, and what might be useful to me might not be useful to you. Even so, there's a widget for everyone, and depending on the ...