The iPhone's humble flashlight can pull many tricks. It can blink as a visual alert for incoming calls and app notifications. It's quite versatile, too, when it comes to the ways you can turn it on.

LED flashlights have become a staple feature on Android smartphones, often doubling as a handy flashlight. However, not all Android devices offer the same level of control over this useful feature.

According to a developer already familiar with Google's recently released Android 13 developer preview, Google may give you more granular control over your LED flash on the back of the phone. There ...

Will was the Phones Editor at Android Police from August 2022 to May 2025, which usually meant his desk was covered in a dozen different smartphones at any given time. Prior to that, he was a news ...