A very handy but underrated feature in Google's Android 4.x operating system is the ability to disable apps. Disabling apps is a way to basically freeze and ...

This article teaches you how to turn off automatic updates on your Android smartphone. It also explains how to stop the Play Store from auto-updating your apps.

Android System Intelligence improves the user’s experience over time, but is it safe to disable it? Here’s how to do it and how it can affect your devices.

Blocking Android system updates Hopefully I’ve convinced you about the importance of updating your Android device. If not, I can at least answer your question—as much as it pains me.

With the introduction of Ice Cream Sandwich (Android 4.0), Google gave users the power to disable system-level apps on an Android device. At first, you may think, “Why would I ever need to do ...

Jack Wallen shows you how to disable a small portion of notifications coming from the System UI in Android Pie.

Android System Intelligence is an app you may have seen running on your smartphone. Here's what it is, what it does, how to stop it, and why you don't want to.

How to check for Android updates: Open the Settings app. Go into System. Tap on System update. If there’s an update available, follow on-screen instructions to install the update.