Faith writes guides, how-tos, and roundups on the latest Android games and apps for Android Police. You'll find her writing about the newest free-to-play game to hit Android or discussing her paranoia ...

Screen Effects add some big screen-filling animations to your Google Messages chats. So far, Screen Effects have been activated by using specific text trigger phrases. Messages now appears to respond ...

I use my iPhone’s stock Messages app all day, every day, to communicate with my partner, friends, and family. As such, I’m always messing around with features like stickers, animated GIFs, and Apple ...

Google Messages recently introduced a new way to trigger Screen Effects by sending a pair of emojis in chats. The app is now testing the ability to trigger Screen Effects with a single emoji in the ...

My texting philosophy when it comes to communicating with my BFFs? If I'm not being as extra as possible, then what's the point? Thanks to TikTok user Imani Futrell, aka @futrelli, I now have one more ...

Google Messages now allows full-screen animations triggered by single emojis. You can send emojis like 🌙, 🐝, and 🥳 to activate different full-screen animations in the app. Users can turn off the ...

The Google Phone app is picking up a new trick, with the app now rolling out “Audio Emoji” to some users. “Audio Emoji” in the Google Phone app are essentially stock sound effects attached to one of ...

One of the benefits of owning a Pixel smartphone is that it improves over time, as Pixels are first to receive updates that deliver the latest fixes and improvements. The first round of new features ...

Rajesh started following the latest happenings in the world of Android around the release of the Nexus One and Samsung Galaxy S. After flashing custom ROMs and kernels on his beloved Galaxy S, he ...