Flashlight apps are a dying breed. Google began adding them to Android as early as Lollipop, and OEMs have included them on their OEM skins for far longer. The need for this dwindles as the market ...

Every global tragedy teaches humanity something about itself. Of the many lessons we may learn from the recent Japanese earthquake one could be this: we've come to think of smart phones not as tools ...

For years now, iPhones and even Samsung’s Android smartphones have supported the ability to adjust the brightness of the LED flashlight on the back of your phone. Now, in Android 13, Google is finally ...

One of Android's most popular and highly rated apps, Brightest Flashlight Free, has been sharing user location and ID data without their consent, according to the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC).

You can turn on the flashlight on most Androids by pulling down the Quick Settings menu from the top of the screen and tapping the flashlight button. You can also ...

Google’s Android 16 is set to introduce native flashlight brightness controls, a feature Pixel users have long awaited. Spotted in the latest beta, this update promises to enhance hardware ...

This past December, we reported that a popular Android app called Brightest Flashlight could do more than just shine light. Brightest Flashlight was a simple flashlight app that was highly-rated and ...

Android has finally added native flashlight brightness controls from the Quick Settings panel. Google added support for controlling the flashlight brightness in Android 13, but there was no way to do ...

The Pixel 8 and Pixel 8 Pro's flashlights are bright but can be brighter. While the phones have some key differences, Google locks the flashlight intensity on both of them and the Pixel 7 series to 50 ...

That innocent Flashlight App you installed on your device to shed light on certain situations is also spying on you, and potentially selling or using your personal data. Especially vulnerable are ...