Recently, we took a look at five apps to augment your Android experience with the help of a little artificial intelligence and automation. All of those apps were nifty little utilities that targeted a ...

Wouldn’t it be cool if your phone knew to enter airplane mode when you go to the theater, or text your spouse when you leave work? IFTTT and Tasker can automate countless tasks like these to turn your ...

As vice president of CNET Studios, Sharon led the video, social, editorial design, and branded-content teams. Before that role, Sharon led content development and launched new verticals for CNET, ...

If you've ever thought "I wish my Android phone would do [X] whenever [Y] happened"—for example, text your significant other whenever you leave work; silence your phone when you walk into a movie; or ...

Did you follow along last week as we rigged up our devices to turn on whenever we make a chopping gesture with it? That was fun, and perhaps a little clunky, but we certainly identified the ...

As powerful and as smart at our smartphones are, they're still pretty much like any other computer in our possession. We have to tell it what we want it to do and, most of the time, we do it manually ...

The best source for Android OS news. Co-host on the Android Faithful podcast. Tasker is perhaps the most useful app on the Google Play Store. The app offers total control over your device through its ...

The best source for Android OS news. Co-host on the Android Faithful podcast. For power users who want to customize every part of their phone, there are a few must-have apps. Apps like MacroDroid, ...

Bertel is a Linux user who likes budget smartphones more than flagships, uses a custom ROM, and gets his apps from F-Droid. When he isn't writing short stories for Android Police, you might find him ...

Corbin is a tech journalist and developer who worked at Android Police from 2016 until 2021. Check out his other work at corbin.io. Tasker is one of the most popular automation tools on Android, ...