Android One was something that Google worked on a few years ago, aiming to bring some high-quality devices that were cheaper than a lot of the phones that are out in the USA so that other countries with weaker economies could find more affordable handsets available on store shelves. Android One went on to be […]
Android
Android is one of the world’s most popular mobile operating systems that runs on smartphones, tablets and now even convertible laptops. Even though Google technically owns Android, it is also open source and based on the Linux kernel. Android being open source means that other developers can modify the code—we see this happen all the time with custom ROMs.
The Android category section on Tech Chomps provides lots of tips and tricks for the Android operating system and its applications. The Android how-to’s available in this category can be about how to do tasks with the existing operating system or how to do them with the help of applications from the Google Play Store.
Android O Official Release Date and Name Revealed
Once a year the team from Android have the pleasure of naming their new version of the operating system. The average user doesn’t notice many changes when it comes to using the Android operating system when they update their phones every couple of years or so—the same annoyances are there with trying to figure out […]
How to Repeat YouTube Videos on Android
If you were around last year when YouTube announced the news that people could now right-click on a video that was playing and then select the “loop” option to put a video on repeat, then you would have no doubt been pretty excited. It marked the first time that YouTube had natively included the feature […]
How to See Photos You Have Liked in Instagram for Android
One of the things you can do in the Instagram app on your Android phone is you can like others’ photos in your feed. That way, the photo gets a like the same way it would on Facebook. Over the time as you continue liking photos, you have collected some photos that you really do […]
How to Download Instagram Photos on Android
Instagram is full of breathtaking photos and many times you may want to download those photos to your device. Maybe you liked that photo of a sunset in Japan, and you want to set it as your wallpaper, or maybe you liked that photo of glaciers, and you really want it to be saved on […]
How to Send an Empty Message to Someone in WhatsApp
You may have sent text messages to your Whatsapp contacts. You may have sent images. You may have sent voice notes. You may have even sent location details. Have you ever sent an empty message to someone? I bet you haven’t. An empty message is something that doesn’t contain any text nor media, but it […]
How to Enable Location Sharing in Google Maps for Android
If you are someone who goes out too often, you will want to enable a feature that allows your chosen people to track your location on Google Maps. That way, your loved ones will always be aware of your whereabouts, and they should be able to do something in case you go missing as they […]
How to Turn Off Ambient Display in Android
Many times you might have noticed on your Android phone that it wakes up without you doing anything to it. Sometimes, it is due to a notification that has just arrived on your phone, and the phone wants you to notice it. But, at times it just wakes up without having a notification, and that […]
How to Turn Off Traffic Notifications in Android
One of the not-so-important notifications I get on my Android device is traffic notifications. While these notifications may be useful to others, I do not find them to very helpful, and it is the same for many other users out there. Fortunately, Google provides you a way to turn off these traffic notifications on your […]
How to Disable Read Receipts in Google Hangouts on Android
One of the useful features of many chat apps is read receipts. What these read receipts do is let you know if the recipient read the message you sent. The apps use various ways to inform you if your message was read and if so then at what time. However, many people do not find […]
How to Get Back Google Now on Android
Google’s Google Now app has been replaced by Google Assistant on many of the Android phones, and that is actually an excellent thing as the Assistant app does more than what Google Now could do for you. However, thousands of users do not like the new assistant, and they would like to go back to […]
How to Download and Install Android O Developer Preview on Android
Android O is the latest version of the Android operating system. The full release is yet to come out but a developer preview has been released and is available to download and use on some particular Google devices. If you have a supported phone and a few minutes, you can get Android O running on […]
How to Move Address Bar to Bottom in Chrome for Android
Chrome for Android is loaded with tons of features, and many of those can be managed easily while some of those require you to go through some secret menus before you can use them. One such feature in Chrome for Android is one that allows you to move the address bar to the bottom of […]
How to Remove Old WhatsApp Photos from Android
If you’re a WhatsApp user, you’re likely to be part of many of the WhatsApp groups. Many people send a lot of images in groups, and those images are often saved on your device. While you may have downloaded some of those intentionally for your use, some of those may have automatically been downloaded to […]
How to Prevent Accidental Touches on Android
Due to most Android phones being really sensitive, it is very easy to accidentally touch something on the screen and end up closing or opening an app on the device. It has happened to many times, and it has always annoyed me. Also, in a situation when you hand over your phone to a kid […]
How to Control Volume Using Edges on Android
Most Android phones ship with dedicated buttons that let you control the volume of your device. Those are actually the only way to manage volume levels on your device. And if somehow you get them damaged, then another option for you to manage volume levels on your device is to use the settings panel – […]
How to Add Screen Timeout Tile to Android Devices
One of the great features Android Nougat has brought about is the ability for the users to add quick tiles to the quick settings area of the device. That way, you can just pull down the notification bar twice and get quick access to many of the features of your device. One of such features […]
How to Move Cursor Using Volume Keys on Android
Typing on a touchscreen is nowadays as perfect as typing using the standard keyboards. However, there’s an issue that still exists, and it is that we often have issues moving the cursor around when typing text. It is still something that is not very accurate, and we often end up placing our cursor one letter […]
How to Get Samsung Internet Browser on any Android Device
I still remember the day when got my first ever Android phone which was a Samsung Galaxy S2. The phone had Samsung browser that I really liked in those days before I switched over to Chrome. The browser worked really great and it had all the features one would expect from an Internet browser. If […]
How to Improve Performance of Gboard in Android
Gboard is now one of the widely used keyboards on Android devices, all thanks to the features and the excellent way of typing it offers its users. If you happen to have Gboard installed on your device, but you are not getting the expected performance out of it, then well, you need to adjust some […]
How to Snooze or Dismiss Alarms with Volume Keys on Android
When the alarm of your phone wakes you up in the early morning, you surely are not in a position to adequately dismiss the alarm as you can barely see anything with your eyes. In such cases, it would be great if you could use the physical buttons of your device to either snooze or […]
How to Schedule Volume Levels on Android
Volume levels on our smartphones vary, and they depend on where we are. For example, the volume levels of your phone may not be too high when you are at your office, but it will be high when you are at home as there is supposedly nobody who will get disturbed by it. If going […]
How to Get Updates for Sideloaded Apps on Android
While getting apps from outside the Play Store on Android devices is really not that bad idea, but there are a few things that you do not get when you use this approach to get new apps. One of the things you do not get is app updates. Any apps that you sideload on your […]
How to Download APKs from Google Play Store on Android
When you download an app from the official Play Store on your Android device, what happens is that the app automatically gets downloaded and installed on the device. You never get to see the actual APK file of the app. Google thinks you don’t need it because you are getting the result which is the […]
How to Enable End-to-End Encryption in Facebook Messenger for Android
End to end encryption is highly recommended if you do not want for your data to be revealed while it is being transmitted over the Internet. With this kind of encryption, your data remains encrypted during its journey, and it only gets decrypted when it reaches its destination. That way, only the intended recipient gets […]