A feature in mobile devices that keeps a single app on screen. For example, when passing a phone around to show photos, pinning the photo viewer app prevents people from accidentally opening another ...

Google introduced the app pinning feature to Android back in 2014's Lollipop release. For years, I've kept the feature enabled as an added security measure. App pinning is disabled by default -- ...

One handy feature Google brought to Android a few years ago was Screen Pinning. The feature made handing your phone over to another user a bit more comfortable since they couldn’t leave the app with ...

“I need to check this product. Can I borrow your phone to browse Amazon?” “Hey, just give me your phone for a minute. I just need to check my mail!” “I cannot find the store. Hand me your phone – I ...

Google’s latest version of gesture navigation is such a departure from anything that’s been in Android before that it’s actually broken a lot of the functionality in the operating system. One feature ...

Handing your phone to someone else, even for a moment, is one of the riskiest things most people do with their devices without thinking. Buried in both iOS and Android is a simple lock that can freeze ...