Have you ever wondered exactly how a SIM card works? We’ll help you understand why your phone needs one and what they do to keep you connected. Image: TalkAndroid Editorial Note: Talk Android may ...

Imagine trying to call someone urgently from your Android device only to be greeted by the error message "SIM card not detected." This error means that your device is ...

For many years, mobile phones received cellular service through a physical SIM (subscriber identity module) card that connected your handset to your phone carrier. These physical SIM cards made it ...

Your phone's SIM card allows the device to make calls, send texts, and connect to the internet. The SIM card provides a phone number that identifies your device on the carrier's network, whether it's ...

You're probably already familiar with the SIM card, a tiny chip in your phone that connects it to your cell phone carrier of choice. For years, this chip was on a physical card that you could swap in ...

Recently, Visible expanded the ability to convert your physical SIM card provided by the carrier to a sleeker and virtual eSIM. Since Visible now supports eSIM conversion on the Pixel 6, I figured I’d ...

Back in 2019, Google announced that it is adding dual-SIM support to its Pixel smartphones. This was done with the release of the Android 10 operating system. Android Auto, on the other hand, got a ...

Rajesh started following the latest happenings in the world of Android around the release of the Nexus One and Samsung Galaxy S. After flashing custom ROMs and kernels on his beloved Galaxy S, he ...

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 ...