Google has confirmed that Wear OS 6 will offer media controls on a smartwatch’s always-on display. This will allow you to control your music playback without turning on your watch’s screen. It seems ...

Apple introduced the first iPhone with an always-on display in 2022 — it was the iPhone 14 Pro — and it has been a staple of every “Pro” iPhone since. In fact, it’s one of the defining features that ...

Always-on displays (AODs) are an ingenious use case for OLED panel technology. AODs allow you to permanently display useful information on screen in an ambient fashion. I love AOD tech, and I think ...

Instead of simply dimming your Lock Screen wallpaper, the system now blurs it by default. The tweak makes the clock and widgets stand out more, but it also defeats the purpose of displaying a photo if ...

Seeing photos on my Lock Screen has long been one of my favorite features of the Always On Display. The blurred look might work for some, but I’m pretty surprised that Apple changed the default ...

Mark has almost a decade of experience reporting on mobile technology, working previously with Digital Trends. Taking a less-than-direct route to technology writing, Mark began his Android journey ...

Rajesh started following the latest happenings in the world of Android around the release of the Nexus One and Samsung Galaxy S. After flashing custom ROMs and kernels on his beloved Galaxy S, he ...

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