Once you have installed the Gmote app on your Android phone and Gmote server app on your computer (Windows, Mac, and Linux), you can use your phone to control play, pause, rewind, volume controls, etc. on the computer at distance. Its built-in file browser lets you view the files that are on your computer and select what you want to play from your phone. It can also stream music from your computer to your phone....

The most visible changes in Android N Developer Preview 2 might be the new folder icon, new look for people emoji (with Unicode 9 support), new clear all button for recent app list, option to set separate wallpaper for lockscreen and quick settings tile for calculator. The Launcher Shortcuts is one of the most useful features in this update. It will help you perform specific app functions more easily. For example, you can set a shortcut on the launcher to quickly navigate to a specific location using Maps app or compose an email quickly by just taping the shortcut and more....

Android 7.0 Nougat based EMUI 5.0 (B360) update is now available in the US, Europe, Asia, Russia and Middle East. It is also worth mentioning here that the Indian variant Honor 6X BLN-L22 have already received the Nougat update (B301) last month (details). The EMUI 5.0 update offers better system stability and performance enhancements, latest Android security patches, better battery saving features and more. Read full changelog at here....

If you have not updated your Honor 6X BLN-22 to Android 8.0 Oreo (EMUI 8.0) yet, here is how to download and install the update manually. Before going for the manual installation, check for the 8.0.0.510 OTA update on your Honor 6X by going to Settings > About phone > System update. In this guide, we will show you how to download and install Android 8.0 Oreo (EMUI 8.0) update on Indian Honor 6X BLN-L22....

The latest Google Play System update adds an option to add the Password manager shortcut to your Android phone’s home screen. This feature lets you quickly access and manage your login details. Here is how to add Google’s Password Manager shortcut to the home screen of your Android phone. Google Play Services v22.18 update adds an option to create a Password Manager shortcut on the home screen. Here is how to add it to your phone....

For your information, Motorola’s Moto 360 smartwatch, which is running on Google’s new Android Wear operating system, works as a companion for your Android phone (you can establish connection via Bluetooth). You can view all your notification (SMS, email, calls) on your wrist, get reminders, ask to get the info you need and more. Key features of Moto 360 include classic wristwatch design, timely notification, voice search, fitness tracking (pedometer + heart rate monitor), sync with any Android phone (Android 4....

Run Fire TV Stick and select the Settings option. In the Settings menu, select the Applications option. Next, Choose the Manage Installed Applications. Now, select the app that causes problems. Choose the option Clear Cache. It will clear away the cache files for the particular app. If the issue persists, select the Clear Data option. It will remove all files and settings related to the particular app. You will require to sign into the app again to use the service....

Chrome Actions will be the quickest way to navigate or perform an action right from Chrome’s address bar. For example, to clear browsing data, type Wipe data in the address bar. It will bring a clickable button to wipe browsing data. Clicking on this button will take you to the relevant Settings page within Chrome. How to Enable Chrome Actions To get the Actions feature, update your browser to the latest version....

The theme settings menu lets you change icon shape, accent color, and font in your older Pixel devices. The first generation Pixel, Pixel 2, and Pixel 3 owners can try this experimental feature right now. Here is how it is. The theme settings menu is hidden in the Developer Options menu. So first, you need to enable the Developer Options in your Pixel device to use the feature. You can change the default circular icons to rounded square icons, teardrop shapes icons, or squircles shape icons....

Here is an application to solve this issue on your TV. This application detects the fundamental frequency of the vuvuzelas (around 233Hz) and applies a notch filter to it and as many harmonics as you specify. It will considerably reduces the annoying background noise without too much interruption of the commentary and other audio. Its working is simple; just connect the audio output of your TV to the sound card of your PC (Line-in)....

Many Xiaomi Mi A2 Lite users reported about the boot loop bug on their device. It appears like this: Once the Android 10 OTA update finishes the installation and tap on the ‘Restart now’ button, the phone reboots. But, it stuck in the boot screen, and random pixel lines appeared and slowly started disappearing. To fix the Xiaomi Mi A2 Lite Android 10 boot loop bug, follow the workaround given below....

