Your taskbar icons are trying to tell you something. Here’s what the most common ones—and their variations—really mean.

Android 16 QPR3 makes the location indicator in the status bar expandable, allowing you to see which app is tracking your device's location.

Amid the leaked release of the golden master of iOS 11 last night, developers Steve Troughton-Smith and Guilherme Rambo shared a few interesting tidbits about how the split status bar on the OLED ...

For an operating system as simple as iOS, it’s surprising how much stuff can appear in the 20px status bar almost always visible when using an iPhone or iPad. Ever since the Apple Watch came out, I’ve ...

The next Firefox major release will update the security indicators in the address bar and add a privacy icon to signal privacy threats on loaded pages. The changes fix on the icons indicating an ...

In this guide we’ll explain what some of those weird notification bar icons are on your OnePlus 6 screen. Whether you see a circle with a line through it or three little dots, we’re here to help.

In this guide we’ll help you understand what all the notification bar icons mean on the Galaxy S8. The little icons at the top of the screen near the time and battery indicator. Whether you see a ...

One UI 8 may add an option to hide the location icon in the status bar when only system apps are accessing it. The icon would still appear when third-party apps access your location, alerting you to ...

Corbin is a tech journalist and developer who worked at Android Police from 2016 until 2021. Check out his other work at corbin.io. If you're not aware, System UI Tuner is a hidden setting in Android ...

Most Excel users spend their time navigating ribbons, building formulas, and formatting cells, all while completely ignoring the status bar at the bottom of the window. It sits there quietly, doing ...