9 easy ways to make your Android phone less annoying

These days, it's hard to avoid the web. PCs, tablets, smartphones — even our coffee makers — can wirelessly connect to the internet at the push of a button. Devices buzz with emails, notifications, and status updates at all hours of the day, making it hard to concentrate.

This may sound like an easily avoidable problem, but it's hard to imagine life without your Samsung Galaxy Note 9 or Google Pixel 3 blowing up all day. Fortunately, there are ways to avoid some of these small irritations and make your day just a little bit calmerNamaste.

1. Disable bloatware apps

Here are some facts that should be completely unrelated: 1) AT&T is my wireless carrier. 2) AT&T owns DirecTV. 3) I am not a DirectTV subscriber. However, a DirecTV remote app came pre-installed on my phone. And I can't delete it. Welcome to the world of bloatware. Read more...