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Locked Folder for Google Photos has an understandable restriction Google Photos is getting a Locked Folder feature, but it's only available on your phone's local storage. This will let you hide photos behind a fingerprint or PIN. The feature is restricted to your phone only. Update: May 20 2021 (7:42 AM ET): We wondered whether Google Photos’ new Locked Folder feature would be accessible on your computer or if it would only be available on your phone. Now, Android Police reports that it’s indeed only available locally on your phone. This isn’t a surprise really, as cloud storage/comput...

We asked, you told us: Most of you leave auto-rotate disabled Credit: Hadlee Simons / Android Authority The quick toggle section of the notification shade is one of the more convenient features on a smartphone today, giving you seamless access to a variety of important settings. And auto-rotate is one of the options you’re guaranteed to find in the quick toggle section. But is auto-rotate (i.e. via the quick toggle or system settings menu) actually used by many people though? Well, we asked Android Authority readers, and here’s how you answered. Do you use auto-rotate on your smartphone?

Poll: Are you logged into an OEM account on your Android phone? Credit: Hadlee Simons / Android Authority A Google account is basically a must if you want to seamlessly use an Android phone (unless you’re living that Google-free life). The account allows you to download apps from the Play Store, back up your photos to the cloud, use Google Drive for storage, and much more. We’ve also seen Android manufacturers allow you to log into an OEM account on their devices too. For example, Samsung users can log into their Samsung accounts, people with Xiaomi devices can log into their Mi accounts,...

Credit: Hadlee Simons / Android Authority Smartphones these days do so much more than just make and receive calls. Most of us escape into our phones for instant messaging, media consumption, surfing the web, or just aimlessly scrolling through social media. But when a call actually comes through, does your phone ring? We recently conducted a poll on our website asking our readers about their preferred sound profile on their phones. Here’s are the results of that poll. What sound profile do you primarily use on your phone?  Results As you can see from the chart above, most of our readers ...

Poll: Do you keep auto-rotate enabled on your phone? Credit: Hadlee Simons / Android Authority Auto-rotation is one of the more long-standing features on smartphones today, allowing phones to automatically shift apps and menus between portrait and landscape orientation as the device is turned accordingly. Many smartphones include an auto-rotate toggle in the quick settings section of the notification shade (as seen above), allowing you to activate or deactivate auto-rotate at the drop of a hat. But do you keep auto-rotate enabled on your phone? Let us know via the poll at the bottom of the pa...