Ever wondered why your phone's display turns off when you're on a call or bring it close to your face? That's the proximity sensor detecting if you are using the earpiece to talk, thus turning off the ...

Modern smartphones are way more powerful than most of us realize, and they include a whole range of sensors that tend to go unnoticed. While a lot of these sensors are used to pull off basic functions ...

When you're boarding a plane or going somewhere where your phone's wireless signals need to be completely disabled, there's a single toggle to make this faster and easier — airplane mode. It turns off ...

Dhruv Bhutani has been writing about consumer technology since 2008, offering deep insights into the Android smartphone landscape through features and opinion pieces. He joined Android Police in 2023, ...