The Pixel Launcher is adding an icon shape customization feature in a future Android release. The feature isn’t live yet in Android 16 Beta 3, but we managed to enable it to show what the feature’s ...

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Apple’s neglect of customization on iOS has been a sore point for both long-time iPhone users and dual wielders of Android and iPhones like myself. With iOS 18, Apple is finally addressing this issue ...

Customization, tinkering, and personalization have always been at the heart of what makes the Android operating system, Android. Most manufacturers ship their phones packaged with their custom Android ...

A new report suggests that further enhancements to both the Home Screen and various Apple apps are coming in iOS 18, arriving in fall 2024. Another potential use of AI technology will come to Messages ...

The iPhone home screen gets a brand new look with iOS 26, thanks to a visual overhaul featuring a brand new set of icons for all of Apple’s apps, as well as glass and reflection effects throughout.

Every folder on macOS looks the same—a boring blue representation of a paper file. That makes browsing a folder full of folders harder than it needs to be because everything looks identical. Unless, ...

If there’s one knock we have against the iPhone, it’s a lack of customization. But a trick built into iOS 15 lets you get around that restriction by adding a personalized icon to your status bar. A ...

A new app called Mycons launched today and is tapping into the iOS 14 home screen customization trend by making it easier for anyone, including non-designers, to quickly create their own custom icons, ...

Will was the Phones Editor at Android Police from August 2022 to May 2025, which usually meant his desk was covered in a dozen different smartphones at any given time. Prior to that, he was a news ...