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iOS 11 means you never have to remember app passwords again

Tired of constantly forgetting your passwords? Apple wants to eliminate that pain point in iOS 11 by expanding its password-managing feature beyond its Safari browser. Technically, password autofill for third-party apps has been available for a couple of years now, but developers had to enable the feature, and not a lot of apps actually did. …

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Apple’s Control Center gets a needed boost on iOS 11

Control Center was designed to be your one-stop tool for controlling various aspects of an iOS device. However, it quickly turned into a mess. You had to swipe among three different panels that offered different actions and tools, and using it was more inconvenient than anything else. With iOS 11, Apple has totally redesigned the Control Center. Aside from a …

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10 iPhone X secrets spilled by Apple’s superleak

It’s the biggest leak since Apple left an iPhone in a bar. Heck, it might be even bigger. This weekend, journalists and developers got their hands on a leaked version of Apple’s latest iOS 11 operating system… and found it chock full of details about Apple’s next iPhone, Apple Watch and even a new Apple TV.  Combined with the huge …

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Apple’s AirPods just got a feature they’ve needed all along

While there may not be a massive software update for Apple’s AirPods themselves, iOS 11 allows you to set different functionality when you double-tap either AirPod. Meaning, you can use the left AirPod to play/pause your music and the right to go to the next track. Or leave one AirPod to activate Siri while the other is assigned another task. …

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iPhone 6S, 7 and SE get $50 to $100 price cuts

The iPhone 8, iPhone 8 Plus and iPhone X are the most expensive iPhones ever. But the price cuts on Apple’s older models is more extensive, too. Now you can get the iPhone 6S, iPhone 6S Plus, iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus for $100 less, and the iPhone SE for $50 less. iPhone 8 and iPhone X unveiled: Pictures, …

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iPhone 8 event: Start time, how to watch and what to expect

Now playing: Watch this: Everything Apple announced in under 5 minutes 4:47 It’s happening today. The long-awaited new iPhones will be unveiled at an Apple event, the first from the company’s new Apple Park campus in Cupertino, California. iPhone 8 and iPhone X unveiled: Pictures, photos from the Apple event +47 more See all photos Widely expected are: Three new …

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Drastic changes are coming to your iPhone with iOS 11

Now playing: Watch this: 7 drastic changes coming to your iPhone with iOS 11 2:12 With iOS 11 now upon us, it’s a good idea to know just what you’re in for after you install the latest and greatest Apple has to offer to the iPhone. The new OS is full of small, subtle tweaks, but there are also some …

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These iPhones and iPads work with ARKit

You don’t need the new iPhone X or even the iPhone 8 ($162 at Amazon) or 8 Plus to use and enjoy the AR apps that are set to hit with iOS 11. When Apple previewed iOS 11 earlier this year, it introduced ARKit for developers to create AR apps for the iPhone and iPad. With iOS 11 set to be released in a week, I expect ARKit apps to be the buzz of …

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Check out iOS 11’s hidden dark mode

Now playing: Watch this: Enable iOS 11’s hidden dark mode 1:39 iOS 11 introduces a display setting that inverts some but not all of the colors on your device. iOS has long had a setting to invert the colors on your device, but now it has a smarter invert option that leaves photos, videos and other elements alone. It’s the …

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How to type instead of talk to Siri

Here’s how my conversations with Siri usually go: press the Home button, ask a question, realize I spoke before Siri was listening, press the Home button again, ask the question, repeat the question because Siri misheard me, ask again but louder because Siri still didn’t get it right, curse Siri’s name, open the Google search app and ask it my …

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