The Quick Settings panel on Android is an underrated powerhouse, often forgotten by most Android users. While a lot is said about the iPhone’s Control Center, if you're willing to put in some work, ...

Google is continuing its work to split up Android’s notifications and Quick Settings panels. The media player now appears at the top of the Quick Settings panel, and you can now switch between pages ...

Android 16 introduced several headline new features, like Live Updates, auto-grouping of similar notifications to reduce clutter, and most importantly, Material 3 Expressive design language. But there ...

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Samsung’s One UI 7 update lets users choose to separate the notification and quick settings panels through the Separate option or keep the classic combined notification and quick settings panel.

One of the most polarizing changes in One UI 7 is Samsung’s decision to split the notification tray from the Quick Settings panel. It’s a change that many will hate, but Samsung at least deserves ...

The Quick Settings panel in Android has long been a go-to tool for quick adjustments to essential settings. It allows users to toggle functions like Bluetooth, activate battery-saving mode, or adjust ...

Android 15 just arrived this month to eligible Pixel phones, while other brands are now sharing their rollout schedule. So, the arrival of Android 16 is still quite far away, but leaks have already ...

Android and iOS have long competed on design and usability, but with iOS 18, Apple’s Control Center has taken a sharp turn visually and functionally, toward Android’s Quick Settings panel. The ...

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Microsoft is testing two usability improvements for the Quick Settings panel in Windows 11. These changes address requests that users have been asking for for a long time. The first is the ability to ...