If you want to keep certain apps out of the reach of other people, you can lock or hide those apps on your Android phone.

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There’s a good chance you don’t want prying eyes snooping on your apps. However, Google Pixel phones didn’t have an official way to hide apps until Android 15, which launched with a feature called ...

Tap Add a shortcut to the launcher on the Customize launcher screen. Select Call a contact or An Assistant action. If you ...

Apps are something we access on a daily basis, either through our smartphones or tablets. We might use an app to monitor the weather, to track our fitness, to keep a to-do list, to look at photos we ...

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