If you've ever played a video on your Android device and turned it sideways, only for the video to remain stubbornly in vertical orientation, you may wonder why. But don't panic, as there's most ...

Your Pixel's auto-rotate isn't broken. You just haven't turned on the right one. Buried in your Android display settings is a second auto-rotate mode that uses your Pixel's front-facing camera to ...

One of the most important reasons smartphones have taken off to such a massive degree is versatility. If you need a camera, most smartphones will do the trick. On-the-go media consumption? A phone isn ...

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Your Google Pixel 8’s screen won’t rotate when you turn it sideways—and the toggle is already on. This is one of the most frustrating Android issues, but it’s almost always fixable with software. The ...

This post will walk you through activating the automatic rotation function on the latest Google Pixel smartphone. Here’s a quick guide to enable auto-rotate on Google Pixel 7. With the auto-rotate ...

This article explains how to enable and disable screen locking on devices running iOS 4 and up. It's broken down by iOS version and covers the ways to tell if screen locking is enabled. What if you ...

Posts from this topic will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. If the screen doesn’t switch in tablet mode, there are a couple of ways to fix the problem. If the screen doesn’t ...

The majority of mobile apps are available for use in portrait or landscape mode. This is to say you can view content horizontally or vertically. Typically, you just tilt your phone to the side to ...