Don’t buy a $500 dumbphone. These apps will make your Android phone calm

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I turned my Android phone's camera notch into a powerful shortcut — and I can't go back

Action Notch turns your Android phone's camera notch into a virtual button — and it's an app I can't live without.

I stopped paying for focus launchers after discovering this completely free Android feature

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5 Google apps I replace on every Android phone, and what I use instead

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I stopped swiping apps away and used this free Android app freezer instead

A frozen app doesn't get to do anything until I say so.