12 Android Mods that might Surprise you.

Lets you hold the home button to turn the screen off, with no root needed.

A small bar that adjusts all volumes at once, which he finds better than Android's default handling.

A powerful theming tool that can give a system-wide dark mode, and works without root via Andromeda.

A customisable Facebook client with dark mode that strips out sponsored posts and downloads videos.

His favourite battery indicator, adding a notch-style percentage display that shows over any app.

A no-brainer for Samsung edge panel users, giving separate volume sliders with a swipe from the right.

A global equaliser that works with Spotify and is one of his favourites on the list.

Collects messages from social apps so you can read them without the sender seeing.

Lets you speed up or slow down WhatsApp voice messages and skip silences, which he really appreciated.

Remaps the Google Assistant action to things like the flashlight or opening any app.

A neat reachable control bar inspired by the MacBook Pro Touch Bar, but it only worked on about half the phones he tried.

Reads notifications aloud and is handy for short WhatsApp messages, though less good with long email receipts.