Chrome’s new Custom Context Menu Revamps the Link/Image/Video Context Menu
Google is constantly at work adding additional features to the world’s most popular internet browser, Chrome. Given the sheer number of users that rely on Google Chrome on a daily basis, Google rolls out new features after a lot of…
How to Add Media Playback Controls to the Nav Bar when Playing Music
Ever since Google first introduced the concept of software navigation keys to Android, users have been asking for a way to customize what keys are available to users. Although custom ROMs have offered this level of customization for years, it’s…
How to change your Nav Bar Icons or Re-arrange the Buttons without Root
Those of you who are running the first Android O Developer Preview may have toyed around with its hidden navigation bar customizer located in the SystemUI Tuner. This nav bar customizer has actually been around in AOSP for months, but it…
Three Actually-Hidden, Non-Clickbaity Tricks for Your New Galaxy S8 or S8+
If you had pre-ordered a Samsung Galaxy S8 or Galaxy S8+, you likely woke up to your package tracker displaying a satisfying «DELIVERED TODAY BY 8:00PM.» We would know, as our staff’s Galaxy S8 and S8+ units are arriving today…
Nav Bar Customization was Hidden in Stock Nougat All Along…and it never needed Root
Show of hands here: how many of you are actually running the first Android O Developer Preview? Not only is the Developer Preview only available to a handful of Google devices, but it’s really not suitable as a daily driver.…
[Update: Samsung Confirms] Samsung has Removed the Ability to Remap the Bixby Button on the Galaxy S8/S8+
Update (1:38PM CST): We have learned that a Samsung representative on Twitter has confirmed the removal of this remapping ability. Update 2 (2:05PM CST): A user (who wishes to remain anonymous) who has a Galaxy S8 review unit in the…
How to Automatically Change your Keyboard on a Per-App Basis
Unlike iOS, Android has had the ability to change your default keyboard for many, many years. A huge number of alternative keyboards have proliferated on the Google Play Store as such. Although most people probably use one of either Gboard,…
Android O is Breaking Apps that Overlay on top of the Status Bar
The trickle of posts outlining new user-facing features found in Android O is starting to slow down now that users have had weeks to test the software on their device. However, there are many, many changes made under-the-hood that are…
Add a Contacts Shortcut and an End Call Button to the Nav Bar during Phone Calls in Android O
If you’ve been following our tutorials feed, then you’ll know by now that we love finding ways to take advantage of Android O’s new nav bar customizer. Through the power of the popular automation app known as Tasker, we can…
Add a Menu and Forward Button to the Nav Bar in Android O for Enhanced Web Browsing
Android O’s navigation bar customizer can be used for a myriad of cases, but it’s especially useful when you are changing the navigation keys contextually. In our tutorials, we are focusing on finding situations where adding new nav bar keys can…