Cianna Garrison is an evergreen writer for Android Police who's written about everything from food to the latest iPhones and earbuds. Her work has appeared in Elite Daily, How-To Geek, and Reader's ...

These days, it's easy to find an app for essentially anything, whether that's for locating your parked car or hunting for ghosts in your neighborhood haunted mansion. But while it's fun to fill your ...

no one likes a snooper, especially on your phone. With iOS 18, Apple now offers the ability to lock and hide certain apps on your device. Whenever you want to access the app, you have to input a ...

Samsung's earlier line of Galaxy phones didn't come with the robust software and UI features their modern successors offer. Case in point: older Galaxy models didn't feature built-in support for ...

Zach began writing for CNET in November, 2021 after writing for a broadcast news station in his hometown, Cincinnati, for five years. You can usually find him reading and drinking coffee or watching a ...

Your iPhone is packed with apps – some you use daily, others only occasionally, and a few you’d rather keep private. Whether it’s protecting sensitive information, keeping curious kids from spending ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. When voluntarily giving friends and family access to your phone ...

Apple added new privacy features to iOS 18 you can try now if you've installed the first beta. I already showed you how to lock iPhone apps with Face ID in iOS 18, a feature that goes hand in hand ...

You can hide apps on your iPhone so they’re completely invisible, and you can lock all kinds of apps so they require Face ID to open. Why would you want to? Maybe you have sensitive content you don’t ...

There’s a good chance you don’t want prying eyes snooping on your apps. However, Google Pixel phones didn’t have an official way to hide apps until Android 15, which launched with a feature called ...

Zach began writing for CNET in November, 2021 after writing for a broadcast news station in his hometown, Cincinnati, for five years. You can usually find him reading and drinking coffee or watching a ...

Locking an app keeps its icon on the Home screen but requires Face ID or Touch ID to unlock it. Hiding an app removes it from the Home screen and places it in a special Hidden folder in the App ...