Android 16 QPR3 makes the location indicator in the status bar expandable, allowing you to see which app is tracking your device's location.

With a revamped privacy indicator appearing as a tappable blue icon in the status bar, you can see exactly which apps are ...

Picture this. You’re standing on the train while looking at your email, and want to change the song very badly. You can reach your earbuds to do it, and opening the music app to do it is very ...

Google appears to be toying with a new take on notification icons in the status bar which, instead of the current look, would use the full-color app icons from your Android homescreen. The Android ...

Keep an eye out for a little dot in the status bar.

I don’t want to embarrass you, but the top of your phone’s screen is, like, totally a waste of space. For years now, y’see, Android device-makers have been designing devices with a circular cutout ...

Please add as featured image, and remove the image below. The icons at the top of our Android smartphones have changed a lot over time. As more features are added, more icons appear, and it can get a ...

Android phone's status bars have icons about everything from Wi-Fi status to battery charge. If there is a VPN activated, you ...

One area in which Android always had an upper hand over iOS is… notifications. Android has a much more robust notifications system that the competitive operating system, and that’s a fact. That being ...

We’ve stumbled upon an app that allows you to hide your status bar icons, even on Pixel smartphones. That option is not available on Google’s Pixel smartphones at all… and no, you don’t need root in ...