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damircudic/Getty Images You can change the audio output on Android 11 by enabling Developer Mode on your phone. Once enabled, you can switch devices by pulling down the media players notification and expanding the media controls. If your phone is running Android 11 or later and your audio app supports it, you can now easily change your audio output destination with just a tap or two without the need to disconnect and reconnect playback devices. This lets you easily...

Share We may earn a commission when you click links to retailers and purchase goods. More info. During a write-up of the Galaxy S21 where I explained why I wouldn’t stick with Samsung’s newest phone going forward and would instead go back to the Pixel 5, I pointed out that one of the little things that annoyed me was the removal of an animation feature in One UI 3.1. Specifically, it was the “Reduce Animations” option in the Advanced Features section of Samsung’s One UI, an option ...

DevTools is very advanced and helpful, but can also be very intimidating and overwhelming. Let’s fix that. In this article, Vitaly reviews useful features and shortcuts for debugging in Chrome, Firefox, Edge and Safari. Out of all the tools available at our fingertips these days, DevTools is probably one of the most advanced ones. Over the years, it has become a tool for debugging, profiling, auditing and even prototyping — all living within the same interface, and always just a keyboard sh...

Installing apps on Android TV in general, and the Chromecast with Google TV in particular, is usually a simple affair. There are, however, limitations to

Posted by SillyOldDuffer on 06/02/2021 14:53:19: Switching off and on again. Restarting the machine causes it to clean everything up. Sometimes this is the only way to fix a malfunction that failed to release memory after use. If its Windows-8 or 10 and you have Fast-Startup enabled (the default) you need to be careful: Doing a Shutdown results in Windows saving the kernel to disk and reloading it when you start up again. In this case you have no guarantee the memory is cleared. Doing a Rest...

The Pixel 5 may not have stolen the headlines in the same way that we saw other handsets do so in 2020, but that's not necessarily a bad thing. Google seems to have learned from its mistakes with Pixel 4 and the atrocious battery life. It seems that the best move for Google was to move out of the flagship space and focus on the mid-range market with Pixel 5. So if you've sprung for the latest "flagship" Pixel and want to know what you should do first, we've got you cover...

Guide: How to set a custom animation speed on Android (works on stock devices) Changing the animation speed is a little-known trick with Android, and can often make your device feel faster. But if you want to make animations faster than normal, you are left with two options - 0.5x the normal speed, or completely turned off. What if you want something like 75% normal speed? Well, it turns out you can easily set a custom animation speed. Reddit user quantumsuicide wrote a fantastic guide, which...

How to Sideload Apps on Google TV Mar 23, 2021, 12:50 pm EDT | 2 min read Google TV devices (including the Chromecast with Google TV) have access to Android apps and games specifically made for TVs. If you want an app that doesn’t appear in the Play Store on the TV, you can “sideload” it. We’ll show you how to do it. Apps and games that haven’t been specifically enabled for TVs won’t show up in the Play Store on your Google TV device. However, that doesn’t mean that they won’t w...