I absolutely love the blocky, petite iPhone 5S. Second to the discontinued 4-inch iPhone SE, the 5S is one of the last truly small smartphones. But Apple giveth, and Apple taketh away. Despite discontinuing the iPhone 5S/SE form factor, the company gave iPhone 5S users a glorious gift: iOS 12. In the past, if you …
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In addition to the dozen iOS 12 Shortcuts suggestions from my colleague Jason Cipriani, I have a trio of YouTube-related additions for your Shortcuts Library. One lets you download YouTube videos on your iPhone ($899 at Amazon) — no computer or iTunes required. Another lets you listen to YouTube in the background. And the last lets you look up YouTube …
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Facebook hasn’t been very fun for the last few years. From political fighting to fake news to privacy concerns, many users are logging on less and others are deleting their accounts altogether. For those who primarily use Facebook today but are looking for alternatives, we’ve put together a list of the best options—from the most popular challengers to a few …
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When Apple released WatchOS 5 and the new Walkie-Talkie app, the company also made it possible for your Walkie-Talkie contacts to randomly — and without warning — start talking to you through your watch’s speaker. If you’re in a meeting, class, or even on a date, having someone randomly start talking to you through the Walkie Talkie app can be …
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Apple first released WatchOS 5 and iOS 12 back in September, adding a new walkie-talkie mode, improved notifications, the Podcasts app and other welcome tweaks to the Apple Watch. Last week, Apple released WatchOS 5.1.2. This update includes a critical feature for Apple Watch Series 4 owners — the ECG app. The app enables the Watch to act as an …
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The Google Lens AI smart search app (download on iOS or Android) is rolling out for iOS users, Google announced Monday. The feature was released for Android in March but was only accessible to iOS users through the Google Photos app (iOS, Android). Now, instead of having to take a picture and use Lens through the camera roll, iPhone and iPad users can …
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Google Maps can help you discover new places by way of its “For You” tab — and now even more people will get to use it. In a blog post, Google announced that it’s rolling out the For You tab to iOS in 40 different countries, including the US, UK, Japan, Canada, Australia and parts of Europe, Africa and the …
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On Friday, Apple released the new Beddit 3.5 Sleep Monitor. It’s the first sleep tracker Apple has launched with Beddit since it acquired the company in 2017. The Beddit Sleep Monitor was registered on the FCC website earlier in the week, and now you can buy it from Apple’s website for $150/£149/AU$229. Like the previous Beddit Sleep Monitors, the new …
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Back in June, Apple showcased a preview of what Lego kits could do in AR using iPhones and iPads and ARKit 2 on iOS 12. That app is here: called Lego Playgrounds, it’s an app designed to work with Lego sets and also add AR gameplay layered into the real world, like a real-life version of a Lego video game. …
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One of the new features in the latest crop of iPhones — the XS, the XS Max and the XR, to be specific — is the ability to use eSIM to activate another line on your phone without need for a second SIM card. Now with the release of iOS 12.1.1 on Wednesday, the feature is up and running for AT&T …
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