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Even the iPhone’s Most Annoying iOS 16 Features Can Be Turned Off

This story is part of Focal Point iPhone 2022, CNET’s collection of news, tips and advice around Apple’s most popular product. Apple’s iOS 16 comes with plenty of new features to love, including the return of the battery percentage icon and the ability to edit and unsend text messages. But, there are also some less …

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iOS 16’s 2 Essential Updates for Apple Maps: How They Make Travel Easier

This story is part of Focal Point iPhone 2022, CNET’s collection of news, tips and advice around Apple’s most popular product. Today’s release of iOS 16 — Apple’s latest version of its iPhone operating system — adds a long list of cool, new features, and Apple Maps showcases several of them. Some of the additions to Apple Maps include high-resolution …

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Stop downloading so many single

A few months ago, my family and I went to dinner at a place we’d been countless times, especially prior to the pandemic. When it came time to pay the bill, we were surprised to see a QR code on the printed ticket with something to the effect of “Scan to pay with your phone” underneath it. Being a tech …

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iOS 15 for iPhone: Apple Maps finally caught up to Google Maps. The top features to know

Remember when Apple Maps first launched as the iPhone’s native navigation app? After years of Google Maps on iPhone, Apple’s move to make its own app the default instead of Google Maps was a disaster. But now iOS 15 for iPhone and iPadOS are here (how to download iOS 15 now) and Apple Maps has caught up. In some ways you might think …

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Apple’s iOS 15 update is here, but you might want to wait to install it. Here’s why

The next version of Apple’s mobile operating system, iOS 15, is now generally available. (Here’s how to download and install iOS 15.) Apple revealed the Sept. 20 release date during a launch event earlier this week, at which the tech giant also unveiled the iPhone 13, new iPads and the Apple Watch Series 7.  While the new software for iPhones (and iPadOS …

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iOS 15 will launch soon. Before it does, make sure you check out these hidden iPhone tricks

Apple will likely announce the iPhone 13 on Sept. 14, and along with it, we’re likely to learn the release date for iOS 15 and iPadOS 15. The forthcoming updates have been in beta since early June, adding several new features and capabilities to Apple’s iPhone and iPad lineup. There are increased privacy controls, the ability to use FaceTime with Android phones, and plenty of new …

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Apple Maps adds COVID

For the most up-to-date news and information about the coronavirus pandemic, visit the WHO and CDC websites. Traveling during the pandemic has been an uncertain process, with airports taking different measures to minimize the danger of COVID-19. Apple Maps is making it easier by displaying local airport health requirements like face coverings, health tests or screenings directly on airport place …

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Apple Maps can help you find a COVID

For the most up-to-date news and information about the coronavirus pandemic, visit the WHO and CDC websites. The latest update to Apple Maps could make it easier to find a COVID-19 vaccine. The tech giant partnered with VaccineFinder, a free service developed by Boston Children’s Hospital, to add 20,000 vaccine locations to Apple Maps. You can find locations near you …

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Apple adds VolunteerMatch guides to Apple Maps ahead of MLK Day of Service

Apple has teamed up with VolunteerMatch to help people find a new way to give back to their communities this Monday, which is a federal holiday to celebrate civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr.’s birthday. The new feature is built into Apple’s Maps program on its iPhones and iPads. Normally, when the map shows a city such as San Francisco, …

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More cars could get What3words address tech with Here navigation deal

Some Mercedes cars have the What3words technology built in, letting you speak or type three words to pinpoint a 10×10 foot location in its navigation system, but a lot more cars soon could get similar technology. The London company announced a deal that will let navigation system maker Here incorporate the technology. Here navigation technology is used in car brands …

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