Your phone secretly transmits tracking data while you sleep at night. Learn key privacy settings to stop overnight data sharing and protect yourself.

Turning off your smartphone is a great way to fix malfunctioning apps or apply setting changes. While you may think there is only one way to turn off your Android phone or iPhone, there are multiple ...

While browsing YouTube on an Android phone, you may notice that videos start playing silently as you scroll through the home ...

Don't let mobile data secretly siphon your juice.

There are a lot of factors that go into how long your battery will last on your phone. Here are some tips to help you squeeze ...

Android 16 QPR3 Beta 2 turns Adaptive Connectivity into two switches, one for mobile fallback and one for battery ...

Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. I've spent a significant portion of my life searching for ways to extend the battery life on my Android phones. Admittedly, that sounds rather ...

Stop smart TVs from tracking what you watch. Understand Automatic Content Recognition and disable ACR to limit data collection and targeted ads on your TV.

If you're comfortable tweaking advanced settings, you can turn this feature off in the Developer Options menu. To reveal the menu, go to Settings > About Phone and tap Build Number seven times to ...

Android battery optimization has quietly become one of the most effective ways to extend daily screen time without changing how you use your phone. Inside Settings > Battery > Battery usage, most ...

Google Photos, a very popular cloud storage app for images and videos, is soon going to introduce a new feature that will ...

Jeff Carlson writes about mobile technology for CNET. He is also the author of dozens of how-to books covering a wide spectrum ranging from Apple devices and cameras to photo editing software and ...