Now playing: Watch this: Turn on Night Shift in iOS 9.3 0:40 iOS 9.3 ushers in several big new features, including something that Apple hopes will help you sleep better. Called Night Shift, this new tool aims to cut down on eye strain and sleeplessness you might get when you’re tucked into bed with your …

On Thursday, Facebook released an update to its iOS Messenger app. Normally such updates are accompanied with a change log that reads to the effect of “various bug fixes.” It’s never clear what’s new — if anything — when Facebook updates its apps. The Android app was updated on Wednesday. Only this time Facebook offered some advice in the change …

Samsung unveiled a new camera feature called Motion Photos alongside the Galaxy S7 and S7 Edge last month at MWC. Motion Photo is similar to Live Photos, which Apple introduced in the iPhone 6S line, but it’s not identical. Samsung’s version only captures video before the shutter button is pressed, not before and after the photo is captured as Apple’s …

You may have noticed two app shortcuts on the lock screen of your Galaxy S7 or S7 Edge. Samsung sets up shortcuts to the Phone and Camera apps by default, but gives you the option to change which apps appear with just a few taps. And since you can quickly double-press the home button to launch the Camera app — …

When Apple first unveiled the iPhone 6 lineup, it also added the ability to alter the speed at which the Camera app could capture slow-motion video. Previously, the iPhone 5S had been limited to capturing slow-motion at 120 frames per second (fps). But Apple doubled that speed with the iPhone 6, 6 Plus and the more recent iPhone 6S and …

According to Samsung, the average smartphone owner checks his or her device nearly 150 times a day: A quick press of the power button to view the time here, and double tap not the screen to view notifications there, apparently adds up fast. Samsung’s solution for this obsessive checking and waking our smartphones is through a feature it calls Always-On …

Depending on your preference, the fact that Android app icons can all come in various shapes and sizescan be one of its benefits over iOS. For some, however, uniform app icons provides a cleaner look and experience. Samsung has added a new option with the Galaxy S7 and S7 Edge that places app icons atop the same background, making all …

Getting a new phone is always an exciting time. Then the realization sets in that you have to figure out how to get information from your old phone to the new one. For the most part, a lot of the stuff we rely on is synced through various cloud services such as Google or Apple’s iCloud and the transfer process …

Let’s face it, most of the time our conversations with friends and loved ones are repetitive. They all follow the same pattern — more or less — from beginning to end. Rando is a free iPhone app that wants to help you change that. As the name implies, the idea behind Rando is to be completely random. The app is …

I subscribe to Apple Music, and couldn’t be happier it’s available on more than just Apple’s own devices. The addition of an Android app to Apple Music solidified it as my streaming service of choice. However, I change devices quite a bit; it’s part of the job, and this recently became a problem when trying to sign into Apple Music …