If you’re new to Android, Chrome, or anything related to Google, it can sometimes be a little difficult getting yourself familiar with the platforms. That’s why we created Basics!
Whether you’re looking for help changing your wallpaper, adding apps to your home screen, removing apps from your home screen, or just want to know how to set an alarm, we’ve got you covered.
All of our Basics guides can be found below, in the order they were published.
Have you installed the Android P Developer Preview and find it too unstable for your liking? Well, good news because you can go back to Oreo. Unfortunately, though, it will require you wiping your device. Here’s how.
Several weeks after Google unveiled the second Developer Preview, the company this morning released the third build. Developer Preview 3 includes a bunch of bug fixes, user experience improvements, and much more. Here’s how to manually install Android P DP3…
Emoji have become a big part of our language on smartphones and slowly, that’s been expanding to the desktop. That has presented a problem to users, though, as inserting emojis on the desktop isn’t as easy as a phone. Google makes that easier with a built-in emoji picker on Chrome – here’s how to get it.
The third Android P Developer Preview is now live, along with the OTA files for the update. If you’re on DP2 (otherwise known as Beta 1) and don’t want to wait for the update to eventually make its way to you, you can manually install it yourself. Here’s how…
When posting to Instagram Stories, one secret to better-looking content is to upload pre-recorded videos. But with Instagram limiting clips to 15 seconds, you can’t just upload a long-form video. Thankfully, there is an app that cuts everything up into clips pretty easily.
Back at I/O 2018, Google confirmed that it would soon bring Linux app support to Chrome OS. Since then, we’ve seen several Chromebooks gain the ability in beta form. Here’s how to turn it on if you’re willing to deal with buggy software.
Recently, Gmail was updated with new smart features previously exclusive to Inbox. One of these is the ability to customize the left and right swipe actions within the email app. Here’s how.
Recently, Google announced that it would be shaking things up a bit and introduced YouTube Premium, replacing Red. With this, the company officially launched its YouTube Music streaming service and more. Here’s how to upgrade your account if you’re interested in trying out YouTube Premium and taking advantage of its various perks.
A while back, Google added an Easter egg to Sheets that adds a rainbow theme to the entire spreadsheet. Here’s how to use the Pride-themed Easter egg in Google Sheets.
After you unbox your brand new OnePlus 6 and take a couple of photos, there’s a chance that the phone might have automatically added a “Shot on OnePlus” watermark. While there isn’t any way to remove this after the fact, you can turn off the feature so that it doesn’t happen again.
Unlike many Android OEMs, OnePlus allows users to customize their smartphones to their heart’s content. One such area that is user-customizable is the status bar. Here’s exactly what you can change on your OnePlus 6.
With the revamp and launch of the new YouTube Music, Google has stated that nothing should change for users who use Play Music. But in case you’re worried about your purchased music or the songs you’ve uploaded to the service, it’s easy to download a copy of everything to your computer. Here’s how.
Unlike many other Android manufacturers, OnePlus builds different system-wide theme options right in the device’s settings menu. Without digging too deep into the OnePlus 6’s theming options, here’s how to apply a basic dark or light theme as well as adjust its accent color.
With the OnePlus 6, the Chinese company has moved the physical alert slider to the right side of the handset, right above the volume button. Here’s how to use it.
Have you ever downloaded an image from the web and then had to find a way to convert it to a different file type? Well, that will be a thing of the past, as a new Chrome extension lets you automatically save and convert any online photo as a JPG or PNG.
As with pretty much every Android smartphone, the OnePlus 6 ships with its own ambient display mode that shows notifications and the time on the lockscreen. Weirdly, though, the phone ships with this setting turned off. Thankfully, it’s relatively straightforward to enable.
At the beginning of the year, OnePlus added the option to replace the standard on-screen navigation buttons for gestures in a OnePlus 5T beta. The company has kept these around and is officially bringing them with the OnePlus 6. Here’s how to enable the gesture-based navigation controls.
Today is the wedding between Prince Harry and actress Meghan Markle. Here’s how to watch the wedding live on Android, Chrome OS, Chromecast, Android TV, and more…
The OnePlus 6 followed in the footsteps of so many other Android flagships that have shipped in 2018. Thankfully, if you want to somewhat hide the display cutout, you can right from the phone’s settings. Here’s how…
So you just got your brand new OnePlus 6 and you’re not quite sure how to insert your carrier’s SIM card. Here’s how to access the card slot and installing your SIM card into the handset.
With your OnePlus 6, the process of protecting everything on your phone with different types of lockscreen security is straightforward. And to make it even quicker to get into your device, OnePlus includes fingerprint sensor and face unlock options to choose from. Here’s how to set it all up…
After months of teases and leaks, OnePlus will finally be unveiling its latest and greatest flagship in London. While there isn’t much we don’t know about the OnePlus 6, the company will be livestreaming the device’s unveiling, and you can watch it right here.
If there is one fundamental difference between every phone out there, it’s the vibration motor. Sometimes it can be light and quiet, or sometimes it’s violent and quite loud. Thankfully, at least in the case of the OnePlus 6, the company allows you to adjust the vibration intensity for incoming calls, notifications, and more. Here’s how.
To serve you relevant ads that might be more enjoyable than off-topic items, Google’s ad network tracks your internet usage. Thankfully, you can quickly turn this personalization feature off, just know that you will no longer see ads based on your interests.
