The ability for an Android smartphone’s display to change orientation to match the phone’s physical orientation is nothing new, but a feature included in the fourth Android Q beta will be a welcomed ...

Apple revealed a minor tweak to the iPad hardware when preorders began Friday morning, with a button previously designated for audio muting changed to a "screen rotation lock." As first noticed by Jim ...

We may earn a commission when you click links to retailers and purchase goods. More info. Android P has introduced quite a few changes over Android Oreo that have been fun to play with these past few ...

The Apple iPad's screen orientation rotates depending on how the device is held, the screen turning from a landscape view to a horizontal view as necessary to maintain optimal visibility. Users may ...

Android P DP2 brings a rotation lock button to the Pixel Launcher which, if you’ve got a device with the Pixel launcher installed that’s capable of running on the second developer preview of Android P ...

Ryan is a tech/science writer, skeptic, lover of all things electronic, and Android fan. In his spare time he reads golden-age sci-fi and sleeps, but rarely at the same time. His wife tolerates him as ...

As has been widely reported, 4.2 apparently turns the switch on the side of the iPad from a screen rotation lock into a mute switch. Not having 4.2 myself, I can't comment on my direct experience with ...

That is all. I don't need a mute switch on my iPad. I don't like having to double tap and swipe and tap and double tap to lock and unlock the rotation. The hardware rotation lock switch was brilliant.