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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Some iPad apps and programs are optimal when viewed broad landscape view, others in narrow portrait orientation; locking an iPad's screen's rotation prevents frustration during use. If your iPad ...

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 ...

As a business owner, you will find yourself using your iPad to view a variety of documents, such as emails and graphs. Depending on the type of document, you may want to view it in either portrait or ...

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.

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 ...

I'm experiencing a few glitches with my Windows 10 (Creator's Update) 2 in 1 laptop. One of them is that rotation lock is forced on whenever the device is in laptop mode. This is a problem, because ...