Tech tips: Here’s how to make your Android phone unique to you

Material You, which transforms the accent colours of your device to match your wallpaper, is available on Android 12. Long-press a blank space on your home screen, tap "Wallpaper & style," and scroll to "Themed icons" to get to it. Then switch it on.

When you turn on the feature, your keyboard, home screen icons, and other characteristics will change the tone to match your background photo.

Changing your launcher or home screen app, which defines how your phone looks and behaves, is one of the easiest ways to customise your Android.

In the Play Store, you can choose from a host of launcher options to customise your smartphone's home theme according to your needs and tastes.

Even if you wish to have SMSes centralised in your Facebook Messenger app, the SMSes will only go to the Messages app on an iPhone. Android users, on the other hand, have long been able to customise which applications open automatically for text messages, web browsing, and phone calls, as well as change their default digital assistant, caller ID, and home screen application will first need to download your preferred new application. Then go to Settings > Apps > Default apps on your device. Select the app category you want to change, then select the app you want to use as your default app. If you want to use Amazon's Alexa as your primary voice assistant or customise your call screen with a calling app like Drupe then this customisation is extremely useful.