Netflix wants to start keeping your downloads fresh for you. Streaming-video giant Netflix is introducing a feature this week called “smart downloads,” which deletes shows you’ve watched offline and automatically downloads the next episode for you. “Downloading today is a very manual process, and most of the time people will only download a couple episodes of …
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Is your iPhone or iPad telling you that iOS 11.4.1 is ready to download? It’s officially rolling out Monday, and there may be more than meets the eye to this particular update. Enlarge Image Apple While it appears to merely be a set of bug fixes, an Apple support page confirms it includes a brand-new, much talked-about feature: a USB Restricted …
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Microsoft is reportedly expanding its Movies & TV app to iOS and Android. The app is currently available on Windows-based platforms such as Windows 10 PC, Xbox and Windows 10 Mobile. But customers who purchase TV shows and movies from Microsoft’s store will soon be able to watch content from their Apple and Android devices, Windows Central reported Thursday. Microsoft …
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In an update released Thursday, the Inbox by Gmail iOS app has finally added support for the iPhone X and its notched display. The iPhone X was released back in November 2017, and little by little iOS apps have been adapting their designs to accommodate the iPhone’s notch. In May, Apple made it a requirement for every iOS app update to …
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Now playing: Watch this: How to use Alexa on your iPhone 1:47 Alexa has started to turn up in some unusual places, from the dash of new cars, to televisions and appliances. But one of the more predictable moves is Alexa coming to phones. Amazon made a Moto Mod for Motorola’s modular Moto Z ($220 at Amazon); Huawei put Alexa on …
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The iOS 12 beta has a boatload of features to grab your attention: Memoji, group FaceTime calls and improved notifications. But one of the most significant changes is performance gains under the hood, especially for older devices like the iPhone 5S. Apple made some big claims during the WWDC keynote when iOS 12 was first unveiled. Using the example of an …
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Sometimes, you just need a friend to convince you that you’re right. Over the past months, I’ve had a few friends who are “lifelong” iPhone users message me and ask about switching away from Apple. They want to break their biannual iPhone upgrade cycle and eschew the new iPhone X for the Google Pixel 2. One of my friends wrote …
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You can now control Alexa’s iOS app with your voice, three months after its release. If you’ve got an iPhone or iPad you can now use spoken commands to ask Alexa questions, play music and communicate with your Echo and other devices. But since Apple has its own assistant, Siri, you’ll still have to physically tap the app to activate …
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If you happen to own a couple of HomePod speakers, you can now place them in the same room and create a stereo pair. While it’s a simple process, it’s not quite as intuitive as you might think if you don’t know where to look. With that in mind, here’s a short step-by-step setup guide. For starters, you’ll need an …
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The public beta has arrived for MacOS Mojave, the latest update to Apple’s desktop operating system, aka 10.14. Do you want to install it? Let’s talk about that. Many of the updates are cosmetic or just reworking of already existing capabilities to make them faster and easier to use. That’s not to say they’re unimportant — turning something that’s a real …
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