The release of iOS 15 finally brought drag-and-drop to the iPhone ($285 at Amazon) — a feature that’s been available on the iPad ($130 at Amazon) for several years now, thanks to iPadOS15’s various multitasking capabilities. However, it wasn’t one of the highlighted features when the big iPhone update released last year, which is why you may …
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Apple released the latest version of its iPhone and iPad operating system, iOS 15.2, in December with a hefty collection of updates and new features, and now iOS 15.2.1 has arrived to bring minor fixes to the OS. This includes plugs for Homekit security vulnerabilities and corrections to issues on iPhones that prevent messages from loading when sent with an …
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This story is part of CES, where CNET covers the latest news on the most incredible tech coming soon. CES 2022’s phone reveals and announcements gave us an early peek at what the next wave of flagships will look like. We’ve also seen plenty of midrange devices that will target lower prices with 2021’s specs, and updates to how carriers …
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The iPhone has a lot to offer. You can pack it full of fun apps, use it for amazing photography, and just generally enjoy using it day after day. But, for a long time, you also had to use Apple’s default mail and web-browsing apps, regardless of your preferred defaults. Fortunately, Apple has been loosening its grip on the iPhone and iPad …
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In an emergency, you can quickly press the side button on your iPhone to get you in contact with 911. The iOS feature is called Emergency SOS, and it’s incredibly useful to have in case of a severe car accident or even a home invasion — in which you may need to be discreet — but unfortunately the feature is also easy to use …
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I decided to switch from my Android phone to an iPhone last summer, and I figured it wasn’t going to matter very much. I would need to relearn how to use iOS, but otherwise I’ve been using many non-iOS services, like WhatsApp, Signal and Instagram, to text and video chat with my family and friends for years. I barely even think …
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One of the challenges of reading trending news, short stories and other written works on your iPhone is distractions on the page. It seems like every website in Safari has them: advertisements, banners and autoplaying videos, just to name a few. And with the text already being as small as it is on your smartphone, you could do without these …
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Apple’s iOS 15 made a number of changes to how notifications work, allowing iPhone users to prioritize important alerts and make less important notifications less intrusive. They’re certainly less intrusive: Over the past few months I’ve been wrestling with my iPhone’s settings to even see when my friends message me on WhatsApp, Signal, Instagram and other apps. In one extreme …
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Apple’s latest Mac operating system, MacOS Monterey, is full of new features that streamline the way your Mac works and let you work seamlessly across all your Apple devices. You can download MacOS Monterey now to test out some of its best features (like using FaceTime on Android and grouping tabs in Safari), so long as your Mac is compatible. Some …
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It’s the end of the calendar year, which means it’s time to get your life together. And by “life,” we mean, at least in part, your phone. That’s right, your iPhone could use a fresh start in 2022 as well. Maybe it’s slowed down lately, maybe it’s bloated with extra apps or maybe it needs a new aesthetic. Whatever the …
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