Ara Wagoner is a Writer at Android Central. She themes phones and pokes Google Play Music with a stick. When she's not writing help and how-to's, she's off dreaming about Disney and singing show tunes. If you see her without headphones, RUN. You can follow her on Twitter at @arawagco.
The Samsung Galaxy S9 has a nicely-sized screen that can fit a lot of text on it at one time, but that font can be a little small for those of us without perfect eyes. Here’s how to make the screen on your S9 or S9+ fit your vision and your life.
Spring has sprung, the flowers are in bloom and- ACHOO! Ugh, I’ll be inside until summer comes and this pollen is gone, but if you need to go outside, here’s some apps to track pollen and allergies.
Apple Music on Android gets a good many things wrong, but there are a few things that Apple Music does absolutely right, and they are things all music apps should do.
Spring is upon us, Easter is here, and it's time to do some spring cleaning on your home screen. Grab a fresh, new springtime wallpaper to help brighten your days through the April showers outside.
Samsung’s theme engine is currently the best available without dabbling in root, substratum, or settling for a Sony. That said, it’s far from perfect and here are the biggest flaws that need fixing.
Gestures have always been an essential part of the mobile UI experience. Slide to Unlock. Double-tap to wake. Shake to open the camera. Swipe and pulls can open up new worlds when customizing your home screen experience. Here's how.
March Madness is here, and whether you care about basketball the rest of the year, there's probably a team or two you'll care about at the NCAA tournament. Here's how to get the games and scores you're looking for from Google Assistant.
Wear green or get pinched! Well, if you don't have any green in your wardrobe, you can save yourself with a green wallpaper! Wear green wallpapers!
Your Galaxy S9 doesn't need to look like every other Galaxy. You can customize your entire Android experience on Samsung's flagship, and you absolutely should.
Spotify gives its users a lot of ways to find new and exciting music, but what if you want a radio station that knows your moods, your tastes, and can cater to them with precision? Well, that’s where Spotify’s secret weapon comes in.
We all can’t have unlimited plans, and so long as that’s true, offline modes for music apps matter. And the Spotify one is far too bad to be a mistake.
How people choose to carry their technology has always been something distinctive and divisive. A shoulder holster like my Phonster X exemplifies this. Here's why I carry it every day anyway.
I've been in the market for a new car for three years. I've been waiting for perfection, price performance, and above all else, I've been waiting for Android Auto. Now, I have it, and it. Is. GLORIOUS.
The Galaxy S9 is a beautiful phone, so let's get some of that Samsung style in our phones with some Android customization magic.
There are a lot of launchers out there that throw every feature they can lift at users, but Evie Launcher prefers to keep the feature set simple, refined, and super easy to use. The result is a lithe and luxurious home screen experience.
Getting things exactly where you want on your home screen can be a challenge. Do you make your home screen bigger or smaller trying to get things just right? Neither. Just turn on subgrid positioning and get things just right with the grid you’ve already got.
Want to throw a few songs together in Spotify to listen to? Well, I hope you built a playlist, because doing it in Spotify’s queue is a complete cluster.
Widgets are awesome, but they don't always play nice with your theme. Luckily, there are a lot of widgets that will. Here are the widgets that you can rely on to make your home screen both beautiful and functional.
Building a playlist can be a daunting experience, and trying to expand an existing playlist even more so. Luckily Spotify’s got an easy way for you to bulk up your playlists.
You can play Spotify on connected speakers, smart TVs, cars, and just about anything else you can think of, but how do you actually send your music to all of these devices? Spotify Connect, of course!