Before you get start, Android P Beta is also available for latest devices from OnePlus, Xiaomi, Sony, Oppo, Vivo, and Essential alongside Google Pixel devices. The build comes with a number of new features like Adaptive Battery, AI-powered App Actions, gesture navigation, home swipe gestures, revamped Pixel Launcher, Adaptive Brightness with machine learning, and much more. To install Android P Beta on Nokia 7 Plus (TA-1046 or TA-1055), following prerequisites are required....

Thanks to the XDA user asderdd, the leaked version of MiFavor 5.2 Beta for Axon 7 (ZTE_A2017V3.0.0B01), based on Oreo is now available for download, which you can install by booting the device into EDL mode. The Oreo update will bring features like Picture in Picture (PIP) mode, Auto-fill, Smart text selection, new Quick settings design, and more to the device. If you have an Axon 7 (A2017) and are really excited to try the MiFavor UI 5....

Of course, current Android devices do not have iPhone’s special sensors integrated with the screen to recognize your force touch, but there is trick to bring this pretty-interesting feature to Android right now with root access and Xposed framework. Android has several touch gestures, such as touch, long press, swipe, etc. By utilizing touch gesture feature, you can bring iPhone’s 3D Touch like feature to your Android phone. Thanks to the Xposed module ‘Force Touch Detector’ that lets you add new touch gestures to your Android device based on the touch area of your finger....

Starting with Android 9, Google changed the horizontal volume slider to the vertical volume slider. It is more convenient, as it is easily reachable with your thumb. However, Samsung does not yet utilize the vertical volume slider even in the One UI 2.0 (Android 10). Though the latest One UI 2.0 features the horizontal volume slider, Samsung provides a way to change it to vertical. With the help of the latest version of Samsung Sound Assistant app (v3....

Google Chrome has a Windows 11 style menus with round corners. You can see the new style in the settings menu and other areas of Chrome. And it is available on all Windows versions. However, currently, it is an experimental feature and disabled. Here is how to enable the Windows 11 style menus in Chrome. UPDATE: Google added the Windows 11 style menu to Chrome stable version (Chrome 96), but you need to enable it in Chrome://flags (see the instructions below)....

The hidden drives are still accessible but required the password that you entered during hiding the drive. How to use it?: Install the program (Windows 7, Vista and XP, 32/64bit) and run it. Select a drive that you want to hide and set a password, then save the changes. Restart or log-off your system. I hope this tool helps you to hide all your Important Data from other Users. Download NoDrive Manager

LineageOS 14.1 (Android 7.1.2 Nougat) will bring tons of new features, lot of customization options and latest Android security patches (June 1, 2017) to Nubia Z9 Max. Users can experience revamped notification system, stock Android UI, multi-window mode, data saver mode, night mode, one-handed mode, better battery life and more with LineageOS 14.1. Before start, note that the present status of LineageOS 14.1 is nightly, however there were no major bugs in this ROM....

Android 8.1 Oreo update brings Samsung’s latest Experience UI, August 2018 security patch, various new features and performance enhancements to Galaxy J7 2017. The OTA update with software version J730FMXXU4BRI3 starts rolling out and as it is rolling out in phases, it will take few days to reach on your device. If you have not received the OTA for J730FMXXU4BRI3 update yet on your Galaxy J7 SM-J730F/SM-J730FM, then check it manually by heading to Settings > About Phone > Software Update....

OxygenOS 12 will bring Android 12 native features and OnePlus exclusive features, such as Shelf, Canvas AOD, Work-Life Balance, and more, to all eligible phones. The company has not yet unveiled the stable version release date, but users can test out OxygenOS 12 beta version right now. The below guide will help you install OxygenOS 12 beta on OnePlus 9 and 9 Pro. Things to remember before installing OxygenOS 12 Beta: Installing the OxygenOS 12 software update on your OnePlus phone is not a complex process....