A flashlight is a basic tool that's good to have as part of any emergency kit. They come in various sizes and different brightness levels. It's also an item that most of us carry around in our pockets ...

Flashlight apps are a dying breed. Google began adding them to Android as early as Lollipop, and OEMs have included them on their OEM skins for far longer. The need for this dwindles as the market ...

For years now, iPhones and even Samsung’s Android smartphones have supported the ability to adjust the brightness of the LED flashlight on the back of your phone. Now, in Android 13, Google is finally ...

The Pixel series’ Quick Tap gesture is now more helpful than ever, with the option to toggle your flashlight. Starting with Android 12 last year, newer Pixel phones gained a “Quick Tap” gesture that ...

The new Android 13 Developer Preview build introduces a small, but useful change for the owners of Google Pixel phones: the flashlight function is now added to Quick Tap. Quick Tap was added last year ...

All smartphones nowadays have flashlights on them. While users typically use them for the camera flash, they also come in handy when walking through dark places. According to Esper Blog, Android 13 ...

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Android's handy flashlight feature is particularly helpful during power outages or when checking dark corners for missing items. You can add a shortcut to your Android home screen or open it using a ...

No one should be downloading a flashlight app in the Year of Our Lord 2019 -- that's why both Google and Apple have integrated the ability into their devices as part of the base operating system.

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