Lock screen ads are a popular way for mid- and low-budget smartphone makers to subsidize costs, but Americans have largely been able to avoid them until now. Get ready for that to change.

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OS 26 lets you stretch the lock-screen clock for a bigger, bolder time display. Here’s how to adjust it in a few quick steps.

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The smartphone industry is quite ruthless. So much so that some smartphone vendors have partnered with Glance, an AI-driven smart lock screen platform based out of Bengaluru, India, to fend off the ...

Apple’s iOS 26 lets you turn photos into holographic lock screen wallpapers. Here’s how to enable and customize the 3D Spatial Scene effect.

Faith writes guides, how-tos, and roundups on the latest Android games and apps for Android Police. You'll find her writing about the newest free-to-play game to hit Android or discussing her paranoia ...

Apple is yet to enter the smart display segment. The big products in this arena, Google's Nest Hub and Amazon's Echo Show, have a screen mounted atop a smart speaker to show basic information like ...

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