Creating a customized fingerprint reader within Tasker is a fairly simple project. Tasker will assign multiple functionalities to the fingerprint reader depending on what you are doing or where you're ...

As I've covered before, Tasker is the ultimate Android app for hacks, automations, and customizations. $3.99 from the Google Play Store, it gives you deep access into the settings and features of ...

If you're at the stage where you want to do more with your phone and start building automations—customized mini-apps to carry out tasks—then Tasker (for Android) and Apple Shortcuts (for iOS) are ...

Recently, we took a look at five apps to augment your Android experience with the help of a little artificial intelligence and automation. All of those apps were nifty little utilities that targeted a ...

Tasker is undoubtedly one of the most popular Android apps in the advanced segment. It has over a million downloads and 4.6 rating in the Play Store. The fairly new developer behind the app, João Dias ...

As vice president of CNET Studios, Sharon led the video, social, editorial design, and branded-content teams.… Read full bio Every day, we repeat the same routine tasks: turning on Wi-Fi at work, ...

Last week on our Android customization series, we took a look at using voice commands to fire off the camera on your Android device. We then stepped it up a notch by using your Android Wear smartwatch ...

Did you follow along last week as we rigged up our devices to turn on whenever we make a chopping gesture with it? That was fun, and perhaps a little clunky, but we certainly identified the ...

This post was published published on June 30, 2013 and may be out of date. Pocketables has been around for over 20 years, so there's a lot of content out there. At seven or more years since ...

Wouldn’t it be cool if your phone knew to enter airplane mode when you go to the theater, or text your spouse when you leave work? IFTTT and Tasker can automate countless tasks like these to turn your ...