Android may be the most popular mobile platform on the planet, but it's not without flaws. Android phones and tablets frequently suffer from mediocre battery life, performance that slows down over tim...

Whether your phone is made of unibody aluminum or cheap plastic, you'll care a lot more about what appears on-screen that the chassis around it. If you don't like the look of your icons, app drawer an...

You used to love your Android handset, but now that it has slowed down considerably, the bloom is off the rose. When you hit the home button or launch a new app, it takes what seems like an eternity to switch to the new task or back to the desktop.

Virtually every new Android device comes with a lock screen that appears when you first wake your phone or tablet from sleep. While these lock screens are often loaded with widgets and shortcuts to yo...

It's critically important to know how much juice your phone or tablet has left, but unfortunately most Android devices -- including the new Samsung Galaxy S4 -- make it difficult to see your exact b...

It seems like every other app you install on your Android device adds its icon to the share menu. While it's great that Android has a universal share menu that extends across the entire operating syst...

We've all been there. You're in an important business meeting or out on a hot date when, like a teenager with tourette's, your Android phone suddenly moans "droid" or chimes or makes some otherembarrassingand unexpected noise.

It happens every day. You're using your Android phone, you tap on a link in an email or download an attachment and the phone pops up a dialog box asking you which app you'd like to use to complete the action.

A Samsung Galaxy phone won't go to sleep as long as you're staring at the screen. An LG Optimus handset lets you run apps in tiny windows on top of the desktop, while Motorola RAZR devices can perform key tasks according to a schedule.