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 ...

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 ...

The new Android 13 Developer Preview build introduces a small, but useful change for the owners of Google Pixel phones: the flashlight function is now added to Quick Tap. Quick Tap was added last year ...

Google appears to be working on a native flashlight intensity slider UI for Android. Until now, Pixel phones haven't had a way to adjust flashlight intensity out of the box. The potential feature is ...

It's a tool that comes in handy often. Since the dawn of the smartphone, the back-facing camera array's LED camera flash has led a double life as a flashlight. Most modern smartphones now have an ...

The first Android 13 developer preview has been out for a little while now. With it comes a slew of exciting new features like dynamic theming for third-party app icons, an automatically clearing ...

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) headquarters stand in Washington, D.C. Photographer: Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg WASHINGTON • The creator of a popular flashlight app for Android phones hid the fact ...

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 ...

Tens of millions of Android users have been "deceived" by a developer who covertly gathered personal data, the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) said. GoldenShores Technologies took ID and location ...

All smartphones nowadays have flashlights on them. While users typically use them for the camera flash, they also come in handy when walking through dark places. According to Esper Blog, Android 13 ...