Zach was an Author at Android Police from January 2022 to June 2025. He specialized in Chromebooks, Android smartphones, Android apps, smart home devices, and Android services. Zach loves unique and ...

This little trick can be a lifesaver. Say you’re at a hotel, and they charge an arm and a leg for Wi-Fi per device. With Wi-Fi sharing, you pay for one and spread the love to all your gadgets. Or, if ...

Jon has been an author at Android Police since 2021. He primarily writes features and editorials covering the latest Android news, but occasionally reviews hardware and Android apps. His favorite ...

Most homes and workplaces today use broadband for internet access. A broadband connection offers stable and fast connectivity and is suitable for most internet-based workloads. However, there are ...

You’re connected to wifi, and no matter what website you visit and how many apps you open, nothing works. You try to figure out what’s going on and find that your Wi-Fi icon has an exclamation mark, ...

While strength is often visually represented in the form of cones, bars, or dots, it’s really calculated in the form of decibels per milliwatt, or dBm. A perfect signal is -30dBm, which you’ll ...

Any time you have friends or family visiting your home, you're likely to get asked what your Wi-Fi password is. A truly secured Wi-Fi network may have a password made up of a randomization of upper ...

Having a long and complicated Wi-Fi password isn’t a bad thing. But it can be a pain to tell people what it is to let them connect to your home network. With Android 10 and newer devices, it’s now far ...

Posts from this topic will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. Use your Wi-Fi connection when cell coverage is less than ideal. Use your Wi-Fi connection when cell coverage ...