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Alongside iOS 11, Apple is releasing WatchOS 4 to Apple Watch owners. It’s compatible with every watch currently available from Apple. There are a lot of new, beneficial features as well as some fun watch faces and a flashlight tool in WatchOS 4. Let’s take a look.  Now playing: Watch this: Apple updates its WatchOS …

There is a seriously long list of features Apple added to iOS 11, ranging from slight upgrades to the Messages app to a completely revamped experience when using the iPad. Now playing: Watch this: 7 important hidden features in iOS 11 2:21 One of the more subtle, and hidden, features Apple added is the ability to scan QR codes without …

My time with the iPhone X was brief. In a crowded demo room at the Steve Jobs Theater back on Sept. 12, I tried to use it as long as I could. And I can’t wait to take it for another spin. Just a week later, the iPhone 8 and 8 Plus are now known quantities. (Check our iPhone 8 …

The iPhone 8 is an augmented reality phone. But guess what? The iPhone in your pocket might very well be, too. Before the new iPhones were announced, I told some coworkers that I thought ARKit and its apps — which promise to place virtual things in our real world — would be a bigger story than the new iPhones. Most …

Huawei must think the iPhone X is clowning around with its new Face ID, which unlocks the phone by scanning your face. The Chinese smartphone company recently posted an ad on its Facebook page that uses a creepy clown to poke fun of facial recognition scans that don’t unlock the phone the first time.  Let’s face it, facial recognition isn’t …

It’s decided: You’re buying an iPhone 8. Or an iPhone 8 Plus. Now to figure out where to get the best deal. There are, of course, many variables. Can you afford to buy the phone outright, or should you look at a lease deal? Should you sell or trade in your current iPhone? And what about the carrier: stay or …

Apple’s iPhone X ($285 at Amazon) stole the show last week with its sleek new design, lack of a home button and its host of new sensors up front. Those new sensors power not only the TrueDepth camera system but, more importantly, the security feature that replaces Touch ID (since there’s no longer a home button): Face ID. Face ID …

With iOS 10, Apple spent a lot of time adding new features to the Messages app, from an iMessage App Store to drawing tools to screen and message effects. With iOS 11, Apple refined the Messages app, adding fewer features and making those that already existed easier to use. Now playing: Watch this: iOS 11: Is your device compatible? 1:11 …

Every year we see dozens of me-too Android phones that ape the iPhone, except for one big, round giveaway: they lack Apple’s instantly recognizable home button. Now that the iPhone X trades in its most defining visual feature, it’s going to be easier than ever to make Android phones that look like an expensive iPhone, at a fraction of the …

Technically Incorrect offers a slightly twisted take on the tech that’s taken over our lives. Enlarge Image Real people aren’t moved. CNET The tech world often behaves as if everything revolves around the tech world. So when Apple unveiled its new “smartphone of the future,” the iPhone X, every aspect was scrutinized and every expert opinion swiftly offered. What, though, …