Category: Mobile

iOS 17 iPhone StandBy: How to use and customize the smart display feature

iOS 17 iPhone StandBy: How to use and customize the smart display feature

One of the headlining new features with iOS 17 is a smart landscape display mode for iPhone when it’s charging. Coming with different clock faces, widgets, access to photos, and more, here’s how to use and customize the iOS 17 iPhone Standby display. iOS 17 comes with a number of changes across Messages, FaceTime, the Phone experience, the new Journal app, and much more. But one...

Apple’s new Adaptive Audio will supercharge your AirPods Pro 2

Apple’s new Adaptive Audio will supercharge your AirPods Pro 2

This fall Apple will update the AirPods Pro 2 with a trio of outstanding new features: Adaptive Audio, Personalized Volume, and Conversation Awareness. Adaptive Audio is a listening mode that dynamically blends Transparency mode and Active Noise Cancellation based on the conditions of your environment. It automatically switches between modes for the best experience at the moment. Personalized Volume uses machine learning to understand...

macOS Sonoma brings new Lock Screen with aerial wallpapers, here’s how it works

macOS Sonoma brings new Lock Screen with aerial wallpapers, here’s how it works

macOS Sonoma, or macOS 14, is the new version of the Mac operating system. It comes with multiple new features, such as desktop widgets, FaceTime and iMessage enhancements, web app support, and new tools for editing PDFs. But macOS Sonoma also has a new Lock Screen and aerial wallpapers. Read on as we detail how it works. A first look at the new Lock...

You Lost Your Phone. Now What?

How one service can save you a whole lot of heartache. * This content was originally published on Bustle on December 23, 2022. Click here for more. 1 Samsung collaborated with Bustle Digital Group (BDG) to conduct an online survey between November and December 2022 with a sample of 1,000 U.S. residents between 18 and 25 years of age.

Apple releases videos showing off the cool new features and products announced today at WWDC

As if you didn’t know, Apple introduced its mixed-reality headset today, the Vision Pro, at WWDC 2023. An impressive headset with an even more impressive price tag of $3,499, the device will be available for purchase early next year. Apple CEO Tim Cook, realizing the importance of the moment, took some pages out of the Steve Jobs playbook in introducing the most complicated device...

Apple will make dev kits available to help developers build and test apps for Vision Pro headset

Apple will make dev kits available to help developers build and test apps for Vision Pro headset

Apple unveiled the Apple Vision Pro headset today at WWDC in part to reinforce the developer story behind it; the company wants a vibrant app ecosystem to emerge for this new spatial computing platform, even if the first iteration of the headset will not be a mass consumer hit. To help developers build and test their apps for visionOS, Apple has announced several initiatives....

After rollout across personal accounts, Google enables Passkeys for Workspace accounts

Touted as “The beginning of the end of the password,” Passkeys allow users to authenticate themselves across multiple devices seamlessly. Instead of relying on traditional methods like passwords or PINs, Passkeys utilize cryptographic keys stored on a user’s device to verify their identity. This approach eliminates the need to remember complex passwords and provides a more secure authentication mechanism. As it stands, Passkeys for personal accounts...

Here’s how to install the iOS 17 developer beta

Here’s how to install the iOS 17 developer beta

The first beta of iOS 17 is officially here for developers. This summer, it’s easier to install the software thanks to a new streamlined process. Follow along for how to install iOS 17 beta, tips on what to do if it’s not showing up, and more. Starting with iOS 16.4 Apple brought the ability to turn on developer and public betas right within Settings....

Apple TV 4K will support FaceTime calls using your iPhone’s camera

Apple TV 4K will support FaceTime calls using your iPhone’s camera

Today at its annual developer conference, Apple announced updates for all its various operating systems, and tvOS is one of them. With the upcoming tvOS 17, due to release sometime this fall, the Apple TV 4K is getting support for FaceTime. The new FaceTime app for tvOS will let you initiate calls directly from your Apple TV, or start calls on your iPhone or...

Apple introduces Journaling app for iOS

As previously rumored, as part of iOS 17’s set of new features that were announced today during today’s World Wide Developers Conference (WWDC), Apple has introduced a new app geared towards journaling. The app is aptly named “Journal” and it is being touted as the “new way to appreciate life’s moments.” The Journal app for iPhone will use on-device machine learning throughout the day...