Tag Archives: ios-11

How to use the new Lock Screen on iOS 11

After installing iOS 11, you’re bound to notice a lot of small changes and some bigger changes. There’s the ability to record your screen, a customizable control center and then there’s… Notification Center. Actually, it’s no longer called Notification Center. It’s now called Lock Screen. In fact, it is the lock screen, but now it …

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Want to unlock the iPhone X? Just stare at it

Smile! Apple just introduced a facial recognition system for its latest marquee phone. The arrival of facial recognition on the new iPhone X signals a shift in how Apple fans can get access to their devices. Rather than tap your finger on the home button (which is gone), you simply look at the phone to get out of the lock …

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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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iPhone X, iPhone 8, Apple TV 4K and all Apple just announced

iPhone 8 and iPhone X unveiled: Pictures, photos from the Apple event +47 more See all photos Another year, another iPhone. Maybe it’s getting to be a little ho-hum, but this is also the event that determines a lot of peoples’ phone-buying plans for the next 12 months. And then there’s the big device that’s been languishing for a while, …

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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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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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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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How to prepare your iPhone for iOS 11

Are you ready for the future of iOS? On Tuesday, Apple is set to release iOS 11, the next version of its mobile operating system for iPhones, iPads and iPod Touches. With it, you’ll be able to edit Live Photos, customize the new Control Center, make Venmo-style Apple Pay payments, more easily free up storage space — all the while …

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