Android introduced the concept of actionable shortcuts years ago, and many popular apps have embraced it. Those are the options you see when you press and hold an app icon on the home screen.

If you are not already using Android home screen shortcuts, then we have 15 options to really improve your daily smartphone experience.

Home screen shortcuts on Android are as awesome as they are underrated. Rather than scrolling through giant lists or digging through apps, you can find the exact info you need directly from the ...

By default, the Android system lets you create folders, and then create shortcuts to them on the home screen. You can use these blank folders to create a collection of widgets for home screen ...

If you have an Android phone, you probably already know you can customize your home screen in a variety of ways. In addition to widgets, you can also set up single-tile shortcuts—buttons that ...

With no hopes of Android skins properly supporting custom launchers, I finally decided to take things into my own hands and ...

These Android apps can hook into the operating system and add new shortcuts that allow you to streamline your device as much as possible.

With Android O, these shortcuts take advantage of the OS’s new adaptive icons feature and add a background layer to the website’s logo… First reported on by Android Police, this change ...

The GMail app actions menu. How to add an app shortcut to the Android home screen Your email has been sent One feature that brings a serious level of efficiency to Android is App Actions. With ...

MacroDroid is not like Shortcuts, but that works in its favor The iPhone's Shortcuts app and similar automation apps for Android share a common issue: they are not easy to use. Apple made strides ...