Apple’s iOS 15.4 has a slew of new features for your iPhone. This includes new emoji, the long-awaited Universal Control, bolstered privacy measures and Face ID that works while you’re wearing a mask. (All these features are also available for iPad via iPadOS 15.4.) Apple has also since released iOS 15.4.1, a minor iPhone update …
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The 2022 iPhone SE is a modern phone featuring the latest A15 chipset and 5G connectivity, but an older design: It has a relatively small screen, thick bezels, a single-camera system — and a physical home button that allows you to quickly unlock your screen or go to your home screen. However, you might be surprised to learn that there’s much more …
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When you’re in a public place that requires you to wear a mask and you need to use Face ID, it can be uncomfortable pulling your mask down to get into your iPhone. Instead, you probably just type in your passcode. However, thanks to iOS 15.4, you can finally use Face ID and keep your mask on. As long as you have …
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WhatsApp is updating voice messages for all those times when sending short audio recordings is more convenient — or expressive — than typing out your texts. The voice message feature is apparently quite popular, with WhatsApp announcing that 7 billion of these are sent on average per day. The new voice features should make it more flexible to listen to …
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Apple iOS 15, the latest operating system released in September, came with polishes to the QuickTake feature along with panorama capture features and UPI QR code scanning. QuickTake, which lets you capture video while taking photos without having to swap to video mode, now lets you swipe up or down to change the zoom on your video while using QuickTake. The …
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When I work, I need noise to focus. Sometimes I listen to Spotify playlists, but that can lead me to dance in my chair. Or I’ll turn on a podcast and get too invested in the hidden history of highways. So when I found Background Sounds tucked into the iOS 15 update, it seemed like the perfect solution. Brett Pearce/CNET …
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iOS 15.4 rolled out to iPhones last week, bringing with it several new features including mask-friendly Face ID, a general-neutral voice for Siri, Universal Control and 37 new emoji. As seen in Unicode last year, the updated emoji library features seven more smileys and some very specific objects. (Confused about what these emoji actually mean? We help you decipher them …
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If you’re on the lookout for an alternative to Zoom or Microsoft Teams, you may want to check out this new FaceTime feature in iOS 15. (Here’s how to download the OS if you haven’t already.) Widely seen as the tech giant’s answer to Zoom video calls, Apple has made it possible for people who have Android phones or Windows …
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Apple’s iPhone line did not get any cheaper with the launch of the new iPhone SE this week. The iPhone SE revealed at the March “Peek Performance” event starts at $429, offering the faster connectivity of 5G along with Apple’s A15 Bionic chip from the iPhone 13 line to improve on the 2020 model that was $399. The slightly higher starting price is not …
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Apple’s iPhone 13 and iPhone 13 Pro now come in new green finishes, the company announced during an event on Tuesday. The new green models are available for preorder starting Friday. Other than the new shades — alpine green for the iPhone 13 Pro and Pro Max, green for the iPhone 13 and iPhone 13 Mini — the phones are the same …
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