Today, most modern Android devices are kitted out with a bunch of sensors. You can use this information in lots of different ways – whether it’s monitoring light levels so your application can ...

Seeing the "Don't cover the earphone area" warning on Android too often? Here’s how to fix it and prevent it from interrupting your phone use.

If you take a look at your phone, near the earpiece speaker and front camera you’ll find another dot or two. This is the proximity sensor and is the hardware responsible for turning the screen off ...

Sensor manufacturer Ams launched this week a new in-display ambient light and proximity sensor solution for smartphones equipped with OLED displays which essentially makes those modules invisible.

OSLO, Norway--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Elliptic Labs (OSE: ELABS), a global AI software company and the world leader in AI Virtual Smart Sensors™ currently deployed in over 500 million devices, is shipping ...

Android phones are complex devices, considering everything that goes into making them work as they do. Under the hood, there's a lot of innovative technology operating behind the scenes day and night, ...

Proximity-based functionality isn't exactly new. From beacons to Apple AirDrop, most of the current implementations have been used for simply sharing or, worse, ads. It's a bit worse on Android where ...

The proximity sensor is small in size, but its value is great for devices. But with the correctness of its work in smartphones, Xiaomi did not work out. And this problem accompanies the company’s ...

Ambient display on the Android O developer preview is doing some odd things right now. It's showing a minimal and less useful UI for some people, while others see something more akin to the old ...

The #Samsung #Galaxy #S9 is the latest flagship phone of the South Korean company that is a refinement over last year’s S8 model. It shares a similar design as its predecessor while having several ...